Local residents stand near a truck after an improvised explosive device went off under it, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 19, 2004. The driver died and two persons were injured in the explosion.
This is an image made Saturday Sept 18, 2004, from a Web site known for its Islamic militant content, which apparently shows a British and two American hostages seized in Iraq.
Iraqi policemen gather around smouldering police cars after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-filled car targeting an Iraqi police convoy near Rasheed street in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 17, 2004. Five died and 20 were injured in the attack.
Sayeed Jalil Hamdallah walks out behind a broken wall of the al-Rasul mosque in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 17, 2004. A U.S. armored vehicle broke through the wall during a search operation in which five people were detained. Sadr City has witnessed violent clashes between radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's supporters and U.S. troops.
Iraqi policemen stop a car from going near the scene of a suicide attack as they block off a road after a car bomb detonated in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 17, 2004. It had targeted an Iraqi police convoy near Rasheed street.
Debris in front of vehicles after a bomb attack on a police convoy, Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 17, 2004.
A U.S. soldier stands guard near a burned-out car where a roadside bomb was placed in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 16, 2004. One civilian was injured in the explosion, which targeted a car carrying foreigners working for KBR, a subsidiary of Halliburton.
Women wait outside Abu Ghraib prison, for the release of family members held prisoner in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 15, 2004. Hundreds of prisoners were released from Abu Ghraib.
After days of violence when several car bombs were used by insurgents, a U.S. soldier looks at a suspected car bomb through a pair of binoculars in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 16, 2004. After a thorough examination, no explosive were found in the car.
An Iraqi policeman keeps the crowd of people out after a car-bomb explosion in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 14, 2004. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive, killing himself and injuring one pedestrian.
Firefighters try to contain an oil pipeline fire after an attack by insurgents near Beiji, 155 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 14, 2004. Saboteurs blew up a junction where multiple oil pipelines cross the Tigris River in northern Iraq, setting off a chain reaction in power-generation systems that left the entire country without power.
Blood and burned pieces of clothes lie strewn around after a massive explosion outside a police station at the end of Haifa Street in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 14, 2004. At least 47 people were killed and 114 wounded as the blast ripped through scores of people gathered there with aspirations to join the police force.
U.S. soldiers inspect the site after a massive explosion outside a police station at the end of Haifa Street in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 14, 2004.
A woman breaks down Sept. 14, 2004, near the site of a massive explosion outside a police station at the end of Haifa Street. It has been the scene of fierce clashes in Baghdad, Iraq.
Bystanders look at a car along with Mohammed Jabbar, left, whose brother was killed by foreigners, according to eyewitnesses, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2004. Jabbar's father was injured in the incident which witnesses said occurred when a four-wheel drive vehicle carrying foreigners in plainclothes was shot at. The occupants retaliated, injuring and killing people in three cars.
A woman passes a shop that was gutted after a U.S. helicopter fired rockets in Haifa street, Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2004.
Local residents look at a destroyed ambulance belonging to the Iraqi Red Crescent, after U.S. warplanes and artillery bombed the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2004.
A local resident inspects damage done to his house after U.S. warplanes and artillery bombed the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2004.
A young boy looks for intact household items after U.S. warplanes and artillery bombed the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2004.
A local resident inspects a car in a parking lot that was allegedly fired upon by U.S. troops, in Sadr City, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2004.