Iraqi police and U.S. soldiers inspect the headless body of an Iraqi woman found with a note attached saying simply "Spy" in the Ghazzaliyah area of western Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2005. Four other beheaded corpses were reportedly found on a farm in Latifiyah, 20 miles south of Baghdad.
Mourners grieve at the funeral of Salih Nusaif and his two sons, who relatives say were beheaded by insurgents Saturday for being members of Shiite political parties, in the Karada area of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2005.
A firefighter shields his face from the heat of a blazing oil pipeline in Dibis, in the northern Kurdish area of Iraq, Feb. 26, 2005, after saboteurs blew it up in the latest attack against the country's vital oil industry.
An unidentified man sifts through the shattered windscreen of a shot-up car after clashes between U.S. forces and insurgents in central Ramadi, an insurgent stronghold 70 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 26, 2005.
A U.S. helicopter flies past the al-Qura Sunni mosque near the scene of a bomb blast in the west of Baghdad, in Iraq, Feb. 26, 2005. The blast killed two civilians who were passing by in a vehicle. It was not clear what the target was, although a U.S. tank was nearby at the time but was not damaged in the blast.
Police officers inspect a car struck by the blast after insurgents detonated a bomb in the west of Baghdad, killing the two Iraqi civilians who were passing by in the vehicle, Feb. 26, 2005.
An Iraqi man fingers his prayer-beads in front of Danish troops on patrol during a morning raid in search of wanted men and illegal weapons, in al-Hartha, north of the southern town of Basra, Iraq, Feb. 26, 2005.
A U.S. soldier surveys the scene after insurgents detonated a bomb in the west of Baghdad, killing two civilians, in Iraq, Feb. 26, 2005.
Two birds, known locally as red pigeons, fly over men giving Friday prayers in the Sadr City area of Baghdad in Iraq, Feb. 25, 2005.
Spent bullet-casings litter the ground at the site of a bomb blast, which killed three patrolling U.S. soldiers and wounded at least eight others in Tarmiyah, 20 miles north of Baghdad, Feb. 25, 2005.
An Iraqi policeman makes his way through the rubble after a man wearing a police uniform drove a car bomb inside the headquarters of police in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit in Iraq, Feb. 24, 2005.
Iraqi policemen carry away the body of a colleague in a carpet after a man wearing a police uniform drove a car bomb inside the headquarters of police in Tikrit, Feb. 24, 2005.
Newly-qualified Iraqi border guards celebrate their graduation in the southern town of Basra in Iraq, Feb. 23, 2005. The recruits will be charged with securing the country's borders against unauthorized immigration, smuggling, and other illegalities.
Local residents look at an oil pipeline fire they say was caused by an early morning bomb blast, which injured six people, in Yousifiya, south of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2005.
A man, at right, grieves at the funeral of his two brothers, both Iraqi police officers who were killed by a roadside bomb, in the al-Yarmouk area of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2005.
This still, taken from Associated Press Television News footage shot Monday, Feb. 21, 2005, in the Dora section of Baghdad, shows the aftermath of a roadside bomb explosion.
U.S. soldiers from the 1st Armored Division ("Old Ironsides") secure the area following the discovery of unexploded roadside bombs next to the al-Rasool al-Akram Shiite mosque in the al-Gazaliyah area in the west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005.
A young boy looks on as an Iraqi policeman, left, and a U.S. soldier secure the area following the discovery of unexploded roadside bombs next to the al-Rasool al-Akram Shiite mosque in the al-Gazaliyah area in the west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005.
An Iraqi family is searched near a U.S. checkpoint in Ramadi, an insurgent stronghold 70 miles west of Baghdad in Iraq, Feb. 22, 2005. U.S. Marines have been targeting insurgents in raids on houses in several troubled cities west of Baghdad. They have been setting up checkpoints, searching cars, and imposing a nighttime curfew.
U.S. soldiers secure the scene of a blast that overturned a Humvee in the Dora area of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 21, 2005.