In Iraq the U.S. has resumed aerial bombing raids on Iraqi targets for the first time in over six months. On Friday, 500-pound bombs were dropped on Tikrit. The bombing resumed on Sunday when U.S. forces bombed portions of Falluja. Friday’s bombing came shortly after Iraqi resistance fighters shot down a U.S. Black Hawk helicopter killing six Americans aboard. The total number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq is just shy of 400. 38 troops have died in the first 10 days of November.