A U.S. Marine guards Iraqis suspected of looting at a checkpoint near Baghdad's airport, Monday, April 14, 2003.
A U.S. Marine guards looted furniture collected at a checkpoint near Baghdad's airport, on Monday, April 14, 2003.
Iraqi men pass by a destroyed statue of Iraqi's President Saddam Hussein outside his presidential palace, Monday April 14, 2003.
A resident walks by a U.S. Marine as he secures a street in Tikrit, Iraq, on Monday, April 14, 2003.
A U. S.special forces soldier stands in the doorway of one of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's palaces in Tikrit, Iraq, on Monday, April 14, 2003.
A soldier reads a map while resting on the wheels of his vehicle in Iraq, Monday, April 14, 2003. The first elements of 4th Infantry Division started moving into Iraq Monday.
Two F/A-18 Hornets, assigned to the Gunslingers of Strike Fighter Squadron 105 (VFA-105, fly close air support (CAS) missions for coalition special operations forces in Iraq, Sunday, April 13, 2003.
U.S. Army soldiers patrol through the al-Dora district in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday April 14, 2003. U.S. forces spread throughout the city and stepped up security after Iraqis expressed their anger over lawlessnes that has engulfed the capital in recent days.
A portrait of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, set afire by Iraqi people, burns in front of the Iraqi Information Ministry at al-Salehiya area in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday April 14, 2003.
Spc. Shoshana Johnson, left, and Chief Warrant Officer David Williams talk with each other after landing in Kuwait City, Sunday, April 13, 2003. The two U. S. soldiers, along with five others, have been held captive by Iraqi forces since March 23. All were safely rescued April 13.
Smoke billows from the base of a sculpture depicting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein after looters set it on fire atop the roof of his Al-Salam Presidential Palace in Baghdad, Sunday, April 13, 2003. Iraqi looters, taking advantage of the lawlessness of Baghdad after the city's fall, turned their attention to the symbols of Saddam's regime.
Another view of smoke from the base of a sculpture depicting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein after looters set it on fire atop the rooftop of his Al-Salam Presidential Palace in Baghdad, Sunday, April 13, 2003. Iraqi looters, taking advantage of the lawlessness of Baghdad after the city's fall, turned their attention to the symbols of Saddam's regime.
An Iraqi man gestures and appeals to a U.S. soldier over the barbed wire barricade in front of a hotel in Baghdad, on Sunday, April 13, 2003. In Baghdad, Basra and Kirkuk, coalition forces teamed up with Iraqis to bring order to cities ravaged by looting and lawlessness.
In this image from video, a coalition soldier escorts a man, center, who was captured during a firefight outside the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 14, 2003.
Soldiers from 3 Regiment Army Air Corps, 16 Air Assault Brigade, stand by a defaced mural of Saddam Hussein as they patrol the southeastern Iraqi town of Amarah, Sunday, April 13, 2003.
A soldier from the 3 Regiment Army Corps, 16 Air Assault Brigade, walks past a destroyed T-55 Iraqi tank as he patrols in Amarah, southeastern Iraq, Sunday, April 13, 2003. Local Iraqis rose up April 6 against Saddam's 10th Armored Division in a battle supported by heavy U.S.-led air strikes. Marines had no one left to fight, finding abandoned tanks across the barren, muddy landscape when they arrived Tuesday 8.