An Iraqi man pushes his bicycle as he passes by a check point set up by U.S. Army and the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps in Baghdad's Kazimiya neighborhood, Iraq, March 28, 2004.
Schoolchildren stand in the courtyard of a primary school after it was hit by a rocket in Mosul,March 28 2004. A Katyusha rocket, apparently aimed at the city hall, missed and hit a nearby primary school for boys, but failed to explode, according to the principal, Abdul-Wahhab Mahmoud.
Marine Capt. Kyle Stoddard, 34, from the Bronx, N.Y., aims his M-16 rifle into an open window as Marines of 2nd Platoon, Fox Company, clear the inside of the house during a raid by 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment in a section of Fallujah, Iraq March 26, 2004.
An Iraqi insurgent aims his rocket-propelled grenade launcher at U.S. forces March 26, 2004, during intensive fighting in the town of Fallujah in the so-called Sunni Triangle, where support for Saddam Hussein is strong and rebels often carry out attacks against American forces. Witnesses said heavy gunfire and explosions were heard when Marines moved into the center of the city.
Marine Cpl. Jamie Smith moves past a shadow cast by a rooftop as he and Marines of 2nd Platoon, Fox Company during a raid by the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment in a section of Fallujah, Iraq March 26, 2004. The platoon came under small arms fire several times that day from buildings and street corners.
A masked Iraqi Shiite man stands guard on top of the Timmemi mosque during the Friday prayer in Kirkuk, in the Kurdish dominant northern Iraq, March 26, 2004. Hundreds of Muslim Shiites, Sunnis and Turkomans gathered in Kirkuk's Timmemi mosque to show their solidarity and unity.
Iraqi shiite women walk toward the Kazimia shrine in Baghdad to attend Friday noon prayer, March 26, 2004.
A truck sits next to a blazing pipe station at an oil well in the Kubazah oil field in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, March 26, 2004. The cause of the fire was unknown.
Iraqi men cheer as an American humvee burns after it came under attack during a shootout in the Iraqi town of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, March 25, 2004. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Recruits of the new Iraqi Civil Defense Corps celebrate at their graduation into the 304th Battalion, 40th Brigade, in Baghdad, March 25, 2004.
An unidentified U.S Army female soldier, reflected in a vehicle's window, watches recruits of the new Iraqi Civil Defense Corps celebrating their graduation into the 304th Battalion, 40th Brigade in Baghdad, March 25, 2004.
Smoke from moving U.S. armored vehicles rises from Celebration Square inside Baghdad's green zone as two helicopters fly overhead March 24, 2004.
Omar Juma, 4, stands outside his home in Fallujah, Iraq, March 24, 2004, in the aftermath of fighting the previous day.
Iraqis protest March 23, 2004, against the assassination of Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin in Ramadi, Iraq. Israeli forces killed Yassin March 22 in a helicopter missile strike outside a Gaza City mosque, prompting threats of unprecedented revenge by Palestinian militants against Israel and the United States.
Relatives gather outside the Abu Ghraib jail outside Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday March 23, 2004, as they wait for prisoners to either be released or transferred to Um Qasr, southern Iraq. Two buses left the jail but no reason was given by U.S. Marines outside the jail for the prisoners' transfer.
Street vendors hurriedly remove items as a fire burns at a nearby gas station in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday March 23, 2004. Three people were injured in the blaze, but the cause of the fire was not known.
British soldiers come under Molotov cocktail attack in the southern Iraqi town of Basra, Monday, March 22, 2004, during a protest condemning the assassination of Hamas founder Ahmed Yassin in Gaza City earlier in the day. Israel killed Yassin in a helicopter missile strike outside a Gaza City mosque, prompting threats of unprecedented revenge by Palestinian militants against Israel and the United States.
Spc. Mildred Brunt, 35, of Lincolnton, N.C., an Army chaplin's assistant with the 812th Transportation Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve Unit, based in Charlotte, gives candy to Iraqi kids at an elementary school in the southern Iraqi town of Safwan March 22, 2004.
An Iraqi boy opens a bag of gifts as members of the 812th Transportation Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve Unit, visit an elementary school in the southern Iraqi town of Safwan March 22, 2004.
The body of a Finnish businessman rests on a stretcher at the scene of a drive-by shooting in west Baghdad, heading towards Ramadi, Monday, March 22, 2004. Two Finnish businessmen, visiting Baghdad in a state delegation, were shot dead that morning, the Finnish foreign ministry announced. At right is the BWM they were riding in, and at left, wearing sunglasses, is the driver of the car.