An Iraqi man sits on his camel after looting military equipment from former Iraqi Army positions in the outskirts of Basra, southern Iraq, Tuesday, April 22, 2003.
Iraqi Shiite pilgrims slash open their heads with swords as they march and chant in front of Imam Hussein Shrine in Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, April 22, 2003. For the first time in decades, Shiite Muslims in Iraq are able to perform this ritual done to mark the killing of one of their most important saints, Imam Hussein. During the rule of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, such rituals were banned.
An elegant women's shoe is seen in a closet-room of one of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's palaces, believed to have been used by members of his immediate family in Baghdad, Monday, April 21, 2003.
A group of Iraqi Shiite pilgrims celebrate as they arrive inside the Imam Hussein holy shrine in Karbala, Iraq, Monday, April 21, 2003.
A shepherd rides his donkey past U.S. soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division patrolling an area in northern Iraq, Monday, April 21, 2003.
U.S. Army soldiers, backdropped by a defaced portrait of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, man a checkpoint in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad Monday, April 21, 2003.
Soldiers from Bravo Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 187th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division inspect a school building in Baghdad, Monday, April 21, 2003. The school was said to contain weapons but none were found.
Iraqi Shiite Muslim women celebrate on their way to the Ali bin Abitalib Mosque, outside Basra, southern Iraq, Tuesday April 22, 2003. For the first time in decades, Shiite Muslims in Iraq are able to walk to the Shiite holy city of Karbala to mark the end of the 40-day mourning of the death of one of their most important saints, Imam Hussein. During the rule of President Saddam Hussein, such rituals were banned.
An Iraqi man fingering prayer beads passes soldiers from Bravo Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 187th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division patrolling in Baghdad, Monday, April 21, 2003.
Throngs of Iraqi Shiite pilgrims celebrate as they circle the Imam Hussein holy shrine in Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, April 22, 2003. For the first time in decades, Shiite Muslims in Iraq are able to gather in mass to the Shiite holy city of Karbala to mark the holy day.
A Kurdish peshmerga fighter keeps warm by a fire as he guards the road to Sulaimaniyah outside of Kirkuk, Iraq, Tuesday, April 22, 2003. The Kurdish peshmerga fighters and the United States Army's 173rd Airborne provide security on the road.
A group of Iraqi Shiite pilgrims carry a painting which represents the decapitated head of Imam Hussein as they arrive inside the Abu Fadel al-Abbas holy shrine in Karbala, Iraq, Monday, April 21, 2003. For the first time in decades, Shiite Muslims in Iraq are able to walk to the Shiite holy city of Karbala for the traditional rites.
Retired U.S. Lt. Gen. Jay Garner, center, who will run post-war Iraq, waves to a cheering crowd during a visit to the local university campus in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah, Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Garner traveled to northern Iraq after touring Baghdad Monday.
Iraqis visit a palace of toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in Mosul, northern Iraq, on Monday, April 21, 2003. The portrait seen in background is of the toppled president embracing an unidentified child.
U.S. Corporal Matt Sweazy, 25, from Saint Louis, Mo., plays the piano in one of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's palaces, believed to have been used by members of his immediate family in Baghdad, Monday, April 21, 2003. The palace was destroyed in the U.S. bombing campaign.
Water sprays through the air to keep Iraqi Shiite pilgrims cool as they stand on the road watching groups of men circle the Imam Hussein holy shrine in Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday April 22, 2003. For the first time in decades, Shiite Muslims in Iraq are able to gather in mass to the Shiite holy city of Karbala.
Two men are frisked by 2-7 Infantry, 3ID, soldiers as they enter the Palestine Hotel for job interviews Monday, April 21, 2003, in downtown Baghdad.
An Iraqi woman peers from the door of a looted shop as a soldier from Bravo Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 187th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division conducts a presence patrol in Baghdad, Monday, April 21, 2003.
Iraqi Shiite pilgrims walk in the streets of Karbala, Iraq, wearing anti-USA slogans on their chests Tuesday April 22, 2003. For the first time in decades, Shiite Muslims in Iraq are able to gather in mass to the Shiite holy city of Karbala to mark the end of the mourning of the death of one of their most important saints.