An Iraqi boys looks on as Iraqi soldiers patrol after securing the area outside Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad, Friday, March 17, 2006. U.S. and Iraqi troops pressed their sweep through a 100-square-mile swath of central Iraq in a bid to break up a center of insurgent resistance, during Operation Swarmer, the U.S. military said. No resistance or casualties were reported and about 40 suspects were detained.
In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, SSgt. Dave Fitzgerald performs perimeter security during a reconnaissance patrol by the 66th Armor Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division in an area where a recent insurgent attack took place on an Iraqi oil pipeline near Taji, Iraq on March 1, 2006.
Iraqis walk past a damaged Shiite shrine following an explosion in Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006. The blast heavily damaged the golden dome of one of Iraq's most famous Shiite religious shrines, sending protesters pouring into the streets. It was the third major attack against Shiite targets in as many days.
Angry Iraq Shiites demonstrate in Baghdad's al-Kazemiya district to protest the bombing of the holy shrine of al-Hadi in the Iraqi northern city of Samarra, Feb. 22, 2006. The bomb attack destroyed the dome of one of the holiest Shiite shrines in Iraq, prompting thousands of enraged Shiites to take to the streets and fanning fears of sectarian violence.
A Marine Humvee is screened by yellow smoke from a smoke grenade as it stands guard during vehicle checks on Feb. 8, 2006 in Ramadi, Iraq.
An armed Iraqi policeman guards the scene of a suicide bomber's attack on an Iraqi police patrol in Tahrir Square, in Baghdad, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006. The attack wounded three policemen and one civilian.
The U.S.-issued press card of an Iraqi translator working for U.S. journalist Jill Carroll is displayed over a pool of his blood as his body is loaded on a truck, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006, in Baghdad.
An Iraqi soldier stands guard at a checkpoint backed by posters, some of terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in Baghdad, Friday, Dec. 16, 2005.
Iraqi Shiite Muslims attend weekly Friday prayers with a poster for their spiritual leaders Ayatollah Mohammed Sedeq al-Sadr, right, and Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr, seen in the background at Al-Sadr city East of Baghdad, Friday, Dec. 16, 2005.
An Iraqi woman shows her ink-stained finger after casting her vote in the Iraqi parliamentary election at a polling station in the town of Az Zubayr, in southern Iraq, Thursday Dec. 15, 2005.
Iraqi children walk down an empty street in the town of Az Zubayr, in southern Iraq, Thursday Dec. 15, 2005, as traffic was banned for Election Day.
Lance Bombardier Paul Garden of Britain's 102 Theatre Military Working Dogs Support Unit holds back his German Shepherd attack dog 'Alfie' during a demonstration for the media at Shaibah Logistics Base in southern Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2005.
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, front center, and Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, back center, berate the court during their trial in Baghdad, Dec. 5, 2005.
Iraqi soldiers question a man during a raid in Saadah, Iraq, eight miles from the border with Syria, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005.
An Iraqi soldier stands on the rubble where two suicide car bombs exploded near Al-Hamra hotel in Baghdad on Nov. 18, 2005.
Iraqi women mourn outside a local hospital after the death of their relatives, killed by two suicide bombers who detonated themselves near a restaurant in Baghdad frequented by police. In all, at least 33 people were killed and 19 seriously injured in the blast Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005. The bombers struck at about 9:45 a.m., when officers usually stop by the restaurant for breakfast.
An Iraqi Army soldier of the Wolf Brigade guards blindfolded detainees, suspected to be insurgents, in Baghdad, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005.
A child holds a toy gun as he sits on a swing in a small Baghdad amusement park, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005.
U.S. soldiers salute during a memorial service for Sgt. Robert Tucker at a military base Oct. 18, 2005 in Dujail, Iraq. Tucker, 20, from Cookeville, Tenn., was killed by insurgents when a roadside bomb blew up his armored vehicle on October 13 near Dujail, just two weeks before the end of his 10-month deployment in Iraq.
An Iraqi food distribution agent counts new constitution copies in Baghdad on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005. Copies of the draft constitution were sent to Iraqis together with their food rations.