Iraqi girls line up at their school in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008. Iraqi children begun the new school year Sunday.
An Iraqi girl watches her mother read Quran at a mosqua in the Shiite holy city Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.
The driver of a Sunni cleric, left, stands next to him, centre, after he was injured in a blast outside the offices of the Iraqi Journalist Union in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008. The cleric came to congratulate the newly elected president of the Union when a road side bomb exploded just outside the Union's offices.
U.S. soldiers inspect the site of a road side bomb blast, outside the offices of the Iraqi Journalist Union in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008.
A woman hugs her son who was just released from American military custody in Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday, Sept 20, 2008. Some 100 men were released Saturday.
Iraqis burn representations of Israeli and American flags during an anti- US protest in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 19, 2008.
A man holds prayer beads during a Friday prayers in Imam Abbas shrine in the holy Shiite city of Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday Sept. 19, 2008.
Iraqis inspect a heavily damaged house razed during an overnight raid in the town of Adwar, Near Samarra, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 29, 2008.
Iraqi Army soldiers are seen through the window of an armored vehicle as they patrol in the Hurriyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008.
Iraqi police distributes posters of wanted men during a routine patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008.
Men carry "Go Out USA" signs during a protest against the visit of the US Defence Secretary to Iraq, in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008.
Men carry a framed phtograph of radical anti American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr during a protest against the visit of the US Defence Secretary to Iraq, in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008.
An Iraqi girl suffering respiratory problems following a dust storm that has gripped Iraq over the last four days, receives medical help in a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, shakes hands with an unidentified reporter while walking with Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell prior to a television interview on Camp Victory in the green zone of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday Sept. 16, 2008.
Iraqi policeman points a gun at a man suspected to be a member of al-Qaida in a police station in Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008.
Iraqi police drives past damage made by two car bombs in a central commercial district of Karrada in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 15. 2008.
An ice cream shop worker cleans up after a car bomb blast in central Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 15, 2008.
A man wounded in the twin car bombing is brought to a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 15, 2008. Two cars packed with explosives in a central commercial district of Baghdad Monday.
Iraqi woman reacts as she walks past damage made by two car bombs in a central commercial district of Karrada in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 15. 2008.
Iraqi men inspect damage made by two car bombs in a central commercial district of Karrada in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 15. 2008.