Iraqi fighters display new weapons

The fighters are adapting to the changing nature
of the battlefield [Al Jazeera] Foreign forces in Iraq are hoping that a much heralded drop in violence in Iraq will continue into the new year.

However, in exclusive images obtained by Al Jazeera, it seems fighters from the Islamic Front for Resistance in Iraq (Jami) are merely biding their time and training hard with an array of new weapons in order to drive foreign forces out as soon as possible.

Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel Hamid reports.

It includes a step-by-step lesson on how to turn an old tank shell into a roadside bomb. It took only 20 minutes to put together a device powerful enough to blow up an armoured vehicle. Two will destroy a tank, the instructors say.

Countless videos of these devices' devastating effects are shown on military websites.

Roadside bombs are lethal devices that cause the bulk of US soldier casualties to this day.