Iraqis hold protest demanding the release of a woman arrested with her husband, a suspected criminal, by American troops in front of the Abu Hanifa mosque, Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008.
Colleagues of the Iraqi Journalists' Union chief Shihab al-Timimi cry during his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. Al-Timimi died of his wounds on Wednesday, four days after being ambushed by gunmen while being driven to an art gallery in Baghdad, officials said.
U.S. soldiers of Apache troop, 1-33 Cavarly, 3rd Brigade combat team, 101st Airborne Division, search a yard of a house as an Iraqi girl hangs out wash, at Carbawi village, south of Baghdad, Iraq, during a routine patrol on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008.
Staff Sgt. Michael Wade from Worchester, Mass., of Apache troop, 1-33 Cavarly, 3rd Brigade combat team, 101st Airborne Division, inspects iron chains at a market during a routine patrol in Al Sheet village, south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008.
Shiite pilgrim watches a procession in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008, during the Arbaeen religious holiday to mark the 40th day following the anniversary of the death of Imam Hussein, one Shiism's major figures, who is buried here.
Shiite pilgrims gather in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008, during the Arbaeen religious holiday to mark the 40th day following the anniversary of the death of Imam Hussein, one Shiism's major figures, who is buried there.
A U.S. Army soldier from Alpha Company, 1-21 Infantry Battalion guards detainees in Haleel area, south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008. Three Iraqi detainees were caught transporting a roadside bomb.
Shiite pilgrims chant in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008, during Arbaeen religious holiday to mark the 40th day following the anniversary of the death of Imam Hussein, one Shiism's major figures, who is buried here.
A U.S. army soldier from Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division using night-vision goggles stands guard in the area of Haleel, south of Baghdad, Iraq, late Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008.
U.S. Army soldiers from Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, secure a checkpoint during a patrol at Hetore share, south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008.
An Iraqi soldier gives water to a pilgrim, right, as he refreshes himself on his way from Najaf to Karbala for the religious gathering of Arbaeen in Najaf, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008.
A Shiite pilgrim flagellates himself during a procession in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008, to mark the 40th day following the anniversary of the death of Imam Hussein, one Shiism's major figures, who is buried in Karbala.
A U.S. soldier of Bravo Company, 2/69 Armor Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division secures the area as another searches Iraqi cars as they conduct a patrol at a checkpoint in Radwaniyah, south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Feb. 25, 2008.
An Iraqi volunteer talks on his radio as U.S. soldiers of Bravo Company, 2/69 Armor Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division set up a wooden guard house at a checkpoint, in Zytun village, south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008.
A soldier of Bravo Company, 2/69 Armor Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division conducts a body search to decrease the threat to coalition forces, before conducting a routine engagement to discuss essential services for Western Radwaniyah south of Baghdad, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008.
Iraqi pilgrims reach out for bread in Iskandariyah, 30 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on their way to Karbala for Arbaeen, a major religious gathering, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008.
Iraqi pilgrims march through Iskandariyah, 30 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on their way to Karbala for Arbaeen, a major religious gathering, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008.
U.S. soldiers of Bravo Company, 2/69 Armor Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division and Iraqi civilians carry a part of a wooden guard house as they prepare it at a checkpoint, in Zytun village, south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Feb. 25, 2008.
Women cry during a funeral for their relative killed in an attack on Shiite pilgrims on their way to Karbala, in Najaf, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008.