Iraqi policemen inspect a crater caused by a mortar attack on March 19, 2006 in the holy Shiite city of Karbala, 70 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq. A mortar shell landed in the holy Shiite city of Karbala as tens of thousands of Shiite pilgrims are gathering to mark Arbaniya, the 40th day after the death anniversary of Imam Hussein, which will take place on March 21.
Iraqi policemen take cover near the wall painting of Imam Hussein soon after a rocket attack, in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, March 19, 2006.
The Shrine of Imam Hussein is seen on March 19, 2006 in the holy Shiite city of Karbala 70 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq.
A medical helicopter arrives on the landing pad March 19, 2006 in Balad, Iraq. Balad has one of the primary hospitals for troops and civilians injured in the ongoing conflict in Iraq and has saved the lives of countless patients, both American and Iraqi. The war in Iraq enters its fourth year on March 20.
An Iraqi woman is seen March 19, 2006 in the holy Shiite city of Karbala 70 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq.
The al-Abbas shrine, brother of Imam Hussein, as Shiite pilgrims start arriving in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, March 18, 2006.
Iraqi children look at wreckage of car following a car bomb explosion, in central Baghdad, Iraq, March 18, 2006. A roadside parked car bomb exploded just when the police discovered it, injuring six civilians, police said.
An Iraqi soldier stands guard on the broken wall of a Shiite Mosque damaged by insurgents, outside Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, March 17, 2006.
U.S. helicopters take off from a Forward Operating Base Remagen for Operation Swarmer, a combined Iraqi and Coalition operation to clear a suspected insurgent operating area northeast of Samarra, Iraq. U.S. forces launched what was termed the largest air assault since the U.S.-led invasion, targeting insurgent strongholds north of the capital, March 16, 2006.
Iraqi children play soccer on a deserted street, in front of a Shiite Mosque, in Baghdad, Iraq, March 16, 2006. Vehicles were banned from Baghdad's streets to help prevent car bombings as Iraq's new parliament was sworn in Thursday, but the long-expected first session of parliament lasted just over 30 minutes and was adjourned indefinitely as parties are still deadlocked over the makeup of the government.
Iraqi army soldiers in vehicles guard a street as an Iraqi man walks, during a ban on vehicle movement, in Baghdad, Iraq, March 16, 2006.
An unidentified Iraqi man cries as the body of his relative, killed in a bomb explosion, arrives at a hospital in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, March 15, 2006. Three explosions, one of them caused by a suicide bomber on a bicycle killed at least four people and injured 20 others north of Baghdad.
An Iraqi army soldier stands guard next to an arrested suspect, after a raid in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, March 15, 2006.
Saddam Hussein argues with the chief judge while testifying during his trial in Baghdad, Iraq, March 15, 2006. Saddam and seven co-defendants are on trial for torture, illegal arrests and the killing of nearly 150 people from Dujail after a 1982 assassination attempt on Saddam in the town.
Unidentified masked gunmen fire at a government building, in Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq, March 14, 2006. Gunmen fired three mortar rounds targeting a U.S base and a government building in Ramadi.
An Iraqi woman walks past the bodies of Iraqis killed during sectarian violence, at a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, March 14, 2006. Iraqi police reported they had found the bodies of at least 75 men killed by gunshots, most bound hand and foot, in a gruesome wave of apparent sectarian killing over the last 24 hours.
Iraqis view burned-out cars at the site of the bomb explosions in Shiite district of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, March 13, 2006. The feared resumption of mass sectarian violence erupted in a Baghdad Shiite slum when bombers blew apart two markets shortly before sundown.
A wounded Iraqi rests at a local hospital in Baghdad's poor Sadr City neighborhood, March 13, 2006. The youth is one of 204 people who were wounded when six car bombs exploded in four markets, security officials said.
Awad al-Bandar, head of Iraq's Revolutionary Court, which issued death sentences against 143 Dujail residents, speaks during his trial in Baghdad, Iraq, March 13, 2006.
An Iraqi walks past burned-out cars at the site of bomb explosions in the Shiite district of Sadr city in Baghdad, Iraq, March 13, 2006.