A bricklayer works at the site of a planned fuel station, as U.S. Army soldiers from Charlie Battery, Fires Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment, patrol in the village of Zaganiyah,about 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, June 29, 2008.
An Iraqi police officer helps a man push his car as he queues at a gas station in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 29, 2008. Several major oil companies are expected to announce contracts to start servicing the Iraqi oil infrastructure.
Children swim in a pond formed by a bomb crater in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Iraq, Sunday, June 29, 2008.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Adam Nin, 31, from Orlando, Fla., left, stands guard as an Iraqi woman receives prescriptions at a medical clinic in the village of Zaganiyah, about 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, June 29, 2008.
U.S. Army soldiers from Fires Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment search a home inside a village near Muqdadiyah, about 60 miles north of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Friday, June 27, 2008.
Faahma Ali drinks water in front of her brother Mohammed Ali, who rides a camel as they lead camels on their daily search of food and water in a desert area next to Al-Ruhba, about 55 miles south west of the city of Najaf, south of Baghdad Iraq, on Thursday, June 26, 2008.
A U.S Army soldier secures the area outside the city council building of Sadr City during a meeting of Iraqi officials with American soldiers on Thursday, June 26, 2008, at the place where on Tuesday, June 24, a bomb exploded killing 10 people, including four Americans who were working to restore local government and services in the former Shiite militia stronghold.
A U.S Army soldier secures the area as Iraqi students walk outside Hassan Bin Thabit school in Baiyaa, western Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, June 26, 2008, during the first day of high school final exams.
Sheiks from the Shiite Tammimi tribe confer at a reconciliation meeting with the Sunni Jabouri tribe in Muqdadiyah, about 60 miles north of Baghdad, on Thursday, June 26, 2008.
Fahima Shakhmet, 26, covers her face inside a tent in a desert area next to Al-Ruhba town about 55 miles southwest of the city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, June 26, 2008.
Mohammed Ali leads camels during a daily search for food and water as the sun sets, in a desert area next to Al-Ruhba town about 55 miles southwest of the city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, June 26, 2008. Mohammed earns about $2.50 per day.
An Iraqi police cadet in riot gear stands in formation for a demonstration of his skills at a graduation ceremony at the Ashraf Police Academy in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Around 500 policemen, who will join the police force in Baquouba, graduated from the course.
Iraqi civilians inspect damaged cars after a car bomb blast in the Karrada neighborhood, central Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Three civilians died from the blast and seven others were wounded, the police said.
Sumi Jasim, right, cries for his lost friend, next to a destroyed house, after a U.S. air strike, 10 miles north of Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Six members of a family including four children were killed early Wednesday when a U.S. jet destroyed their house, the police said.
Iraqi men inspect a burned minibus after a car bomb detonated near the holy shrine of Imam Al-Abbas in central Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Two civilians including a 10-year-old boy were killed and 14 others were wounded from the blast, the police said.
A female police officer aims with her pistol at a shooting range during a graduation ceremony in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Some 115 policewomen graduated Wednesday from Karbala's police academy.
The body of Iraqi army soldier, Ahmed Mohan, lies in a coffin as his sons Haider and Mohdaffer and his mother mourns, in the holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Mohad was killed in Sadr city, the family said.
Iraqi Army soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint during an army operation in Amarah, 200 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, June 23, 2008. Iraq's prime minister vowed Monday to extend military operations against all those who defy the "will of the nation," but he also called on Iraqi troops to respect the rights of citizens amid complaints of bad behavior and arrests without warrants.
An Iraqi woman looks on a showcase of a jewelry shop in Karradah, downtown Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 23, 2008.
A U.S. Army soldier patrols in Salman Pak, about 15 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, June 23, 2008.