Iraqis scramble to put out a blaze after a building caught fire following a suicide car-bomb attack in Basra, Iraq, Oct. 9, 2005. A bomb exploded outside an apartment building used by the Iranian-backed Badr Brigade, a Shiite militia linked to one of the main parties in the Iraqi government.
An Iraqi food distribution agent counts new constitution copies in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 9 2005. Copies of the draft constitution are sent to Iraqis together with their food rations.
Capt. Raymond Mattox, commanding officer, Company B, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne, removes a sign posted by suspected insurgents warning local Iraqis not to cooperate with U.S. forces in al Hakliniya, Iraq. The soldiers removed dozens of insurgents from the city during the first few days of Operation River Gate.
British troops move in at the scene of a suicide car-bomb attack in Basra, Iraq, Oct. 9 2005.
An Iraqi woman walks by posters promoting the country's new constitution in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 8 2005. Politicians in Saddam Hussein's hometown, Tikrit, urged Sunni Arabs to vote "no" in next week's constitutional referendum as insurgents killed two Iraqis and wounded 12 with roadside bombs and drive-by shootings.
The brother of an Iraqi policeman, who was killed in an exchange of fire with suspected insurgents, collapses outside a morgue after identifying the body in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 7, 2005.
Iraqi Sunnis, seen through barbed wire, carry the coffin during the funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 7, 2005, of one of the men found dead last month in eastern Iraq, apparently executed. The 22 bodies, found blindfolded and bound, were identified as Iraqi Sunnis and returned to their families.
An Iraqi child looks at Shiite Muslims attending prayers in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday Oct. 7, 2005.
A U.S. medevac helicopter lands at the scene of clashes between U.S. troops and unidentified gunmen in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 6, 2005. Clashes erupted after a U.S. tank collided with a civilian car killing its driver. Some U.S. soldiers were also injured and evacuated by helicopter, Iraqi Police Major Mosa Abdul Karim said.
An Iraqi child examines the shoes of victims on the blood stained floor of a mosque in Hillah, Iraq, Oct. 6, 2005.
Blindfolded suspected insurgents are gathered in the yard of an Iraqi Interior Ministry special forces unit in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2005. Special forces captured 35 suspected insurgents along with weapons and ammunition said Col. Abu-Al-Hassan, public relation officer of the brigade.
Marines from 3rd Platoon, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and soldiers of the Iraqi Security Forces survey an area of Haditha, Iraq, while in search of insurgents, Oct. 4, 2005.
Iraqi firefighters douse a fire where a car bomb exploded outside the entrance to the high-security Green Zone in Baghdad, Oct. 4, 2005, the first day of the holy month of Ramadan for Iraq's Sunni Muslims.
Following an explosion, a plume of black smoke rises from the edge of the Green Zone, the heavily guarded area where foreign embassies and Iraq's parliament are based in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 4, 2005.
Black smoke billows from the site where a car bomb exploded outside the entrance to the high-security Green Zone in Baghdad, Oct. 4, 2005, the first day of the holy month of Ramadan for Iraq's Sunni Muslims.
An Iraqi girl takes a break from searching for useful items in a garbage dump in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 3, 2005. The economy is not helped by Iraq's oil industry, which has the world's third largest known reserves, because it has been crippled by war, sanctions and the insurgency. Oil production remains limited, curbed by decaying infrastructure and frequent attacks on pipelines and refineries by militants.
Iraqis look at a burnt-out army truck in Ramadi, Iraq, Oct. 3, 2005, following reported clashes between gunmen and Iraqi security forces in the early morning hours. Two Iraqi army trucks were destroyed but there were no reports of casualties.
A masked suspected insurgent mans a machine gun in the streets of Ramadi, Iraq, Oct. 3, 2005, following reported clashes between gunmen and Iraqi security forces in the early morning hours. Two Iraqi army trucks were destroyed but there were no reports of casualties.
Suspected insurgents hold weapons in the streets of Ramadi, Iraq, Oct. 3, 2005, following reported clashes between gunmen and Iraqi security forces in the early morning hours.
Iraqis hold a picture of Iraqi soldiers that was taken from a burning truck following reported clashes between gunmen and Iraqi security forces in the early morning hours of Oct. 3, 2005, in Ramadi, Iraq.