Iraqi policemen protest outside a police station in downtown Baghdad Sunday, Nov. 16 2003, demanding their backpay. They claim they have not received their salary for the past two months.
U.S. forces lift debris of a crashed US Black Hawk helicopter from the crash scene, Sunday Nov. 16, 2003, in the northern Iraqi town of Mosul in this image from TV. U.S. command says 17 soldiers were killed, five injured and one still unacounted for in the crash of two Black Hawk helicopters in Mosul which occured after sundown Saturday.
Soldiers of the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division (Task Force Ironhorse) look at an explosion of Iraq ammunition, outside Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2003. U.S. soldiers found hundreds of rockets and missiles at the insurgents' area and have destroyed them.
1st lt. Michael Tobias, of the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division, 299th Engineering Battalion, explains to journalists the type of Iraqi rockets found in a desert bunker outside Tikrit, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2003, U.S. soldiers brought the journalists to the site of the bunker, which was later destroyed in a powerful detonation.
A U.S. soldier sits on top of a Humvee at sunset outside a factory in a Baghdad's suburb Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003. U.S. forces destroyed the facility they say was used by beligerent elements.
An Iraqi man gestures as he arrives to collect the dead bodies of his two sons in the hospital of Nasiriyah, Iraq, Thursday, Nov 13, 2003. The man's sons where killed Wednesday in the suicide bombing outside the Italian Carabinieri building, which was destroyed by a truck bomb.
An Italian Carabinieri secures the side next to the Carabinieri building which was destroyed by a truck bomb Wednesday, in the Italian compound in Nasiriyah, Iraq, Thursday, Nov 13, 2003.
A U.S. soldier sits on top of a Humvee in front of a factory in a Bagdad suburb, Thursday Nov. 13 2003. U.S. forces destroyed the facility they say was used by beligerent elements.
A burned-out car is seen in the foreground as a fire engine sprays water in the direction of Italy's paramilitary headquarters after an explosion in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, Wednesday Nov. 12, 2003. A truck bomb exploded at the headquarters, killing at least 14 Italians and eight Iraqis, according to reports.
People run from the headquarters of Italy's paramilitary police after an explosion in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, Wednesday Nov. 12, 2003. A truck bomb exploded at the headquarters, killing at least 14 Italians and possibly trapping others in the debris.
An improvised explosive device explodes next to a U.S. Army tank, left, on the road between Ramadi and Khaldiyah, west of Baghdad, Tuesday, Nov 11, 2003. There was no injury reported in the incident and the blast blew the track of an armored vehicle away.
A U.S. Army soldier secures the site of a bomb blast outside a Baghdad courthouse, Tuesday, Nov 11, 2003. The bomb outside the courthouse in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday wounded six people including two policemen who were there as well as U.S. soldiers who were bringing prisoners out of the building.
U.S. Army soldiers move in to secure the center of Baghdad Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003. An explosion occurred Tuesday afternoon as U.S. soldiers were escorting 16 Iraqi prisoners from jail to the appellate court in the Waziriyah district of northern Baghdad. Two Iraqi policemen and two prisoners were injured, police Sgt. Ali Manhal said. No further details were immediately available.
A U.S. Army soldier secures the site of a bomb blast outside a Baghdad courthouse, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003. The bomb outside the court in the Iraqi capital wounded six people, including two policemen who were there as U.S. soldiers were bringing prisoners out of the building.
A British soldier examines the scene where an explosion on a road used by British troops killed at least six civilians in the center of Basra, southern Iraq, Tuesday, Nov 11, 2003. Apparently a remote-controlled device exploded when two cars passed by.
A British soldier and an Iraqi policeman secure the area where an explosion on a road used by British troops killed at least six civilians in the center of Basra, southern Iraq, Tuesday, Nov 11, 2003.
A destroyed car is seen in the center of Basra, southern Iraq, after an explosion on a road used by British troops killed at least six civilians in the center of Basra, southern Iraq, Tuesday, Nov 11, 2003. A remote-controlled device exploded, when two cars passed by, a witness said.
An Iraqi man sits in the street with his sheep as a U.S. soldier, right, of Charlie company, 1-22 Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, is seen on patrol in Tikrit, 120 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 10, 2003.
A U.S. soldier with machine gun after an attack on a U.S. convoy, in Fallujah, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 10, 2003.
Iraqi Shiites carry the coffin of Muhanad al-Kaadi, the head of the municipal council in Sadr City, through the streets of the largest Shiite Muslim enclave in Baghdad, Monday, Nov 10, 2003. Muhanad al-Kaadi was shot Sunday after an argument with a U.S. Army soldier posted at the entrance to the municipal building. The guard apparently did not recognize al-Kaadi when he tried to enter the building, a witness said.