A tank crew with Task Force 2-69 Armor, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, from Fort Benning, Ga., waits for the midnight seige of Karbala to begin Wednesday, April 2, 2003. Troops from the 2-69 entered the city and engaged in heavy fighting throughout the night.
A soldier with Task Force 2-69 Armor, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Benning,Ga., mans a 50-caliber machine gun during the midnight seige of Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, April 2, 2003. Troops from 2-69 were engaged in heavy fighting through the night but secured their objectives by dawn with no Army casualties.
Armored artillery of U.S. Army 3rd infantry division fires toward Iraq's Republican Guard, the most loyal force to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, in the suburbs of Karbala, Iraq, on Wednesday, April 2, 2003.
Army PFC Jessica Lynch, shown in this image from video released by the Department of Defense Wednesday April 2, 2003, is carried by U.S. special forces as she is removed from the Saddam Hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq, early Tuesday, April 1, 2003
U.S. Army 3rd infantry division launches missiles to pound Iraq's Republican Guard in the suburbs of Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, April 2, 2003.
Flight deck crew watches a F/A-18 Hornet being launched past them from the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman for a strike operation over Iraq, early Wednesday, April 2, 2003. The aircraft carrier is conducting missions in supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
U.S. Army 3rd infantry division launches missiles to pound Iraq's Republican Guard in the suburbs of Karbala, south of Baghdad in central Iraq, Wednesday, April 2, 2003.
A F/A-18 Hornet, with the US flag painted between the afterburners, takes off from aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman for a strike operation over Iraq, Wednesday, April 2, 2003.
In this image from video, a soldier, center, from the 75th Ranger Regiment searches for targets as a fellow soldier fires a grenade during a nighttime firefight in southern Iraq.
A F/A-18 Hornet is being prepared for take off on the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman, before a strike operation over Iraq, Wednesday, April 2, 2003.
This satellite photo of Baghdad, Iraq, collected Tuesday, April 1, 2003, shows oil trenches burning near the Unkown Soldier Monument.
This satellite photo collected Tuesday, April 1, 2003, shows smoke rising from burning fires in Baghdad, Iraq.
Soldiers wait for their luggage after arriving in Kuwait, Wednesday, April 2, 2003. The first 5, 000 troops of the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division have arrived in Kuwait, and the unit's 30,000 soldiers could be on the ground in Iraq "in a matter of weeks", the division's assistant commander Brig. Gen. Stephen Speakes said Tuesday.
The U.S. Army's 3rd infantry division launches a missile in the suburbs of Karbala, south of Baghdad in central Iraq, Wednesday, April 2, 2003.
A U.S. Marine attached to the 15th Marines Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable [15th MEU SOC]) dashes over foothills and trenches while conducting a mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in Zubayr, southern Iraq, in this March 23, 2003, photo made available Wednesday, April 2, 2003.
Two CH-46's Sea Knights and a UH-60 Blackhawk land on a road near the airstrip at Jalibah, southern Iraq, to take on additional fuel before continuing their mission northward, in this March 25, photo made available Wednesday April 2, 2003.
Journalists and others gather around a crater as it is shown to the media near a university in Baghdad.
U.S. Army 3rd infantry division soldiers get ready for further attacks on Iraqi troops in the suburbs of Karbala, south of Baghdad in central Iraq, Wednesday, April 2, 2003.
Two U.S. Navy F-18 speed after refueling from a KC-10 plane over northern Iraq, Wednesday, April 2, 2003. The refueling plane belongs to the 409th U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Group which is based in Burgas, Bulgaria.
A rocket marks the beginning of the midnight seige of Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, April 1, 2003, by soldiers with Task Force 2-69 Armor, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Benning, Ga. The seige began with heavy bombing by artillery, F-15 and A-10 planes and the MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System). Troops from 2-69 were engaged in heavy fighting until dawn April 2.