Iraqi boys check out a car that was overrun by a U.S. tank in the town of Samarra, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2003.
U.S. Army Spc. Tyron Bohannon from Arkansas, of 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment, of the 4th Infantry Division, talks to an Iraqi man in Tikrit, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2003. A roadside bomb killed a U.S. soldier and two children in Baghdad on Sunday, a day after a coordinated guerrilla onslaught in the southern city of Karbala left 13 dead and almost 200 injured.
Iraqi children stand next to U.S. Army Sgt. Stephen Latch, from Little Rock, Ark., of 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment, of the 4th Infantry Division, carrying his machine gun during a foot patrol in Tikrit, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003.
An Iraqi passes U.S. soldiers securing a checkpoint in Samarra on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003.
A U.S. soldier checks an Iraqi's driver's license against a list of names of suspected insurgents at a checkpoint in Samarra on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003.
Iraqi Shiite muslims beat a bronze head of the ousted leader Saddam Hussein during a protest after Friday prayers in Baghdad's Sadr City, Friday, Dec. 26, 2003. Thousands demanded Saddam to be executed by the people.
U.S. soldiers of 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment, of the 4th Infantry Division, line up outside the dining facility during Christmas Day in Tikrit's military base, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003.
An Iraqi girl makes her way through a hole made by a rocket in a building close to the German Embassy in Baghdad on Thursday Dec. 25, 2003, after guerrillas hit central Baghdad with more than a dozen grenades, rockets and mortar shells on Christmas Day.
A U.S. Army tank secures the area outside Baghdad City Council, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003. The Council building was hit by one rocket early Thursday morning. Above the end of the tank's barrel are festive representations of reindeer antlers.
U.S. soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment, of the 4th Infantry Division, pray during a Christmas Eve service at Tikrit's military base, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003.
Iraqi children perform during Christmas Mass in St. Raphael's Church in Baghdad, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003.
U.S. Military Police soldier Lloyd Combs from Baltimore, Md., of 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment, of the 4th Infantry Division, stands outside his barracks as the sun goes down in Tikrit's military base, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003.
Iraqi police officers inspect a minibus damaged in a blast after a roadside explosive device went off, killing two and wounding two people in central Baghdad Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003.
U.S. soldiers inspect a minibus damaged in a blast after a roadside explosive device went off, killing two and wounding two people in central Baghdad Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003.
An Iraqi worker carries an empty Russian-made Sam 7 missile head to a fire to melt it to be used for scrap metal, in Fallujah, northeastern Iraq, Monday, Dec. 22, 2003.
U.S soldiers of 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment, of the 4th Infantry Division walk as the sun sets over their military base in Tikrit, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 22, 2003.
Iraqi police officers stand by a burning car in Baghdad, Monday, Dec. 22, 2003. How the car ignited is unknown.
A U.S soldier of 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment, of the 4th Infantry Division, and an Iraqi man greet each other during a daily patrol in Tikrit, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 22, 2003.
Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division eat dinner alongside a Christmas tree at their base in Baghdad Monday, Dec. 22, 2003.
An Iraqi street vendor sells newspapers bearing captured Saddam Hussein's image in downtown Baghdad, Monday, Dec. 22, 2003.