For WebSphere 7, the default servlet is known as the FileServlet, and so the following should work:
<servlet>
<servlet-name>FileServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.SimpleFileServlet
</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>FileServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.css</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>FileServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.jpg</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>FileServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.js</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>FileServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.gif</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>