In pictures: Conflict intensifies

In pictures: Conflict intensifies

1 of 8 Two US Navy F-18s head off on missions after refuelling from a KC-10 plane over northern Iraq

2 of 8 A child injured in bombing awaits treatment in Hilla, 80km south of Baghdad, while another awaits aid handouts in south Iraq

3 of 8 US military spokesman Brigadier-General Vincent Brooks shows a video of the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch

4 of 8 A British Black Watch soldier of Fijian origin is surrounded by inquisitive children in Az Zubayr, southern Iraq

5 of 8 American soldiers in Kuwait take a break - reading, listening to music and waiting for luggage

6 of 8 Burning oil south of Basra being tackled by British army engineers and Iraqi workers

7 of 8 Iraqi refugees show the strain after fleeing the war to a camp in eastern Jordan

8 of 8 US Marines cross hills and trenches in an operation in Az Zubayr, southern Iraq