A boy grimaces in front of a damaged car after a U.S. and Iraqi raid in Baghdad's eastern district of Sadr City, Sunday, May 27, 2007. U.S. and Iraqi troops for the second consecutive day raided the Shiite slum of Sadr City searching for suspects two days after the anti-America radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr made a public appearance ending months in hiding. No casualties were reported in the raid.
Iraqi children play inside a water fountain at Firdos square in front of the 14th Ramadan mosque in central Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, May 27, 2007, as the temperature rose to 110 degrees.
A soldier from Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment walks past burning reeds razed to prevent insurgents from seeking cover in Quarghuli village near Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 26, 2007, two weeks after a May 12 ambush left four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi soldier dead and three missing.
A car passes next debris in the street after a roadside bomb exploded near an American armored vehicle in the Jamiah neighborhood in western Baghdad, on Saturday, May 26, 2007, destroying the vehicle completely, police said.
An Iraqi man reacts next to a wall with a painted Iraqi flag following an attack by U.S. warplanes and helicopters, in Sadr City district of Baghdad on Saturday, May 26, 2007. The U.S. air strike hit a gas station causing widespread damage to 10 vehicles, killing three people and wounding eight civilians the police said.
Iraqis are reflected in a pool of water as they inspect a damaged car after an attack by U.S. warplanes and helicopters, in Sadr City district of Baghdad on Saturday, May 26, 2007. The U.S. air strike hit on a gas station causing widespread damage to 10 vehicles, killing three people and wounding eight civilians the police said.
An Iraqi child prays with Iraqi men as they attend Friday prayers in the yard of a mosque in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, May 25, 2007.
Iraqi teenagers flash the victory sign in front of a burning sport utility vehicle after a roadside bomb exploded in central Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, on Friday, May 25, 2007. The roadside bomb exploded, targeting the SUV belonging to a foreign security company, injuring 3 security men, a Basra police source said.
Iraqi men and a policeman try to pull a body from the Euphrates river at Musayyib, about 40 miles from Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 23, 2007.
A U.S. soldier stands guard at the site where a mortar shell landed in Baghdad's Shiite neighborhood of Karradah, on Wednesday, May 23, 2007. Two mortar rounds slammed into Karradah, killing six people and wounding more than a dozen others, police said. One shell hit a house, while another exploded in a residential area near the national theater, police said.
A firefighter attempts to extinguish a blaze as smoke billows into the sky during a fire in the Hanjirah area, about 12 miles northwest of Kirkuk city, Iraq, Thursday, May 24, 2007. Suspected saboteurs targeted a deserted oil well in Hanjirah area, causing a huge fire.
An Iraqi man sits outside his destroyed home after a deadly blast in the Shiite-dominated neighborhood of Amil, Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, May 22, 2007. A parked car bomb ripped through a packed outdoor market in southwestern Baghdad, killing 25 people and injuring 60 others.
People gather around a bomb crater after a deadly blast occurred in the Shiite-dominated neighborhood of Amil, Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, May 22, 2007. The neighborhood has seen an increase in violence in recent weeks, and Sunni politicians have expressed fears that Amil was witnessing a resumption of sectarian cleansing by Shiite militiamen.
An Iraqi child stands next to the ruins of a car after a deadly blast occurred in the Shiite-dominated neighborhood of Amil, Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, May 22, 2007.
Bulldozers work in building debris after a deadly blast occurred about 10 a.m. in the Shiite-dominated neighborhood of Amil, Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, May 22, 2007.
A shoe is seen in the water in front of the ruins in the Shiite-dominated neighborhood of Amil, Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, May 22, 2007.
Soldiers from Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division search farmland for clues 10 days after a May 12 attack that left four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi soldier dead and three comrades missing in Quarghuli village, near Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, May 22, 2007.
An Iraqi shia gunman checks the road in Basra city Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad on Monday, May 21, 2007. Violence hit the southern city of Basra, with gunmen killing one police officer and wounding another in an attack on their patrol, police said.
Iraqis sit outside a shop as an Iraqi army officer patrols during security measures in central Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, May 21 2007.
Staff Sgt. Nathan Brooks, 25, from Vergennes, Ill., stands guard on a rooftop as Iraqi women watch soldiers from Delta Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division search their home nine days after a May 12 attack that left four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi soldier dead and three comrades missing in Quarghuli village, south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, May 21, 2007.