Meanwhile in Iraq

UN: Nearly 6,600 civilians killed in Iraq in two months: In July at least 3,590 people were killed and in August 3,009 died in bloody attacks on civilians, according to the UN human rights report.

U.S. Occupation Forces Among At least 33 killed :"Insurgents" killed six policemen and wounded two others when they attacked a police station in western Baghdad's Sunni Amiriya district, police said.

Anti Occupation Forces Gain Alarming Support Among Iraq's Sunni Muslims : A confidential Pentagon assessment finds that an overwhelming majority of Iraq's Sunni Muslims support the insurgency that has been fighting against U.S. troops and the Iraqi government

Analysts say violence will continue to increase: Violence in Iraq will continue despite different reconciliation plans being proposed because insurgency and militia actions are a response to the US-led occupation.

Halliburton ambush in Iraq caught on video: The video, shot on Sept. 20, 2005 by KBR truck driver Preston Wheeler, shows what initially appears to be a routine convoy of sixteen-wheeler trucks delivering supplies to U.S. troops. Three KBR truck drivers were killed. - WARNING - This video contains images that depict the reality and horror of war. It should only be viewed by a mature audience.

US troops in Iraq are Tehran's 'hostages': Three and a half years after the occupation began, the US military is no longer the real power in Iraq. As the chief of intelligence for the US Marine Corps revealed in a recent report, US troops have been unable to shake the hold that Sunni insurgents have on the vast western province of al-Anbar.

Torture reaches new depths in Iraq: Torture in Iraq is reportedly worse now than it was under deposed president Saddam Hussein, the United Nations' chief anti-torture expert said Thursday.

Widespread lawlessness in Baghdad with kidnappings, bombings and a brazen bank heist: As car bombings continued throughout the country, the Defense Ministry warned that insurgents were using unwitting kidnap victims as suicide bombers — seizing them, boobytrapping their cars without their knowledge, then releasing them only to remotely blow the cars up when they made it to a checkpoint.