Children play on a slide as the sun sets in a park next to the Tigris river, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, June 1, 2008.
Iraqi security forces guard detainees at the back of a police vehicle in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, June 1, 2008.
Iraqi soccer fans watch the qualifying World Cup match between Iraq and Australia in a coffee shop, in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Iraq, on Sunday, June 1, 2008.
An Iraqi woman looks out of her tent at a refugee camp 12 miles south of the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, May 31, 2008. About 280 refugees live in the camp, most of them driven out of their homes by sectarian violence.
A boy carries food in a market in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, May 31, 2008. Loyalists of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on the Iraqi government Saturday to hold a public referendum on a long-term security deal with the United States.
An Iraqi man shouts slogans during a protest in Kufa, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, May 30, 2008. Tens of thousands of Shiites took to the streets Friday in Baghdad and other cities to protest plans for a long-term security agreement with the United States.
Parliamentary member Maha Adel al-Douri speaks, in front of a poster showing Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, late father of the radical anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al Sadr during a meeting in Sadr's main office in Sadr City to discuss the proposed U.S.-Iraqi security agreement on Saturday, May 31, 2008.
Iraqi Shiites touch the door handle at the Imam Mousa al-Kadim shrine, in Kazimiyah northern district of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 30, 2008, as a mark of respect after Friday prayers.
A U.S. soldier patrols in Jamileh, the main market of the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, May 29, 2008.
A U.S. soldier stands quard in front of the Hands of Victory arch in Baghdad's Green Zone, Thursday, May 29, 2008.
Iraqi police officers inspect a crater as firefighters clean the road with water in the al-Ghabat area of central Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, May 29, 2008, after a suicide bomber drove his car up to police officers and detonated his explosives, killing three police officers and wounding four other police officers and five civilians.
A woman washes clothes as an Iraqi soldier patrols in a village near the city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, May 29, 2008. The Iraqi army said that they arrested 5 foreigners during the patrol.
Iraqi soldiers question a woman at the entrance of her house during a search patrol in a village near the city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, May 29, 2008. The Iraqi army said that they arrested 5 foreigners during the patrol.
Iraqi soldiers walk during a search patrol in a village near the city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, May 29, 2008.
Iraqi Shiite worshippers attend Friday prayers at the Imam Mousa al-Kadim shrine, in the Kazimiyah northern district of Baghdad, May 30, 2008.
Iraqi demonstrators shout slogans in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City as they hold placards of radical anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al Sadr, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, May 30, 2008. Tens of thousands of Shiites took to the streets in Baghdad and other cities to protest plans for a long-term security agreement with the United States.
A U.S. armoured vehicle burns at Al Canal street, near Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, after a roadside bomb exploded next to a U.S. military convoy, Monday, May 26, 2008, police said. There was no immediate U.S. Army confirmation regarding the blast.
U.S. soldiers try to extinguish an American armoured vehicle at Al Canal street, near Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, after a roadside bomb exploded next to a U.S. military convoy, on Monday, May 26, 2008, police said.
An Iraqi soldier stands guard in front of an Iraqi tank in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 26, 2008. Iraqi police officials in Sadr City said a roadside bomb exploded on the southern edge of the district, setting a U.S. armored vehicle ablaze.
Iraqi army soldiers demonstrate their skills, during a joint military and police parade in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, May 26, 2008. Four battalions of 3,500 male and female personnel are made up of special forces of rapid response troops.