Iraqis walk across the Diala Brigde over the Tigris River in Baghdad on May 3, 2003. That span and at least one other strategic bridge over the Tigris River were destroyed by Saddam Hussein's regime in a failed attempt to prevent U.S. troops from entering the city.
A man plays piano in one of the palaces of ousted Iraq President Saddam Hussein in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on May 3, 2003, as others loot the palace.
A young man walks past a window of a destroyed room during looting at one of the palaces of ousted President Saddam Hussein in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on May 3, 2003.
An American soldier points his automatic rifle on an Iraqi man who tried to loot items from one of the palaces of ousted President Saddam Hussein in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on May 3, 2003.
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters maintain security on a main road near the Kurdish town of Irbil, April 30, 2003. While most of Iraq is currently without a functioning Iraqi police force, the Peshmergas in the Kurdish north effectively serve as both. An end to the deep divide between Iraq's Kurds and Arabs is key to a sustainable Iraqi state, but integrating the Kurds with the rest of the country may prove to be a serious challenge.
Shiite Muslims pray in the resting place of Imam Ali, son-in-law of the Prophet, seen in background, in the holy city of Najaf on May, 3, 2003. The world's 120 million Shiites regard Najaf - a center of scientific, literary and theological studies - as their third-holiest site, behind Mecca and Medina.
Shiite Muslim pilgrims pray in the resting place of Imam Ali, son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammad, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq on May 3, 2003. The world's 120 million Shiites regard Najaf - a center of scientific, literary and theological studies - as their third-holiest site, after Mecca and Medina.
Thousands of Shiites leave the Al-Rohman mosque after Friday prayers in Baghdad on May 2, 2003. The construction of the mosque, for Sunni Iraqis, began in 1997 by Saddam Hussein's regime. Shiites took over the mosque after coalition forces toppled the regime last month.
Iranian Shiite U.S. Marine soldier Payam Ali, from California, cleans his heavy machine gun while patrolling outside the tomb of Imam Ali, son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammad in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq on May 2, 2003.
F-14 pilot Lt. Cdr. Scott "Flake" Snow kisses his four-month old son Logan as the VF-31 "Tomcatters" fighter squadron returned home on May 2, 2003 to Oceana Naval Air Station, in Virginia Beach, Va., from a record-setting deployment with the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln.