- The Washington Post hops in a M109 Paladin self-propelled howitzer, stationed just outside of Fallujah.
- The Chicago Tribune rolls with a Bradley fighting vehicle crew, on the lookout for snipers.
- The New York Times gets pinned down, with 150 marines, by a lone Iraqi sharpshooter.
- "Some artillery guns fired white phosphorous rounds that create a screen of fire that cannot be extinguished with water," the San Francisco Chronicle finds. "Insurgents reported being attacked with a substance that melted their skin, a reaction consistent with white phosphorous burns." (via Boing Boing)
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