A U.S. Army soldier guards the remains of a burned out military ammunition truck after it was attacked in Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2003, 35 miles (60 kms) west of Baghdad.
Iraqi gunmen stand guard as a crowd gathers at the site of an overnight battle that left three Americans and 10 Iraqis dead, in a street in Karbala, 70 miles south of Baghdad on Friday, Oct. 17, 2003. The crowd scattered soon after as another gun battle with U.S.-led forces broke out in the street.
An Iraqi gunman stands beside a blood-stained doorway at the site of an overnight battle that left three U.S. military policemen and 10 Iraqis dead, in a street in Karbala, Friday, Oct. 17, 2003.
Iraqi fighters muster forces during a gun battle with U.S. forces in the streets of Karbala, Iraq on Friday, Oct. 17, 2003. A midnight clash with Shiite militants in the same location left three U.S. military policemen and 10 Iraqis dead.
Mohammed Khorshid, right, member of the leadership of Iraqi National Accord party, looks at the destroyed car outside of the party's office in Kirkuk, about 190 miles northeast of Baghdad, Friday, Oct.17, 2003. Rocket-propelled grenades were fired at the building Thursday night in a posssible assasination attempt on Khorshid.
U.S soldiers kneel in front the helmets of Spc. Donald L. Wheeler and Spc. James Powell, placed together with their nametags over their rifles next to a U.S. flag, Thursday, Oct.16, 2003 during a memorial ceremony in Tikrit after the two soldiers were killed in two seperate incidents earlier in the week.
A U.S. soldier in a Humvee drives past schoolgirls after a visit to their school on the outskirts of Baghdad, Wednesday Oct. 15, 2003. The U.S. 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion rebuilt the Al-Fathilia school, which had been looted after being used as a Baath Party headquarters during the war. The rebuilding was part of a larger effort to rebuild schools, clinics, and water supplies in the area.
Iraqi boys reach out to get sweets being handed out by U.S. soldiers during the soldiers visit to the Al-Fathilia school on the outskirts of Baghdad Wednesday Oct. 15, 2003. The U.S. 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion rebuilt the school, which had been looted after being used as a Baath Party headquarters during the war.
U.S soldiers fire a 21 gun salute for Spc. Donald L. Wheeler and Spc. James Powell, Thursday, Oct 16, 2003, during a memorial ceremony in Tikrit after the two soldiers were killed in two seperate incidents earlier in the week.
Members of the U.S military's 401 Military Police Battalion wearing riot gear train in crowd control techniques, Wednesday, Oct 15, 2003 at their base in Tikrit, Iraq.
An Iraqi boy watches US soldiers in a tank manning a roadblock in Baghdad, Wednesday Oct 15, 2003.
U.S Army troops arrive to secure the area around the Turkish embassy in Baghdad, after a car bomb exploded at the gates of the embassy, Tuesday, Oct 14, 2003.
A U.S Army soldier gives directions as he secures the area around the Turkish embassy in Baghdad, after a car bomb exploded at the gates of the embassy.
Shiite Muslims pass by banners paying tribune to Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim on a wall of the Iman Ali shrine in Najaf, south of Baghdad, Tuesday Oct 14, 2003. The banners marked the side where a car bomb killed the Shiite leader and 85 others on Aug 29, 2003.
An Iraqi man sells cigarettes at a street in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003.
Iraqi police guard in front of the Al-Abaas shrine in the holy city of Karbala, 110 kilometers south of Baghdad Tuesday Oct. 14, 2003. The Shrine was closed Tuesday after rival Shiite Muslim factions clashed in the city Monday night, leaving several people dead.
U.S Army soldiers arrive to secure the area around the Turkish embassy in Baghdad, after a car bomb exploded at the gates of the embassy, killing two people, including the driver, and injuring three others.
U.S Army soldiers and Iraqi police secure the area around the Turkish embassy in Baghdad, after a car bomb exploded at the gates of the embassy, Tuesday, Oct 14, 2003. Two people, including the driver, were killed and three others were injured.
A U.S. Army soldier secures the area near a fire fuelled by spent ammunition outside Sadr City, the largest Shiite Muslim enclave in Baghdad, Monday, Oct 13, 2003.
Iraqi men line up in Baghdad's downtown square to find work, early Monday, Oct 13, 2003. Six months after America's war in Iraq began, the vast majority of Iraqi workers are unemployed. The Iraqi Labor and Social Affairs Ministry estimates 70 percent, some 12 million Iraqis, are without jobs.