Enjoy the silence?

Can anyone explain to me why the only bit of news worth mentioning out of Iraq in the past few days has been the shifting of power from US to Iraqi forces in Anbar province?
Surely something has to be going on worth making the Associated Press news wire.
Is the secular fighting over? Can the troops come home?
No, it's just convention week for the RNC — and no news out of Iraq is good news, some might suggest.
OK, one ridiculous conspiracy theory a day is enough for me.