Iraqi soldiers hold their new rifles, provided by U.S. forces, in Taji U.S. military camp near Baghdad, Sunday, May 13, 2007. U.S. forces have given the Iraqi army 800 M-16 & M-4 rifles as a part of the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.
Friends and relatives take part in the funeral procession for three members of a family killed in the Sadr City slum of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 13, 2007. A U.S. military helicopter opened fire at a family sleeping on their rooftop, killing a mother and two children and injuring two other children, Iraqi police said.
Iraqis and U.S. soldiers survey the scene following a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 13, 2007. A parked car bomb exploded near a market in central Baghdad, killing at least 12 Iraqis, wounding 43 and damaging shops, police said.
Iraqi soldiers take defensive position while on a joint search mission with the U.S. troops near Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 12, 2007. Seven U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi army interpreter were attacked early Saturday while patrolling a Sunni insurgent area south of Baghdad, leaving five dead and three missing, the U.S. military said.
Residents inspect damage on a Shiite mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 12, 2007. A bomb exploded near the mosque in northeastern Baghdad late Friday, killing at least one worshipper and wounding six.
Iraqi soldiers inspect a damaged bridge over Diyala river in southern Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 12, 2007. Twin suicide car bombers struck police checkpoints at bridges in a predominantly Shiite area of Baghdad, killing at least 23 people just hours after a series of U.S. raids on car bomb networks around the capital killed four suspected insurgents.
Iraqi security forces man their checkpoint in downtown Baghdad, Friday, May 11, 2007. Due to security concerns, most traffic is banned from Baghdad streets on Fridays.
Marine Lance Corporal Scott Ratten from Fort Worth, Texas of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines sets up a defensive position during a security patrol Friday, May 11, 2007 in the area known as Zaidon in the Al Anbar province near Fallujah, Iraq. The Marines are part of the U.S. military effort to control the violence in Iraq.
Iraqis perform Friday prayers at the Shiite Kufa mosque in the southern city of Najaf, Friday, May 11, 2007. Iraqi lawmakers are gathering votes to force their government to set a deadline for U.S. forces to withdraw from the country and think they have a majority, a leading Shiite said.
Iraqi children search for parts in the remains of a vehicle which was part of a Private Security Convoy hit by a roadside bomb, according to Iraqi security sources in the al-Horreya neighborhood in north Baghdad, Friday, May 11, 2007. No details of casualties were available.
A resident inspects damage following an air strike that killed three armed insurgents, in Shiite slum of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 10, 2007.
A resident inspects damage following an air strike that killed three armed insurgents as a young child looks on, in Shiite slum of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 10, 2007. Three civilians were injured in the raid and treated by U.S.-led forces, a statement from the military said.
Vice President Dick Cheney participates in a rally with troops at Camp Speicher, Iraq, Thursday, May 10, 2007.
Suspected insurgents are detained at a police station in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 10, 2007. Seven suspects were arrested in an Iraqi special police raid near Baqouba.
U.S. Marines of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines take a break during a local security patrol Wednesday, May 9, 2007, in the area known as Zaidon in the An Bar province near Fallujah, Iraq. The Marines are part of the U.S. military effort to control the violence in Iraq.
Marine Sergeant Robert Boyles from Lancaster, Pa., with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines participates in a local security patrol Wednesday, May 9, 2007, in the area known as Zaidon in the An Bar province near Fallujah, Iraq.
Iraqi youths ride bicycles past U.S. marines on patrol in the Shiite district of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. U.S marines and soldiers and Iraqi soldiers searched the neighborhood for weapons and explosives.
Residents are seen on the street in Baiyaa, a middle-class district of homes and shops in western Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Many stores have closed and both Shiite and Sunni families from Baiyaa have fled the neighborhood in recent weeks.
An unidentified comrade of Spc. Astor Sunsin-Pineda and Lt. Ryan Jones pays his respects to the two fallen soldiers at a memorial service in Baghdad, Iraq Monday, May 7, 2007. Platoon leader Jones, 24, from Fitchburg, Mass., and his driver, Sunsin-Pineda, 20, from Long Beach, Calif., were both killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad on May 2 while on patrol.
Suspected terrorists are guarded at an Iraqi military base in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 7, 2007. Six Iraqis believed to be linked with al Qaeda were detained in a raid near Baqouba.