As the level of violence has increased, marines and Iraqi soldiers are stepping up patrols and house raids.

On June 25, a 21-year-old engineering student was shot dead during a house raid by marines in Anbar Province.

Ben had coordinated the house raids after Jenny's death, when his officers had used their battering rams on as many doors as possible.

But his comrades, used to him being the oddball - used to his folding blankets on house raids - didn't insist.

They are as close as the battalion gets to Special Operations forces, doing house raids, scrambling to explosions and picking out targets.

Another tape appeared to show Qanooni's forces assisting Idema in a house raid.

Police are continuing house raids throughout the country, in Paisley, Merseyside and Staffordshire.

The militia's responsibilities will include the gathering of intelligence on guerrilla activities and possibly conducting house raids, the officials said.

Just yesterday, the harassment of the human rights organisation Viasna continued, with house raids, arrests and detentions.

This is why the coalition should broaden its inquiry of civilian deaths to include house raids and aerial bombings.