A plume of smoke rises from one of the palaces of ousted President Saddam Hussein as Iraqis loot the palace in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad Monday, May 5, 2003.
A Muslim woman speaks with British soldiers as they make their way towards one of the gates of a Saddam Hussein palace in Basra, Iraq, Monday, May 5, 2003. With British forces taking an active role in creating a stable environment for Iraqis in Basra, law and order is slowly returning to the city after it had descended into chaos following the weeks of the British takeover of the city.
Iraqis enjoy a swim in the Tigris River opposite Saddam Hussein's presidential palace, unseen, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 5, 2003. Swimming there was strictly forbidden during Saddam's rule.
Samir, a two-year old lion cub, plays with a dog at Baghdad zoo in the Iraqi capital, Monday, May 5, 2003. The Baghdad zoo is in tatters. Looters have stolen or freed almost all the animals and the dozen or so that remain are short of food. U.S. soldiers are trying to change that.
A U.S. soldier looks at an Iraqi man filling his can at a gas station in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Monday, May 5, 2003, as U.S. troops try to bring order to often-frenzied lines of customers.
An Iraqi man who tried to loot goods from the ruins of one of the palaces of ousted President Saddam Hussein stands with his hands up on the orders of U.S. soldiers in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Monday, May 5, 2003. Bandits have looted government buildings, the national museum, schools and hospitals.
Weapons confiscated by U.S. soldiers lie in front of a group of arrested Iraqis who tried to loot one of the palaces of ousted President Saddam Hussein in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Monday, May 5, 2003.
British tanks and armored vehicles line up outside the Basra oil refinery near one of the British military headquarters in Basra, Iraq, Monday, May 5, 2003. Coalition forces have been working to restore Iraq's oil industry in an attempt to get the country's main source of income back on line.
U.S. soldiers escort suspects who tried to loot one of the palaces of ousted President Saddam Hussein in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad Monday, May 5, 2003. Baghdadis went on a looting frenzy after coalition forces toppled Saddam's regime.
U.S. soldier Spc. McCadden of North Carolina with the Alpha Company, 1-64 Armor, plays with a cheetah at Baghdad zoo in the Iraqi capital, Monday, May 5, 2003. The Baghdad zoo is in tatters. Looters have stolen or freed almost all the animals.
Iraqis hold a protest in front of a U.S. Army checkpoint at the Palestine Hotel in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad Monday, May 5, 2003. A council of up to nine Iraqis will probably lead the country's interim government through the coming months, the American civil administrator said Monday.
An Iraqi youth argues with an unidentified U.S. soldier standing guard at a gas station in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 5, 2003, as troops try to restore order in the often-frenzied lines of customers.