In this image from video, the body of a U.S. soldier lies next to his vehicle in Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003, after gunmen shot the two Americans from the 101st Airborne Division as they drove through the city to another U.S. garrison, sending their vehicle crashing into a wall. Then, witnesses said teenagers dragged the bodies of two American soldiers from their vehicle and pummeled them with concrete blocks.
Iraqis and U.S. Army soldiers inspect the damage outside a police station after it was attacked by a car bomb in Baqouba, about 40 miles northeast of Baghdad, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003. Suicide attackers detonated two vehicles Saturday at police stations in towns northeast of Baghdad, and at least 14 people were killed, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
A U.S. soldier inspects a cart and rocket launcher, left, as a donkey that soldiers believe pulled the cart into position, stands nearby after morning rocket attacks in the center of Baghdad, Friday, Nov. 21, 2003. Rockets on Friday slammed into the Iraqi oil ministry and two central Baghdad hotels used by Western contractors and journalists, wounding several people.
Smoke rises from the Iraqi Oil Ministry after explosions in Baghdad, Friday, Nov. 21, 2003. Rockets on Friday slammed into the ministry and two central Baghdad hotels used by Western contractors and journalists, wounding several people.
A soldier from the 122 Fourth Infantry Division inspects the home of Saddam Hussein's family, near Tikrit Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003. In the first days of the invasion, many of the homes used by Saddam Hussein and his family were targeted by missiles.
U.S. soldiers secure the area around the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, Friday, Nov. 21, 2003, after it was hit by at least three rockets. Rockets slammed into the Palestine and Sheraton hotels in downtown Baghdad earlier in the day, causing damage to the buildings that house many U.S. workers and foreign journalists.
A gunner of the 82nd Airbone Division is seen on patrol with a Black Hawk helicopter in central Iraq, 136 miles northwest of Baghdad, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003. The U.S. Air Force used some of the largest weapons in its inventory to attack targets in central Iraq as part of the escalating crackdown on suspected guerrilla strongholds.
Seen through a cracked window, U.S. soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division patrol at a coaltion checkpoint in Fallujah, 65 kilometers west of Baghdad, Thursday, Nov 20, 2003. Tension remains high in this Iraqi town as Fallujah has been the most dangerous place for U.S. troops since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime in April.
Black Hawk helicopters of the 82nd Airbone Division patrol central Iraq near the city of Haditha, 200 km (136 miles), northwest of Baghdad, Wednesday, Nov 19, 2003. The U.S. Air Force used some of the largest weapons in its inventory to attack targets in central Iraq as part of the escalating crackdown on suspected guerrilla strongholds.
Salwan Ibrahim, who claims to be a relative of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, shows his home destoryed following the US bombing in Tikrit Tuesday night, Wednesday Nov. 19 2003. Tuesday troops from the 4th Infantry Division fired mortars on areas allegedly used by insurgents to launch mortar and rocket attacks against coalition forces.
U.S. troops stand next to the body of a man killed in a shootout when US miltary convoy got under attack in Samara, 70 miles (110 kilometers) north of Baghdad Wednesday Nov. 19 2003. U.S. troops returned fire, killing two Iraqis including a teenager, according to the witnesses. There was no confirmation from the U.S. military.
Soldiers from the 1-22 Fourth I.D. sit a top an Armored Personal Carriers and prepare to launch a mortar barrage at enemy positions during a night attack on alleged loyalists of Saddam Hussein , outside Tikrit, Iraq ,120 miles north of Baghdad, northern Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003.
In this image from the US Air Force made available Tuesday Nov. 18, 2003, a strategic target in Kirkuk, Iraq is obliterated during an air strike as part of Operation Ivy Cyclone, a combined-arms operation designed to root out and crush insurgents in Iraq Monday Nov. 17, 2003.
A U.S. Army soldier adjusts his machine gun while securing an elementary school in the center of Baghdad, Tuesday, Nov 18, 2003.
U.S. soldiers of the 1st Armored Division, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, break a lock to open a gate in Baghdad's, Sunni Muslim neighborhood of Azamiyah, Monday, Nov. 17, 2003. Troops backed by armored vehicles and helicopters searched a number of houses netting 30 automatic rifles, about a dozen shotguns and 10 pistols.
U.S. Army 4th Infantry Division soldiers fire mortars during a night attack on alleged loyalists of Saddam Hussein, outside Tikrit, Iraq, 120 miles north of Baghdad, Monday, Nov. 17, 2003. A new audiotape purportedly made by Saddam urged Iraqis to escalate their fight against the occuption, as a new U.S. military offensive against guerillas began.
A soldier of U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division (Task Force Ironhorse) guards the center in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Monday, Nov. 17, 2003.
Iraqi children stand outside as soldiers of the 1st Armored Division, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, search their home in Baghdad's, Sunni Muslim neighborhood of Azamiyah, Monday, Nov. 17, 2003. Troops backed by armored vehicles and helicopters searched a number of houses netting 30 automatic rifles, about a dozen shotguns and 10 pistols.
American soldiers of the 1st Armored Division, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, raid Baghdad's, Sunni Muslim neighborhood of Azamiyah, Monday, Nov. 17, 2003. Troops, backed by armored vehicles and helicopters, searched a number of houses netting 30 automatic rifles, about a dozen shotguns and 10 pistols.
U.S. Army soldiers patrol in a tank on the outskirts of Baghdad, early morning, Monday, Nov 17, 2003. Strong explosions thundered through central Baghdad after sundown Sunday in what appeared to be part of "Operation Iron Hammer," a U.S. military operation against insurgents in the capital. About three explosions could be heard coming from the western part of the capital.