People stand around a burning supply truck that was a part of a U.S. military convoy which came under roadside bomb attack in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, Dec. 26, 2004.
A worker puts up an election campaign poster in Baghdad, Dec. 26, 2004. The first post-Saddam Hussein elections in Iraq are scheduled for Jan. 30, 2005.
An Iraqi cleans beside the destroyed fuel tanker in the site of an explosion in Mansour neighborhood in western Baghdad, Dec. 25, 2004.
A U.S. soldier stands by homes destroyed in a blast in Baghdad's Mansour district, Dec. 25 2004. Police said nine people died and 14 were seriously wounded in a gas tanker explosion in west Baghdad, just hours after Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld left the capital following a surprise visit.
Iraqi women sing during a Christmas Mass in a Chaldean church in Baghdad, Dec. 25 2004. Only a few Iraqi Christians showed up to celebrate Mass in Baghdad's churches because of fears that Islamic militants could have launched attacks to coincide with the holiday.
A U.S. soldier and rescue workers inspect a home destroyed in a blast in Baghdad's Mansour district, Dec. 25, 2004.
Security guards stand by debris that fell on the Libyan Embassy in Baghdad's Mansour district, Dec. 25, 2004.
Just after midnight on Christmas morning, U.S. Marines in Iraq sit inside a dining hall used as a chapel, while a Marine chaplain conducts a midnight religious service in celebration of Christmas, at Hurricane Point Marine Base, Ramadi, Iraq, Dec. 25, 2004.
People reflect in a motorbike rearview mirror during their prayers in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Dec. 24, 2004.
A U.S. Stryker vehicle enters forward operating base Marez in Mosul, Iraq, under a security tower, Dec. 23, 2004. Security at the base was stepped up following a suicide bomber attack on the base.
An Iraqi boy carries a small Christmas tree in central Baghdad, Dec. 23, 2004. About 800,000 of Iraq's 25 million citizens are Christian.
A security guard mans an entrance to the French Embassy in baghdad, Dec. 22, 2004. Two French reporters, Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot, who were held hostage by rebels for some four months in Iraq, were expected home a day after their release to French authorities.
U.S Army Cpl. Nathan Almquist is comforted by a member of his unit as he stands over a stretcher with the body of a Task Force Olympia soldier after an apparent mortar attack on a dining facility during lunchtime at forward operating base Marez near Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2004.
A U.S. Marine mans a machine gun rested atop the side of an open backed Humvee, supporting other Marines on a foot patrol mission, in Ramadi, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2004.
Workers and U.S. soldiers tend to the wounded after an apparent insurgent mortar attack on a dining facility during lunchtime on FOB Marez in Mosul, Iraq on Dec. 21, 2004.
A cloud of smoke covers a dining area after an apparent insurgent mortar attack on forward operating base Marez near Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2004.
A man stands amid the debris following a powerful explosion in the Shiite Holy city of Najaf, Dec. 20 2004.
An Iraqi couple reads a call by the Shiite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to take part in upcoming elections, in the southern Iraqi town of Basra, Dec. 20, 2004.
Iraqis shop for Christmas decorations in Baghdad, Dec. 20, 2004.
A man stands guard in front of a building destroyed in a car bomb blast, in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, Dec. 20, 2004.