People carry a coffin past a poster showing revered religious figure for Shiites, Imam Ali, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007. Imam Ali was a son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
An Iraqi woman walks past damaged shops in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007. Two civilians were injured when a roadside bomb exploded, targeting a passing police patrol nearby.
Relatives grieve over a body of a man discovered by police and brought to Yarmouk hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007. Iraqi police discovered bodies of 31 persons in various parts of Baghdad on Saturday, bullet-ridden and showing signs of torture.
U.S. and Iraqi army soldiers take positions as a firefight with insurgents broke out in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007.
An Iraqi police officer tries to keep bystanders away from the scene of a car bomb blast in al-Amil neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007. At least three civilians were hurt in the blast.
An Iraqi teen inspects damage after a parked car bomb exploded Thursday night in Kirkuk, Iraq, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Friday, Jan. 12, 2007. At least three civilians were injured in the blast.
A man makes his way to a gas station to line up for heating oil in central Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 12, 2007. Iraqis have been plagued by electricity cuts, and shortages of gas and cooking oil, as insurgent attacks prevent the U.S. and the Iraqi government from restoring basic services to pre-war levels.
Iraqis watch President George W. Bush deliver a televised address to the United States, in Basra, Iraq, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007. The president said he will send 21,500 additional U.S. troops to Iraq to quell its insurgency.
An Iraqi army soldier mans a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Jan. 11, 2006. Six Iraqis were shot dead, including five police officers, in Baghdad attacks Thursday, just hours after President George W. Bush declared he would send more than 20,000 new troops to Iraq.
Iraqi firefighters try to extinguish a burning oil pipeline near Kirkuk, Iraq, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Thursday, Jan 11, 2007. Suspected Sunni insurgents attacked and set fire to a large oil pipeline in northern Iraq, interrupting the flow from the Kirkuk oil fields, an official of the Northern Oil Co. said.
A young Iraqi boy stands next to a wall damaged by planted explosives in central Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007. One policeman was hurt in the blast.
Men embrace after collecting bodies of their four relatives killed when their house was destroyed in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday Jan. 10, 2007. Police initially said the attack was from two mortar shells, but later a police official and witnesses said the home was fired on by U.S. aircraft on Tuesday night. The U.S. military had no immediate comment.
An Iraqi police recruit searches a building during an excercise at a police training center Jan. 9, 2007 at Camp Ramadi, Iraq. Thousands of new recruits, almost all of them Sunnis, have applied to join the police force in Ramadi since the U.S. military strengthened their relationship with some key tribal leaders in recent months, say Army officials.
An Iraqi army Humvee blocks a street in central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007. U.S. and Iraqi soldiers, backed by American warplanes, battled suspected insurgents for hours Tuesday in central Baghdad's Haifa Street area, and 50 militant fighters were killed, the Defense Ministry said.
A U.S. Army Humvee sits covered in mud at Camp Ramadi Jan. 9, 2007 in Ramadi, Iraq. While military officials say they have reduced the number of insurgent attacks in Ramadi in recent months, U.S. forces in the area continue to suffer casualties on a daily basis.
A U.S. military Apache helicopter flies as smoke rises over Baghdad's Haifa Street area, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007. Iraqi soldiers backed by U.S. troops battled gunmen in central Baghdad Tuesday, and explosions were heard in the area, police, witnesses and the U.S. military said.
A U.S. military helicopter releases anti-missile decoy flares while flying over central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007. Iraqi soldiers backed by U.S. troops battled gunmen in central Baghdad's Haifa Street area early Tuesday, and explosions were heard in the area, police, witnesses and the U.S. military said.
The empty seat of executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is seen during the Operation Anfal trial, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 8, 2007.
A bus destroyed in an ambush stands on the side of the road in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 8, 2007. Unknown gunmen attacked a bus full of mainly Shiite workers from Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood en route to the airport, killing 9 persons and wounding at least 11, a hospital paramedic said.
Iraqis detained in a joint U.S. and Iraqi army raid sit blindfolded in the back of a truck in Muqdadiyah, 45 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 8, 2007. Four wanted, along with 27 suspected terrorists were apprehended and weapons, ammunition and other materials were seized in the raid.