Iraq

+ Documents Show Insurgents Targeting U.S. Aircraft: At least seven U.S. helicopters have been shot down in the last month in Iraq. The New York Times today reports that documents seized from Iraqi insurgents indicate the attacks are the result of static planning targeting U.S. aircrafts

+ Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Monday the war in Iraq has been mismanaged for years and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will be remembered as one of the worst in history.

+ Insurgents Use Fuel Truck to Kill, Wound Soldiers
+ Sunni Sheiks Join Iraqi Police to Fight Al Qaida

+ Woman accuses Iraqi police of rape: Al Jazeera reports statements by a Sunni woman that she was raped by three Iraqi police force members after she was detained over the weekend. "Sunni leaders have been claiming the crackdown has focused on their neighbourhoods while leaving some Shia-led strongholds largely unaffected. Sunnis routinely accuse the Shia-dominated security forces of using excessive force against them, including indiscriminate arrests and torture of prisoners."


US Marines dismount from an AAV and attack during an operation in Fallujah, Iraq.


American Marine and Iraqi soldiers engage insurgents in Ramadi.


Soldiers outside Mosul, Iraq fire a round to calibrate the M198 155mm Medium Towed Howitzer.


M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) also known as "Minimi" in use on patrol near Rawah, Iraq.


Infidel Jessica Simpson in Iraq.