Followers of the anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr march in a ceremony in east Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007.
An Iraqi security guard secures the site of a car bomb in the northern city of Mosul, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007. A car bomb attack against a police patrol in the northern city of Mosul killed three civilians, one of them a woman, and wounded 16 others, said Brigadier General Abdul Karim al-Juburi, police spokesman for Nineveh province.
The shadow of an Iraqi artist is reflected on the concrete as he paints on the walls on the sides of the road leading to Baghdad's International Airport, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007. Built to protect people from attacks, the walls disfiguring the capital are now - thanks to a group of Iraqi artists - transformed into giant paintings witnessing the glory of Iraq.
Iraqi supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr carry a mock coffin of Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Muhammad Sadik al-Sadr, during a parade commemorating the death anniversary of Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Muhammad Sadik al-Sadr, Moqtada al-Sadr's father on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007, in the Sadr city Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq.
U.S. soldier of 3rd Brigade combat team of the 101st Airborne Division put on his backpack as the sun rises during operation Marne Courageous in the town Awesat about 12 miles south of Baghdad on Friday, Nov. 16, 2007.
An Iraqi woman weeps after her family members, suspected of insurgent activities, were detained by U.S. soldiers during operation Marne Courageous in the Iraqi town of Awesat, some 12 miles south of Baghdad on Friday Nov. 16, 2007.
A U.S. soldier of 3rd Brigade combat team of the 101st Airborne Division talks to local residents during operation Marne Courageous in the Iraqi town of Awesat, some 12 miles south of Baghdad on Friday, Nov. 16, 2007.
Iraqi policemen and soldiers inspect damage on a police vehicle after a roadside bomb explosion in east Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007. A roadside bomb went off in Karrada Thursday afternoon, missing a police patrol but killing a civilian and injuring four others, police said.
People march through the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007, to mark the eighth anniversary of the assassination of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, a revered Shiite religious leader and the father of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
Women beat their chests as a sign of grief for the late Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007.
A man kisses the tomb of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007.
Iraqi firefighters rush to the site of a car bomb attack in the oil rich city of Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, November 15, 2007. A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle today in the middle of a convoy of a provincial police chief in Kirkuk, killing five people and wounding 20, police said.
A US soldier smiles as he stands next to cheering children in Baghdad's restive Sunni district of Adhamiyah, November 14, 2007.
Members of an armed group of local citizens secure the perimeter from a rooftop in north Baghdad's Azamiyah neighborhood, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007.
Members of an armed group of local citizens jubilate while patrolling the streets of north Baghdad's Azamiyah neighborhood, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. Armed groups of local citizens, the so-called "Awakening councils", have sprouted up in communities across Iraq, where members swear allegiance to Iraq's U.S.-backed government and disavow militants.
Policemen inspect a vehicle destroyed in a car bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. A car bomb exploded in northeastern Baghdad, killing one civilian and wounding seven others, police said.
Muhammad Abdul Muttalib plays with his son Ali at their family home in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007. Abdul Muttalib and his family fled from their conflict torn homeland in 2006, and spent more than a year as refugees in neighboring Syria.
Shoppers look around at a marketplace in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 12, 2007. Rocket and mortar attacks have fallen to their lowest level in nearly two years. Civilian deaths have dropped sharply since summer. Shoppers are venturing out, even in Baghdad's most dangerous neighborhoods.
An Iraqi policeman holds up his weapon while patrolling the streets of south Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 12, 2007. The Iraqi police and the U.S. army conducted a joint foot patrol in Dora Monday.
An Iraqi police officer, center background, visits a school classroom during a patrol in the Dora neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 12, 2007.