U.S. Army Sgt. Sean Smith, 25, from Gilbert, Ariz., patrols with K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and the Iraqi Army in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008.
An Iraqi boy eyes a U.S. Army soldier from K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment as he patrols with the Iraqi Army in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008.
An Iraqi girl works on a class assignment at a girls' school in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008.
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Snead, 34, from Falls Church, Va. allows an Iraqi Army soldier to peer through his weapon scope during a joint patrol in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008.
Two Iraqi men attempt to clean up sewage that spilled into their courtyard due to a blocked drain in the city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008.
An Iraqi soldier stands guard over two blindfolded men in the Mansour neighborhood, western Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008.
Iraqi soldiers and policemen inspect a damaged car after a car bomb explosion in the town of Hawija, near Kirkuk, about 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008.
An armed policeman stands guard as an Iraqi girl looks on, outside a hospital in the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008.
Toa Kadim, 21, works with mud to repair her house for the winter, in the Abu Dshir district of Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. Toa and her family were displaced from Latifiyah, Iraq, in 2006 after sectarian violence in the area forced them to relocate.
Iraqi army soldiers parade during a transfer ceremony held in Kut, Iraq, 100 miles southeast of Baghdad, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. Wasit Province is the 13th of 18 Iraqi provinces to be placed under Iraqi control.
A U.S.Army soldier from Killer Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment visits an Iraqi Army base in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008.
An Iraqi woman exits a wooden guard house, after being searched by a female Awakening Council member, at a check point in Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Some 50 female Awakening Council members are working with the Iraqi army to conduct searches on women crossing check points in the area.
U.S. Army soldiers from Killer Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment use a tank to pull a humvee from a flooded intersection in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008.
Worshippers attend Friday prayers at a mosque in Kufa, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008.
Iraqi Christian children watch a demonstration from inside Saint Joseph church in the Karradah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. The demonstration is a show of support for Christians who have faced increased attacks in Mosul city, northern Iraq.
An Iraqi soldier walks behind mortar rounds at a joint U.S.-Iraqi army base in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. The munitions were seized by the U.S. army and Iraqi security forces during recent operations in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City.
U.S. soldiers inspect a damaged car after a car bomb explosion in an outdoor market of al-Jihad area, western Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008, killing 3 civilians and wounding 9 others, the police said.
A suspected Iraqi insurgent is seen blindfolded, next to seized weapons, at an Iraqi army base in the Amariyah neighborhood, western Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. The suspected insurgent was detained on Monday; the weapons were seized by the Iraqi army during recent house to house search operations in Amariyah.
Medics care for a man wounded in a car bomb explosion, at a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. A bomb placed under a car exploded in al-Khillani Square, Bab al-Sharji area, central Baghdad.
American soldiers inspect damaged cars after a bomb placed under a car exploded in al-Khillani Square, Bab al-Sharji area, central Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, killing 2 civilians and wounding 7 others, the police said.