A child looks on as Iraqis go through the debris at an explosion site in Najaf, Iraq, Sept. 29, 2005. In the holy city of Najaf, south of Baghdad, an attacker set off an explosion in the home of a bodyguard of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
An Iraqi boy walking to school passes a burning U.S. military vehicle, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 29, 2005. A U.S. military convoy was hit by a roadside bomb.
A U.S. soldier takes position at the site of a suicide attack in Baquba, 37 miles northeast of Baghdad, Sept. 28, 2005.
An Iraqi policeman inspects the site of a suicide attack in Baquba, 37 miles of Baghdad, Sept. 28, 2005.
An Iraqi man, wounded in a suicide attack in Tal Afar, receives treatment at a hospital in Mosul, 230 miles north of Baghdad, Sept. 28, 2005. A woman suicide bomber killed at least five people in the attack on a police recruitment center in the former insurgent stronghold of Tal Afar in northern Iraq, police said.
A U.S. soldier from the Alpha company, 27 Infantry Division, takes position during a patrol in Tikrit, 105 miles north of Baghdad, Sept. 28, 2005.
U.S. soldiers from the Alpha company patrol a highway in Tikrit, 105 miles north of Baghdad, Sept. 28, 2005.
Iraqi policemen walk around decomposed bodies discovered in the desert near Kut, Iraq, Sept. 27 2005. In southern Iraq, police found the badly decomposed bodies of 22 Iraqi men who had been shot to death and dumped in a field, many of them bound and blindfolded. The victims appeared to have been killed more than a month ago, and their identities were not immediately known.
A U.S. helicopter hovers as plumes of black smoke rise from the Green Zone,the heavily guarded area where foreign embassies and Iraq's parliament are based, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 27 2005.
Iraqi police officers examine the remains of a car following a car-bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2005. A car bomb exploded in Baghdad, targeting SUV's carrying security guards working with U.S. companies.
Iraqi firefighters spray water on a burning car following a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2005.
A wounded Iraqi man is wheeled into a hospital following a suicide attack outside the ministry of oil in Baghdad, Sept. 26, 2005. A suicide car bomber blew himself up outside the ministry, killing seven and wounding 27, an interior ministry source said.
U.S. soldiers inspect the site of a suicide attack outside the ministry of oil in Baghdad, Sept. 26, 2005. A suicide car bomber blew himself up outside the ministry, killing seven and wounding 27, an interior ministry source said.
Seen reflected in a cup, Iraqi soldiers of the 1st battalion of the Iraqi Army wave their weapons as they celebrate their victory in Iraq's Army soccer cup, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday Sept. 26 2005. The competition was the first of its kind in Iraq's army since the toppling of Saddam Hussein.
Iraqi detainees wave as they stand in line to be processed for release from Abu Ghraib prison Monday Sept. 26, 2005 in Abu Ghraib, Iraq. The U.S military released about 500 Iraqi detainees from Abu Ghraib prison at the request of the Iraqi government prior to the start of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.
An Iraqi woman, who's son is missing following a car bombing in BAghdad, Iraq on Monday Sept. 26 2005, wipes her eyes while waiting at the scene. A suicide car bomber attacked a police checkpoint guarding several government ministries as Iraqi employees arrived at work Monday morning, killing at least seven policemen and three workers, police said.
Iraqis look at a car destroyed by a US military armored vehicle making its escape from a road side bomb attack in Ramadi, Iraq, Monday Sept. 26 2005. Roadside bombs killed three U.S. soldiers Monday in two separate attacks and 16 Iraqis were killed elsewhere, including five teachers and their driver who were shot to death in a classroom by suspected insurgents disguised as policemen.