
Capt. Kimberley Hampton sits in a OH-58 Kiowa helicopter in 2001 in South Korea. Hampton, 27, died Friday, Jan. 2, 2004, after her OH-58 Kiowa helicopter went down in enemy fire near Fallujah, Iraq, family spokesman Ken Porter said Saturday. The other pilot on the helicopter was injured in the crash. Hampton was stationed in Iraq with the 82nd Airborne Division. She was based in Fort Bragg, N.C., and left for Iraq on Aug. 31.

Air Force Honor Guard Pallbearers carry the casket of Staff Sgt. Thomas A. Walkup Jr., of Millville, N.J., as his widow Air Force Staff Sgt. Carissa Walkup, second from right, follows during his funeral at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003 outside Washington. Walkup Jr., a flight engineer, was killed when his Air Force special operations helicopter crashed in Afghanistan on Nov. 23

An Iraqi man looks at a huge plume of smoke from an oil refinery in Basra, 550km south from Iraq's capital of Baghdad. Prime Minister Tony paid glowing tribute to British troops during a surprise visit to southern Iraq stressing the contribution the 10,000 soldiers were making towards building a new Iraq.

Iraqis wait in line to buy cooking gas at a propane gas station in Baghdad, Saturday Jan. 3, 2004. Iraq is still facing heavy shortages of fuel prompting long lines for gasoline and cooking gas.

U.S. President George W. Bush leaves St. John's Church in Washington, January 4, 2004. Bush returned on Saturday from vacation at his ranch in Crawford, Texas.
Fortunately, today was a quiet day for casualties in Iraq. It was another quiet day for W too, but we did have a rare sighting of him leaving church this morning. Pickles must have slept in?