U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division soldiers break down a door while searching a school in Baqouba, Iraq, on a night mission Sunday, July 25, 2004. Fifteen insurgents were killed earlier Sunday during clashes in nearby Buhriz.
An Iraqi man injured during clashes between American and Iraqi forces and insurgents is taken in to a hospital ward in Baqouba, some 40 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday July 25, 2004. Fresh unrest in the violence-wracked city of Baqouba early Sunday, resulted in the killing of 13 Iraqi militants according to the U.S. military.
Armed Iraqi insurgents stand guard around a street corner during clashes with American troops in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 25, 2004. American and Iraqi forces clashed with insurgents near the violence-wracked city of Baqouba early Sunday, killing 13 Iraqi militants, the U.S. military said.
Australian troops aboard an armored personnel vehicle pass by a checkpoint guarded by an Iraqi policeman at a junction near the Australian embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 25, 2004.
Iraqi Olympic Committee worker Sadad Hussain Ali demonstrates a finger vise at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 24, 2004. The device is said to have been used by Saddam Hussein's son, Uday, to torture Olympic athletes whose performance failed to meet his expectations.
An Iraqi man, no name given, shows his concern for his friend, the bus driver who was injured when his bus was hit by a roadside bomb, as an Iraqi policeman walks past him in Iraq's capital city Baghdad, Friday, July 23, 2004. The bus driver and eight passengers, including a pregnant woman and two children, were injured Friday in the roadside bomb blast in Baghdad's northern suburb of Toubechi.
A young boy jumps into a cool pool as smoke billows in the background from burning tires on the streets as Iraqi youths try cool down and find distractions from the ongoing unrest in Al Sadr city, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July, 23, 2004.
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr (in black), right, is escorted by followers after he addressed worshippers at Friday prayers in the Iraqi city of Kufa, north of the southern city of Najaf, Iraq, Friday, July 23, 2004. In his sermon, al-Sadr condemned the beheading of hostages, saying it is illegal in Islamic law. "Any body doing this is criminal and we will sue him in accordance to Islamic law".
Iraqi civilians inspect the area of destroyed houses and shops after the daylong clashes in Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, Thursday, July 22, 2004. U.S. Marines killed 25 insurgents and captured 25 others in fierce fighting on Wednesday in Ramadi, a hotbed of insurgents battling U.S. and Iraqi forces, the military said Thursday.
Iraqi civilians look at the aftermath of an insurgent attack in Iraq's capital city Baghdad Thursday, July 22, 2004. One person was killed when the roadside bomb blew up.
Iraqi Jamil Mihawi, 32, holds a piece of torture apparatus said to have belonged to the Iraqi Olympic Committee at a Mosque in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday July 22, 2004. The device may have been used to abuse athletes under Saddam's regime.
An Iraqi youth stands bleeding next to a charred vehicle after a car bomb went off in the eastern part of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 21, 2004.
U.S. soldiers patrol the streets near the area where the 1st Infantry Division Bradley vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb, resulting in the death of an American soldier while on patrol in Duluiyah, 45 miles north of Baghdad, Wednesday, July 21, 2004. This brings to 900 the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since the beginning of military operations in March 2003.
Iraqis celebrate as they wave charred scraps from a 1st Infantry Division Bradley vehicle where an American soldier was killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol in Duluiyah, 45 miles north of Baghdad, Wednesday, July 21, 2004. This brings the U.S. military death toll to 900 since the beginning of the war in March 2003.
A veiled woman pulls a child away from a charred vehicle after a car bomb went off in the eastern part of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 21, 2004. At least three people were killed when the car blew up in a narrow alley in the Baghdad al-Jadida district of the capital.
Iraqi civilians look at the remains of victims killed after a car bomb went off in the eastern part of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 21, 2004. At least three people were killed when the car blew up in a narrow alley in the Baghdad al-Jadida district of the capital.
Airman 1st Class Garey Watson and Staff Sgt. Ronnie Phipps, 407th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, stand guard at Tallil Air Base, Iraq, July 20, 2004.
The final contingent of Filipino troops smile and wave out the windows as they drive over the border into Kuwait in a three-car convoy in the border city of Safwan, Iraq, July 19, 2004. The last Philippines troops in Iraq left the country, meeting demands of militants holding a Filipino truck driver hostage, Iraqi police said.
A crater from the blast is seen at the site of an insurgent attack at a police station at Seidiyeh neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 19, 2004. A white fuel tanker plowed towards a police station in southwest Baghdad early Monday, detonating and killing at least nine people and wounding about 60 others.
An Iraqi man walks past police cars damaged during an attack by insurgents at a police station at Seidiyeh neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 19, 2004. A white fuel tanker plowed towards a police station in southwest Baghdad early Monday, detonating and killing at least nine people and wounding about 57 others.