Daily attacks against U.S. military patrols in Iraq have plagued the occupying forces and are escalating. On July 21, an ambush by Iraqi resistance in northern Baghdad against U.S. troops from 1st battalion 37 Armor Division, destroyed two Humvees, killing at least one U.S. solider and his iraqi translator, and injured several G.I.s. The real toll in human life is mounting as the U.S.'s stated aim of "Rebuilding Iraq" fades into the realm of wishful thinking.