ur gency ▁against ▁Co al ition ▁forces . ▁Besides ▁scattered ▁attacks ▁in ▁Bag hd ad , ▁these ▁ins urg ents ▁began ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁taking ▁and ▁holding ▁ground ▁in ▁and ▁around ▁Mos ul , ▁T ik rit ▁and ▁Fall uj ah . ▁In ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁these ▁largely ▁sec ular ▁units ▁were ▁joined ▁by ▁religious ly ▁motiv ated ▁" J ih ad ists " ▁ins urg ents , ▁both ▁foreign ▁and ▁domestic . ▁With ▁the ▁growing ▁influence ▁of ▁religious ▁fan at ics , ▁the ▁ins ur gency ' s ▁mostly ▁traditional ▁tact ics ▁of ▁sn ip ing , ▁small ▁unit ▁amb ush es ▁and ▁plant ing ▁road side ▁impro vised ▁explos ive ▁devices ▁against ▁foreign ▁military ▁personnel ▁began ▁transform ing ▁into ▁frequent ▁suic ide ▁bomb ings ▁and ▁death ▁squad s ▁target ing ▁civ ili ans ▁that ▁were ▁perce ived ▁as ▁" loy al " ▁to ▁coal ition ▁forces . ▁ ▁They ▁fav ored ▁attack ing ▁the ▁un arm ored ▁Hum vee ▁vehicles , ▁and ▁in ▁November ▁they ▁successfully ▁attacked ▁U . S . ▁rot ary ▁aircraft ▁with ▁SA - 7 ▁miss iles ▁bought ▁on ▁the ▁global ▁black ▁market . ▁On ▁ 1 9 ▁August , ▁the ▁UN ▁Head quarters ▁in ▁Bag hd ad ▁was ▁destroyed ▁in ▁the ▁Canal ▁Hotel ▁Bomb ing , ▁killing ▁at ▁least ▁ 2 2 ▁people , ▁among ▁them ▁S ér gio ▁Vie ira ▁de ▁M ello , ▁Special ▁Represent ative ▁of ▁the ▁UN ▁Secretary ▁General . ▁ ▁S add am ▁captured ▁and ▁elections