Security Council calls open meeting on Iraq as Baghdad waits

As allied forces are forced to change their strategy (NYTimes) and Baghdad waits under a "storm from God."

"The storm is from God," [a resident] said, looking out his trembling window. "Until the aggression started, never in my life did I see a storm like this. We all believe in God, we all have faith in God. And God is setting obstacles against the Americans."

"You can't surrender easily; we should fight," said Ahmed, the man at the barber shop. "Our religion says we should fight for our honor. We fear God. We're more afraid of God than we're afraid of the Americans."