Spc. Billy Lake, from Wisconsin Dells, Wisc., of 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division puts a cross in the window of a humvee military vehicle before the start of a joint U.S.-Georgia Army patrol at camp Cleary in Wahida, Iraq, about 19 miles southeast of Baghdad, on Sunday, March 9, 2008.
Capt. Jim Hathaway from Colombus, Ga., of 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division plays with a soccer ball with Iraqi children during a joint U.S.-Republic of Georgia army patrol in the Al-leg area of Iraq, about 40 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, March 9, 2008.
Two Iraqi boys hold lollipops as they watch U.S. soldiers the of 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, patrol, during the second day of the Sukhumi clearing operation in Al-leg, Iraq on Saturday, March 8, 2008.
U.S. soldiers secure the area next to a damaged U.S. military vehicle after a roadside bomb explosion during the Sukhumi clearing operation in the area of Al-leg, some 40 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 7, 2008.
A U.S. soldier stands guard as two U.S. military helicopters are seen following the second roadside bomb explosion of the day during the Sukhumi clearing operation in the area of Al-leg, some 40 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 7, 2008.
Relatives of Iraqi Christian Fadi Ameer, who was killed in Thursday evening's bombings in the central district of Karrada in Baghdad, Iraq, cry during his funeral Friday, March 7, 2008. Two bombs went off within minutes of each other in Karrada's crowded shopping district, killing at least 53 people and wounding 130.
Iraqi policeman inspects cars that were either destroyed by car bombs or used as car bombs at a scrap yard in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City Wednesday, March 5, 2008.
US soldiers inspect the site of suicide car bombing in Samarra, Iraq, Wednesday, March 5, 2008. Samarra Awakening Council members shot at a suicide bomber approaching their checkpoint but he still managed to detonate the car. Six Council members were wounded in the blast.
Women hug their relative who was released from detention in Baqouba, capital of Iraq's Diyala province, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday March 5, 2008. Iraqi police released 69 detainees Wednesday.
A US soldier of Charlie Company, 1st Platoon, 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, secures the area at a check point during a patrol at Salman Pak city on Wednesday, March. 5, 2008.
A US soldier of Charlie Company, 1st Platoon, 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, inspects check point as an volunteer Iraqi civilian holds his rifle as he is smoking during a patrol at Salman Pak city about 30 miles, south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, March. 5, 2008.
Iraqi children run away as US soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Platoon, 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, conduct a foot patrol at Salman Pak city about 30 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, March 5, 2008.
A US soldier of Charlie Company, 1st Platoon, 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, walks inside the ancient arch of Taq-i Kisra during a patrol at Salman Pak city about 30 miles, south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, March. 5, 2008. The arch, believed to have been built in the 3rd century A.D. was part of an imperial palace complex built by the Sasanian kings.
An Iraqi woman and two girls stand at the entrance of their house as Spc. James Wilson from, Clyde, Michigan, USA, of Charlie Company, 1st Platoon, 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, walks during a patrol at Salman Pak city about 30 miles, south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, March. 5, 2008.
Spc. Joshua Robles from Columbus, Georgia, USA, of Alpha Company, 2nd Platoon, 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, guards as Iraqi civilians work to clean a road during a patrol at Salman Pak about 30 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, March. 4, 2008.
Iraqis stand at a site where a car bomb destroyed a house on Sunday in Samarra, Iraq, 60 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 3, 2008. Iraqi police said that at least seven people were killed and 10 people were injured in the blast.
An Iraqi child watches a U.S. soldier patrol past the door of his house at Salman Pak city, south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March. 3, 2008.
Pfc. Christopher Caudill from Lexington, Kenducky, USA, of Charlie Company, 1st Platoon, 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, walks next to an Iraqi child who is blowing UP a soccer ball during a routine patrol at Salman Pak city about 30 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, March. 3, 2008.
Two US soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Platoon, 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, patrol at Salman Pak city about 30 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, March 3, 2008.
Spc. Daniel Collier, medic, from Portland, Oregon, USA, of Charlie Company, 1st Platoon, 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, secures the area at a check point during a routine patrol at Salman Pak city about 30 miles, south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, March. 3, 2008.