A U.S. Army Humvee passes through Tal Afar, Iraq, 260 miles northwest of Baghdad, Sept. 15, 2005. Al-Qaida in Iraq said in a Web posting that it had launched attacks in response an offensive in Tal Afar.
Iraqi women and girls stand in line at an Iraqi Red Crescent camp for people displaced by fighting in Tal Afar, Iraq, 260 miles northwest of Baghdad, Sept. 15, 2005. There are now 4,000 people living in the camp, according to the Iraqi Red Crescent.
An Iraqi soldier stands gaurd at a diverted road in Baghdad, September 16, 2005.
Iraqis remove blood from a mosque's yard in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Sept. 15, 2005. An explosive device went off next to a Shiite mosque in Mosul's central neighborhood of Faisaliyia, killing the imam and injuring two of his sons.
Iraqi men wait outside their house, with their hands tied, while an Iraqi soldier places a flag on the wall of their house as other soldiers search inside for weapons and insurgents in Tal Afar, Iraq, 260 miles northwest of Baghdad, Sept. 14, 2005.
An Iraqi inspects the scene after an explosion in Baghdad, Sept. 15, 2005. Three civilians were killed when a roadside bomb struck a Ministry of Industry bus in eastern Baghdad and 13 were injured in the attack, police said.
Iraqis gather around a burned police truck at the explosion site in Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, Sept. 15, 2005. Two suicide car bombers struck within a minute of each other and just a half mile apart in south Baghdad shortly before noon.
Iraqis gather at the scene after an explosion in Baghdad, Sept. 14, 2005. More than 100 people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle near a group of construction workers in north Baghdad, police said.
U.S. helicopters hover as thick smoke rises following an explosion in central Baghdad, Sept. 14, 2005. A large explosion shook downtown Baghdad sending a plume of billowing black smoke from an area several hundred meters from a hotel that houses foreign contractors.
Iraqis gather at the scene following an explosion in Baghdad, Sept. 14, 2005.
Iraqis react as they sit next to the bodies of victims outside Kazimiyah hospital, following an explosion in Baghdad, Sept. 14, 2005.
Iraqi soldiers secure the site following an explosion in Baghdad, Sept. 14, 2005.
Iraqi Army soldiers take cover in a drainage ravine after shooting broke out at a grain silo where the U.S. Army is staging in Tal Afar, Iraq, 260 miles northwest of Baghdad, Sept. 13, 2005.
A U.S. Army Bradley Fighting Vehicle drives through Tal Afar, Iraq, 260 miles northwest of Baghdad, Sept. 13, 2005.
Iraqi soldiers secure a burning pipeline near Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Sept. 13, 2005. A pipeline carrying crude oil from the rich fields near Kirkuk in northern Iraq to a refinery to the southwest sprang a leak and caught fire during a pumping test, a North Oil Co. official said.
Iraqi Special Police Commandos celebrate the successful capture of suspected insurgents in Tal Afar, Iraq, 260 miles northwest of Baghdad, Sept. 13, 2005. U.S. commanders said more than 400 suspects had been captured during the offensive to retake the northern town of Tal Afar.
An Iraqi policeman stands guard in front of a bullet-riddled and blood-stained car in Baghdad, Sept. 12, 2005. According to the police, a security vehicle opened fire on the civilian car, killing the Iraqi driver.
An Iraqi soldier shields his face from the cloud of dust, created when a helicopter ambulance took off, carrying two Iraqi soldiers injured in a roadside bomb blast, in Tal Afar, Iraq, 260 miles northwest of Baghdad, Sept. 12, 2005.
Iraqi Special Police Commandos ride through Tal Afar, Iraq, 260 miles northwest of Baghdad, Sept. 12, 2005. U.S. and Iraqi troops conducted house-to-house searches and battered down stone walls in the narrow, winding streets of the old city.
Iraqi men stand between houses they say were destroyed by an insurgent bomb, before U.S. and Iraqi forces began Operation Restoring Rights in Tal Afar, Iraq, 260 miles northwest of Baghdad, Sept. 12, 2005.