Iraqis search through a garbage dump looking for food and articles that can be reused in Baghdad on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2004.
Iraqis wait in line to buy cooking gas at a propane gas station in Baghdad, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004. Iraq is still facing heavy shortages of fuel, prompting long lines for gasoline and cooking gas.
Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) members stand next to barbed wire prior to the start of a joint patrol with U.S. Army soldiers of the 1st Regiment, 22nd Battalion, 4th Infantry division, in Saddam Hussein 's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Friday, Jan. 2, 2004.
A U.S. helicopter flies through the early morning mist near Tikrit, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 2, 2004.
Iraqis gather Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004, around the remains of the car used in a car bomb attack on New Year's Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003, outside a restaurant in Baghdad. The death toll rose to eight in the attack that destroyed the restaurant crowded with New Year's Eve revelers, officials said Thursday.
Two Iraqis wounded in a car bomb explosion Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq. At least five Iraqis were killed and 24 others wounded by the powerful explosion in a luxurious restaurant in Baghdad.
U.S. soldiers inspect what is left from a car bomb in Baghdad Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004. A car bomb exploded Wednesday as a U.S. convoy passed on a street full of shops, killing an 8-year-old Iraqi boy and wounding 21 people, including five U.S. soldiers and five Iraqi civil defense personnel, authorities said.
U.S. soldiers secure the site after a car bomb exploded outside a crowded restaurant in Baghdad, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003. A car bomb ripped through a crowded restaurant holding a New Year's Eve party in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood, killing five Iraqis and wounding 35 others, including at least one American and two Britons.
Iraqis examine the site of a car bombing in south Baghdad at the Nabil resturant Wednesday Dec. 31, 2003. The blast killed five Iraqis and wounded 35 others, including at least two Americans and one Briton.
U.S. soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division check an office building during patrol in Fallujah, some 40 miles northwest of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003.
Chaplain Capt. Dan Knight of Star, Mississippi , of the 82nd Airborne Division, holds an Iraqi child after giving him a gift during a patrol in Fallujah, some 40 miles northwest of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003.
Iraqis help a wounded man in Kirkuk Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003. Gunfire erupted Wednesday as hundreds of Iraqis marched in protest over fears of Kurdish domination in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk. Police said two people were killed.
U.S. troops secure the area after explosives went off in Baghdad's Palestine street Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003. At least two people were reported injured in the blasts.
U.S. troops secure the area after explosives went off in Baghdad's Palestine street Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003. At least two people were reported injured.
A U.S. soldier stands guard on top of a Humvee in Baghdad's densely populated area of Karada Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003, after their convoy was targeted with a roadside bomb. No U.S. troops were injured, but the bomb killed one Iraqi and wounded another.
Iraqis stand next to a pool of blood in Baghdad's densely populated area of Karada Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003, after a roadside explosive was detonated while a U.S. convoy passed by, killing one Iraqi and wounding another.
U.S. soldiers stand guard in Baghdad's densely populated area of Karada Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003, after their convoy was targeted with a roadside bomb.
U.S Army soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment, of the 4th Infantry Division, talk onboard their M1 tank in front of a mosque in Tikrit, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 29, 2003.
U.S. soldiers of the 418 CA guard a group of Iraqis during a weapons-search raid in the village of Ruad near Baghdad on Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. Troops arrested 18 people and confiscated a number of rocket launchers.
Iraqi police officers examine a crater made by a suicide bomber in Karbala, Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. Suicide bombers and assailants with mortars and grenade launchers blasted two coalition military bases and the governor's office on Saturday.