People stand at the scene after a bomb explosion outside of a police station in the Albu Ajil village on the eastern outskirts of Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 10, 2007.
An Iraqi Christian woman cries outside a church in Baghdad Jadidah in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 10, 2007. Representatives of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr visited displaced Iraqi Christians from Baghdad's Dora neighborhood who fled sectarian violence and found refuge inside this church.
A U.S. soldier runs after a bridge was destroyed by an apparent suicide vbomber in a vehicle on Sunday, June 10, 2007, outside Mahmoudiya, about 20 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq.
Private security contractors, in black, inspect a bridge destroyed by an apparent suicide bomber in a vehicle on Sunday, June 10, 2007, outside Mahmoudiya, about 20 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq.
A U.S. soldier runs by a bridge destroyed by an apparent suicide bombing on Sunday, June 10, 2007, outside Mahmoudiya, about 20 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq.
A man sleeps on a four-lane divider in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 10, 2007, as he waits in line for gasoline. Baghdad's motorist have to line up and wait for over 24 hours to fill their tanks due to the fuel crisis in the capital.
An Iraqi girl attends Friday prayers in a shrine, in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, June 8, 2007
A gunman and Iraqi civilians inspect a damaged car after a parked minibus exploded at a bus terminal in the town of Qurna, Iraq, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, on Friday, June 8, 2007.
Iraqis evacuate the body of a victim from the site of a car bomb in Baghdad's al-Talibiyah neighborhood, Thursday, June 7, 2007. Five people were killed and 15 others were wounded according to medical and police sources.
Small boats ply their trade as they ferry Iraqi people across the Tigris river in central Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, June 7, 2007. Many civilians use small boats to ford the Tigris, avoiding the traffic jams and possible attacks on the roads. Several of Baghdad's bridges have come under attack from insurgent forces, for their symbolic or strategic importance.
A man guards the outside entrance of the British Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 7, 2007. The British ambassador to Iraq issued an appeal Thursday for the release of five kidnapped Britons, asking Iraqis to come forth with any information about them. The five Britons were seized on May 29 from Baghdad's Finance Ministry.
U.S. soldiers from the 1st Battalion 28th Infantry Regiment, Delta Company kick open a locked door to conduct a random check in the southwestern Bayaa neighborhood of Baghdad, Thursday, June 7, 2007.
U.S. soldiers from the 1st battalion 28th Infantry Regiment, Delta Company search under a mattress during a random check on Iraqi homes in the southwestern Bayaa neighborhood of Baghdad, Thursday, June 7, 2007.
Iraqi policeman stands by vehicles destroyed after a bomb placed beneath a parked car exploded at about lunchtime outside a falafel restaurant in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 7, 2007. At least three people were killed and eight wounded, police said.
The blood of an unidentified person lies in the street at the scene following a military raid by U.S. and Iraqi troops in the Al Orfali area of Sadr City, Iraq, early Wednesday, June 6, 2007. The joint force detained four Iraqi men, a police officer said.
Iraqi policemen search a car at a check point in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, June 6, 2007. Car bombings shook the streets leading to Baghdad's most revered Shiite Muslim shrine on Wednesday and police reported at least seven people killed and 27 others wounded.
Civilians walk behind a crater on Tuesday, June 5, 2007, after a roadside bomb exploded on Monday targeting a British patrol in Al-Baradhaya district, central Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad.
Iraqi police commandos man a checkpoint in Baghdad's Palestine Street, Tuesday, June 5, 2007. An interim assessment by U.S. commanders found that a three-month-old plan to secure Baghdad is facing determined resistance, forcing U.S. troops back into cleared neighborhoods, a U.S. official said today.
A U.S. helicopter flies over Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 4, 2007. Three U.S. helicopter crews were honored on Monday for bravery under fire for coming to the aid of a helicopter that was shot down, killing 12 soldiers in one of the worst crashes of the Iraq war.
A general view shows the Iraqi Pipelines Company in the southern city of Basra, Tuesday, June 5, 2007. Employees at the company went on strike today, shutting two pipelines carrying oil and gas products inside Iraq. The strike is over unfulfilled demands focusing on the improvement of work conditions and salaries.