Task Force 2-69 Armor, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Benning Georgia is on the front line of the Army advance on northern Baghdad, Sunday, April 6, 2003.
U.S. Cpl. Ward Williamson from Atlanta, GA., of the 3rd battalion, 4th Marines regiment, gives order to his platoon during combat with Iraqi gunmen to secure a key bridge into Baghdad, on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Sunday, April 6, 2003.
An Iraqi woman and children are caught in crossfire while taking cover in a ditch during street fighting in northern Baghad, Iraq Sunday, April 6, 2003.
A wounded Iraqi soldier tries to extinguish the flames on his back after being caught Sunday, April 6, 2003, trying to flee street fighting in northern Baghdad. He was shot dead seconds after this photo was made. The soldier at right is already dead.
Lance Cpl. Elios Pelaez, left, of Los Angeles, right, and Lance Cpl. Stephen Ferris of Walpole, Mass., search a building at an alleged terrorist training facility in Salman Pak, a small town about 20 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq Sunday, April 6, 2003.
Iraqi volunteers, seen in this image from video, stand behind a wall of sandbags Sunday, April 6, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq.
An Iraqi woman cries as she walks in front of a bakery that was destroyed in Baghdad Sunday, April 6, 2003.
British soldiers from the 1 Para Brigade progress towards a town north of Basra, Iraq, Sunday April 6, 2003.
US forces advance on northern Baghdad,Sunday, April 6, 2003.
Third Infantry Division forces take up positions behind a statue at the headquarters of the Republican Guard's Medina Division Saturday, April 5, 2003 south of Baghdad. U.S. troops went in to clear the compound, which had been bombed earlier. No Iraqi soldiers were found.
A U.S. Marine with India Co., 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, crosses an open field as a fire rages following air and artillery strikes at an Iraqi army training camp southeast of Baghdad Sunday, April 6, 2003.
A British military vehicle, seen in an image from video, fires an anti-tank missle while probing the outskirst of Basra, Iraq, for Iraqi resistance.
Seen through the burnt windows of a destroyed Iraqi airliner, soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division sit on the tarmac of the Saddam International Airport, Saturday, April 5, 2003, after arriving at the airport following taking fire while driving through Baghdad.
U.S. Marines with India Co., 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, watch as a fire rages following an air and artillery strike against an Iraqi army training camp southeast of Baghdad early Sunday, April 6, 2003.
Charlie Company 1-64 Task Force 3rd Infantry Divison soldiers, from left front, Sgt. Mark Strunk; Spc. Paul Helgenberger; back from left, Cpt. Jason Conroy; and Lt. Roger Gruneisen carry an injured soldier to a medivac chopper, Saturday April 5, 2003 during their advance through Baghdad.
U.S. Marines from the 3rd Batallion, 4th Regiment, carrying Iraqi automatic rifles they found during a search of military barracks in the outskirts of Baghdad, walk past a damaged building on which the Iraqi flag is painted, Sunday, April 6, 2003. U.S. troops in tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles made their first foray into Baghdad, taking out several Republic Guard positions before pulling out. The soldiers later destroyed the weapons.
U.S. Marines from the 3rd battalion, 4th regiment, take positions during combat with Iraqi gunmen to secure a key bridge into Baghdad, on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Sunday, April 6, 2003.
Again, here are U.S. Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 4th Regiment, this time on a roof during combat with Iraqi gunmen to secure a key bridge (metal trusses visible at right) into Baghdad.
After 18 days since the war started, thousands of U.S.-led coalition troops are spread throughout Iraq, in small patrols and checkpoints. Here is a third photo of U.S. Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 4th Regiment, during combat with Iraqi gunmen Sunday, April 6, 2003.
Lcpl. Stephen Ferris of Walpole, Mass. searches a building at an alleged terrorist training facility in Salman Pak, a small town about 20 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq Sunday, April 6, 2003.