From the BBC:

The US military in Iraq says it has killed 75 insurgents, including foreign fighters, in a desert region close to the border with Syria.

The operation, in Anbar province, involved air and ground forces, the military said in a statement.

A day earlier, the US said it had killed six insurgents and detained 54 suspects in raids in the area.

[…] Parliament finally approved the key defence and oil ministry posts on Sunday. The new defence minister is Saadoun al-Dulaimi, a Sunni Arab. Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum, a Shia, fills the oil ministry portfolio.

[…] The US did not say if any of its troops were killed or injured in the operation in Anbar province, in the west of Iraq.

The statement said the region was “a known smuggling route and sanctuary for foreign fighters”.

Earlier this month, the commander of US forces in the Gulf, Gen John Abizaid, accused Syria of ignoring US demands to stop foreign fighters crossing into Iraq.

BLOOD WILL RUN IN THE STREETS, MR. BUSH!  MINUTEMEN WILL RISE UP TO CRUSH YOUR FOREIGN AGGRESSION WITH THE FAITHFUL SWORD OF NATIONALIST MARTYRDOM!

Meanwhile, from Reuters…

The Iraqi Government says security forces have captured a key aide to the Al Qaeda leader in Iraq, Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

A government statement said Amar al-Zubaydi, also known as Abu Abbas, was captured three days ago in Baghdad.

It said he helped plan an attack on Abu Ghraib prison in April in which up to 60 insurgents attacked a US base with suicide car bombs and rocket-propelled grenades, wounding at least 20 US troops and 12 detainees.

Zubaydi was also involved in a string of car bombings in Baghdad in April, the statement said.

SAFE WITHIN THE SHELTER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS THEY SHALL SMITE THEE, O GREAT HEGEMON!  THE STREETS WILL RUN RED WITH THE BLOOD OF SLAUGHTERED INFIDELS, AND IRAQ SHALL BECOME THE SCORCHED EARTH FROM WHICH THE PHOENIX OF A NEW CALIPHATE SHALL ARISE!

Note to Michael Moore:  were I you, I’d begin looking for another set of heroic underdogs to champion.  And a good cardiologist—though that’s a bit off topic.