Firefighters try to extinguish flames after a car bomb explosion in Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007. A parked car exploded in a commercial area in central Tikrit, killing three people, including a 6-year-old boy, police said.
A man forms aluminum sheets made of collected scrap aluminum into buckets in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007. With resources being scarce in the conflict torn country, some Iraqis resort to collecting and recycling valuable scrap metal.
A homeless woman makes a fire in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007. According to a UN estimate, 15 percent of the Iraqi population lives in extreme poverty.
A boy removes shattered glass from a window on a building damaged by a roadside bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007. The bomb targeted an Iraqi army patrol in east Baghdad's Kamsara neighborhood, killing one pedestrian and injuring five others, police said.
A man pushes a cart at the Shorja market in east Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007.
The helmet, boots, dog tags and weapon belonging to fallen U.S. Army Spc. Brandon Smitherman from 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division are on display as his comrades pay tribute at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007.
An Iraqi attends open air prayers in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 2, 2007.
People bake bread in east Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007.
Iraqi Shiite worshippers gather for Friday prayers at the shrine of the revered Imam Musa Kadhim in the Kadhimiyah district of Baghdad, Friday, Nov. 2, 2007.
An Iraqi army soldier helps a blindfolded suspected militant, right, climb aboard a vehicle inside an Iraqi army base in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 2, 2007. Five people suspected of planting roadside bombs were arrested Friday morning, the Iraqi army said.
A woman inspects damage done to her house after a roadside bomb blast in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007. A roadside bomb went off, killing five people near a shelter used as a police recruiting center in the Shiite-dominated neighborhood of Binouk, police said.
A U.S. army soldier secures the area after a roadside bomb blast in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007.
An Iraqi woman sells cigarettes to drivers caught in traffic jam in Baghdad, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007.
A van burns near the wreckage of a car bomb following an attack in Baghdad, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007. One person was killed and three seriously wounded, security sources said.
A U.S. army Black Hawk helicopter flies as the sun sets over Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007.
An internally displaced Kurdish woman feeds a child in the village of Beagova, near the Turkish border, about 300 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007.
A U.S. Army soldier stands guard as a Black Hawk helicopter lands in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 29, 2007. The U.S. military turned over security responsibilities on Monday to Iraqi authorities in the mainly Shiite province of Karbala, the eighth of the nation's 18 provinces to revert to Iraqi control.
Iraqi army soldiers celebrate during a handing over ceremony in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 29, 2007.
An Iraqi boy goes through debris after a parked car bomb went off in Baghdad's Baiyaa neighborhood, in Iraq, Monday, Oct. 29, 2007. The blast wounded five people, police said.
Hussein Muhammed, 31, works at a foundry to smelt collected scrap metals, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 29, 2007. Resources are scarce in this conflict torn country and many Iraqis resort to collecting and recycling valuable scrap metals.