Secondary explosions from a destroyed Iraqi SA-6 surface to air missile shoot across the sky on the outskirts of Karbala, Iraq, Thursday, April 3, 2003. Missiles on board the SA-6 "cooked off" and ignited causing a large explosion which threw debris for hundreds of yards in every direction.
An Iraqi civilian sits blindfolded after being detained by United States Marines Thursday, April 3, 2003 at a forward camp in central Iraq. Marines said the man approached the camp in the early morning hours, was detained after acting strangely, and would be moved to another camp later for questioning with an interpreter.
A soldier with Number 1 Company, 1st Battalion, of the Irish Guards covers Royal Engineers trying to extingush an oil well fire on the outskirts of Basra Thursday, April 3, 2003.
Medics with the U.S. Army's 3-69 Task Force tend to an injured Iraqi on the bank of the Euphrates River as the 3rd Battalion, 69th Regiment Armor Task Force crossed the river just south of Baghad.
A Sultan armored vehicle of the Household Cavalry Regiment (HCR) speeds through the Iraqi desert during battle in this photo made available Thursday, April 3, 2003.
A soldier serving with Number 1 Company, 1st Battalion, of The Irish Guards pauses Thursday April 3, 2003, with his mug of tea after a sucessful raid on a large complex on the outskirts of Basra.
The Household Cavalry Regiment (HCR) is seen in a Spartan Tank at the camp during sunset in southern Iraq in this photo made available Thursday, April 3, 2003.
An arms cache discovered on the outskirts of Abu Al Khasib, Thursday, April 3 2003, containing more than two hundred rocket propelled grenades, is destroyed by members of 49 Field Squadron Royal Engineers, an explosive ordinance disposal unit, using plastic explosive.
The Household Cavalry Regiment (HCR) is seen at its camp during sunset in southern Iraq in this photo made available Thursday, April 3, 2003.
A U.S. Marine with the 15th Expeditionary Unit holds a baby as the baby's mother attempts to pass through a checkpoint at the Saddam Hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq, on Wednesday, April 2, 2003.
An Iraqi Kurdish fighter prays south of the Kurdish-controlled town of Dohuk in northern Iraq, Thursday, April 3, 2003. With the U.S. offensive reaching the doorstep of Iraq's capital, the northern coalition of Kurdish fighters and American military may be nearing a decisive moment.
U.S. Army Sgt. Mark Phiffer stands guard near a burning oil well in the Rumaila Oil Fields in Southern Iraq Wednesday, April 2, 2003. Coalition forces have successfully secured the southern oil fields and are in the process of extinguishing the burning wells that were set ablaze in the early stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
U.S. Sgt. Michael Magri of Rochester, N.Y., left, and Sgt. Peter Aguirre of Los Angeles, from the 1st Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, carry a painting of Saddam Hussein after operations in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, April 2, 2003.
A U.S. armored transport vehicle from the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division, loaded with shells, bursts into flames after a fire in the vehicle near Karbala, central Iraq, Wednesday, April 2, 2003.
A U.S. Army soldier stands guard duty near a burning oil well in the Rumaila Oil Fields in Southern Iraq, Wednesday, April 2, 2003. Coalition forces have secured the southern oil fields and are in the process of extinguishing the burning wells that were set ablaze in the early stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
An Iraqi man holds up his arms at a checkpoint in the city of Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, on Thursday, April. 3, 2003.
Lt. Chloe Plimmer, a member of the British forces' Desert Rats, offers a local youngster a bar of chocolate during an operation to recomission a water pumping station near Azibir, Iraq, Wednesday April 3, 2003.
A destroyed Iraqi tank sits on the side of the road near the Euphrates River after it was blasted by U.S. forces during a battle for a critical bridge north of Karbala. The driver of the tank was killed.
Smoke rises as U.S. armored transport vehicle from the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division loaded with shells, bursts into flames after a fire in the vehicle near Karbala.