Iraq Photos: Dec. 1-Dec. 7

Iraqi security patrols the harbor in Basra, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008. Iraqi forces started practicing controlling the harbor that is still secured by coalition forces and foreign security contractors. Iraqis are expected to take over the control of the harbor next year.

A relative mourns by the body of an Awakening Council member at a hospital in Baqouba, who was killed when gunmen attacked a checkpoint in a village outside Baqouba, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008. Three council members were killed and four were wounded in the attack. Awakening Councils are made of former Sunni militants who turned against al Qaeda and sided with the Americans.

Iraqi police officers stand in front of a destroyed police station in Fallujah, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 4, 2008. Two police stations were destroyed when suicide truck bombers struck within minutes outside the concrete barriers surrounding two police stations Thursday in different parts of the city, killing 17 people, wounding more than 100 and shattering buildings in the area.

Iraqi police officers stand in front of destroyed police station in Fallujah, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Two police stations were destroyed when suicide truck bombers struck within minutes outside the concrete barriers surrounding two police stations Thursday in different parts of the city, killing 17 people, wounding more than 100 and shattering buildings in the area.

A bonfire illuminates U.S. Army soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment as they stand in formation at their combat outpost after receiving awards for their actions under fire in Khan Bani Saad in the Diyala province, about 20 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq northeast of Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008.

U.S. Army Spc. Alexander McMillan, 22, from Danville, Calif., stands guard near a Sons of Iraq checkpoint guarded by a U.S.-backed Sunni fighter in the village of Abu Seeyah in Diyala province, about 20 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008.

Iraqi children watch U.S. Army Pfc. Scott Willoughby, 22, from Rawlings, N.C. as he patrols in the village of Abu Seeyah in Diyala province, about 20 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008.

A U.S. Army soldier of Lightning Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, right, and an Iraqi army soldier secure an area during a joint patrol, in Hay al Tinek neighborhood, northwestern Mosul, 225 miles, northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 12, 2008.

U.S. Army Spc. Tommy Rae, 21, from Longview, Texas stands guard during a patrol in the village of Abu Seeyah in Diyala province, about 20 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Spc. Rae is assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment.

A man sits at the site of a bombing in the al-Amil neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Iraqi police said at least one civilian was killed and five others wounded in the blast when of a bomb attached to a minibus exploded.

A woman is seen walking at the site of a bombing in the al-Amil neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Iraqi police said at least one civilian was killed and five others wounded when a bomb attached to a minibus exploded in eastern Baghdad.

Mohhamed, left, and Adil Omar, who lost their father in sectarian violence, look out their windows in predominantly Sunni neighborhood of Fadhil in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Fadhil has seen heavy armed clashes in the past several years.

Iraqi police officers demonstrate their skills during a graduation ceremony at a police academy in Hillah, about 60 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Some 1,100 policemen graduated Monday after two months of training.

A security guard is seen looking at schoolbooks of students who were on a minibus that was hit by a car bomb near the entrance to a police academy in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.

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