U.S. soldiers from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Second Infantry Division rush into a home in the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 1, 2007.
An Iraqi policeman prepares to tow a damaged patrol vehicle in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 1, 2007. Two Iraqi policemen were killed Sunday when a roadside bomb struck their patrol. After the blast, gunmen sped by in a car and showered the policemen with machine gun fire, a police officer said.
An Iraq boy inspects his damaged house after a U.S. military raid in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City Saturday, June 30, 2007. U.S. soldiers killed 26 suspected insurgents before dawn Saturday in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, the military said. Iraqi police and hospital officials said the victims were civilians killed in their homes.
Iraqis inspect damage made in a U.S. raid in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City Saturday, June 30, 2007. U.S. soldiers killed 26 suspected insurgents before dawn Saturday in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, the military said. Iraqi police and hospital officials said the victims were civilians killed in their homes.
An Iraqi boy injured in a U.S. raid stands in front of his house in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Saturday, June 30, 2007. U.S. soldiers killed 26 suspected insurgents before dawn Saturday in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, the military said. Iraqi police and hospital officials said the victims were civilians killed in their homes.
A member of the Army's 2-12 Cavalry Battalion looks for weapons in the courtyard of an office Saturday, June 30, 2007, in the divided Gazaliyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. Gazaliyah, one of Baghdad's most troubled neighborhoods, is patrolled by the 2-12 Cavalry out of Joint Security Station Casino, one of the field bases that figures prominently in the "surge" strategy of General David Petraeus.
Iraqi soldiers guard blindfolded suspects at a military detention center in the restive city of Baquba, in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, Saturday, June 30, 2007. Iraqi and U.S. forces are conducting a military operation aimed at cleaning the restive province from al Qaeda strongholds.
Iraqi children play in a fountain in central Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, June 29, 2007. The Iraqi government has banned all vehicular traffic to prevent attacks on worshippers on Friday's, the Muslim day of rest and prayer.
Iraqi soldiers man a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, June 29, 2007. The Iraqi government has banned all vehicular traffic to prevent attacks on worshippers on Friday's, the Muslim day of rest and prayer.
An Iraqi woman eyes soldiers from Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Second Infantry Division as they stand guard during a search of her home in the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 28, 2007.
A man stands among destroyed vehicles at a bus station in the Baiyaa neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 28, 2007. A parked car bomb exploded in one of Baghdad's busy outdoor bus stations at rush hour Thursday, killing at least 20 people and wounding at least 40, police said. Some 40 minibuses were incinerated in the explosion.
Iraqi women look at the site of a blast at a bus station in the Baiyaa neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 28, 2007.
Iraqis look at the debris and destruction at a bus station in the Baiyaa neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 28, 2007, after a car bomb exploded at rush hour.
A police helmet rests on a pole in Samarra, Iraq, 60 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, after a roadside bomb struck a police patrol killing five, Wednesday, June 27, 2007.
A suspected Shia militant, right, is held before being led away by a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment after a raid of his home in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday, June 27, 2007, in the Hurriyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq.
Paratroopers in the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment gather as they attempt to break in the door of a house of a suspected Shia terrorist in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday, June 27, 2007, in the Hurriyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq.
An Iraqi woman carries containers as she walks to join a line to buy gas in central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 26, 2007, as serious gas shortages continue to affect the Iraqi capital.
Iraqi children stand near a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment Tuesday, June 26, 2007, in the Hurriyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq.
Iraqi soldiers inspect damage as bodies lay on the floor at al-Mansur hotel in central Baghdad, Monday, June 25, 2007. A suicide bomber blew himself up in the crowded lobby of the hotel, killing at least seven people, staff said.
Iraqi and U.S. troops walk the streets of Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Monday, June 25, 2007. Between 60 and 100 suspected al Qaeda fighters and one U.S. soldier have been killed so far in the fighting in western Baqouba, the U.S. military said.