A U.S. Army soldier belonging to the 1st Batallion, 22nd Infantry of the 4th Infantry Divison, stays alert while driving at night in the city of Tikrit, Iraq, late Sunday night, July 27, 2003. Operations have intensified in this region amidst information that Saddam Hussein may be hiding out there.
Major Bryan Luke of the US 1st Battalion, 22 Infantry Regiment belonging to the 4th Infantry Division, stands next to a hole full of weapons and explosives on Monday, July 28, 2003, in the city of Tikrit, Iraq. The cache was discovered the previous night in an abandoned house.
A religious cleric tries to mediate with U.S. Army 1st Armored Division Maj. Paul Kreis on the behalf of agitated Baghdad University students Monday, July 28, 2003. For security reasons, Maj. Kreis wanted to evacuate the residential wing of Baghdad University that overlooks the U.S. soldiers' camp.
U.S. Army 1st Armored Division soldiers stand guard as residents of a Baghdad University building shout religious slogans on Monday, July 28, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq. The soldiers wanted a residential wing of Baghdad University to be evacuated for security reasons because it overlooks the U.S. soldiers' camp.
U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Batallion, 22nd Regiment of the 4th Infantry Divison, take Adnan Abdullah Abid Al Musslit, who according to the Army was one of Saddam Hussein's top bodyguards, into custody during an early morning raid at a home in Tikrit, northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 29, 2003.
Adnan Abdullah Abid Al Musslit, right, standing next to Saddam Hussein, is seen in this undated photo released by the U.S. Army Tuesday, July 29, 2003. Adnan Abdullah Abid Al Musslit, who was one of Saddam Hussein's top bodyguards, was arrested today by U.S. forces in a pre-dawn raid at a home in Tikrit, norhtwest of Baghdad, Iraq.
A U.S. Army soldier from the 1st Batallion, 22nd Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Divison, guards Adnan Abdullah Abid Al Musslit, who according to the Army was one of Saddam Hussein's top bodyguards. He was taken into custody during an early morning raid at a home in Tikrit July 29, 2003.
Three Iraqi soldiers stand at attention as they prepare to march during training in a former palace of Saddam Hussein in Mosul, Iraq, Monday, July 28, 2003. The soldiers are part of a group of Iraqi soldiers based in Mosul that will help maintain security for the 101st Airborne Division.
Hundreds of unemployed Iraqis demand jobs during a protest controlled by U.S. troops in front of the Coalition Provisional Authority headquarters, Tuesday, July 29, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq.
Spc. Sharon Cooper from Orlando, Florida, belonging to the U.S. Army 502nd Engineer Company nicknamed the "River Rats," mans a machine gun as she patrols the Tigris River near the town of Tikrit, northwest of Baghdad, Wednesday July 30, 2003.
Former Iraqi colonels in the Iraqi Army wait for their first back wages since the war, paid by the U.S. coalition authorities, in a line controlled by the U.S. Army, Wednesday, July 16, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq.
A U.S. Army soldier from the 4th Brigade, 1st Field Artillery, 1st A.D., stops a car, reminding the driver that he needs to remove his window tint or the car will be confiscated under coalition military law, Thursday, July 31, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq.
U.S. Army troops from the 4th Brigade, 1st Field Artillery, 1st A.D., inspect the damage caused by an unidentified remote-controlled bomb injuring two soldiers, Thursday, July 31, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq.
A U.S. Army trooper from the 4th Brigade, 1st Field Artillery, 1st A.D., inspects the damage caused by an unidentified remote-controlled bomb injuring two soldiers, Thursday, July 31, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq.
U.S. Army troops of the 1st Armored Division stand guard as a tank burns following an RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade) attack Thursday, July 31, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq, killing two soldiers and injuring two other.
U.S. Army troops of the 1st Armored Division guard the scene as an armored personnel carrier burns after insurgent attacked the troops in Baghdad, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed and two others were injured Thursday July 31, 2003.
U.S. Army troops of the 1st Armored Division guard the scene after someone tossed a hand grenade at their guard post causing superficial injuries to one soldier, Thursday, July 31, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq.
As the sun sets over the hills near Tall Afar in northern Iraq, the sihlouettes of U.S. Army Apache helicopters are drawn into stark focus Thursday, July 31, 2003.
Iraqi children play in the river Tigris in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday Aug. 3, 2003. August is the one of the hottest months in Iraq, where temperatures can reach over 122 degrees Fahrenheit.
U.S. soldiers from 1st Armored Division of the 2nd brigade stand guard as other soldiers conduct a search in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday Aug. 3, 2003.