Iraq Photos: June 16-23

U.S. soldiers put a bag over the head of an arrested man at Khaldiyah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, June 16, 2003. Hundreds of U.S. troops, backed by tanks and helicopters, raided several cities and villages on the second day of "Operation Desert Scorpion," arresting suspected militia leaders and seizing illegal weapons.

A Bradley Fighting Vehicle and helicopters keep guard as U.S. troops conduct an early morning raid at Khaldiyah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, June 16, 2003. Hundreds of U.S. troops raided several cities and villages on the second day of "Operation Desert Scorpion," arresting suspected militia leaders and seizing illegal weapons.

U.S. troops raid a house at Khaldiyah, outside Baghdad, Iraq, Monday June 16, 2003. Hundreds of U.S. troops, backed by tanks and helicopters, raided several cities and villages on the second day of "Operation Desert Scorpion," arresting suspected militia leaders and seizing illegal weapons.

A woman leaves her house as U.S. troops prepare to raid Khaldiyah, west of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, June 16, 2003. Hundreds of US troops, backed by tanks and helicopters, raided several cities and villages on the second day of "Operation Desert Scorpion," arresting suspected militia leaders and seizing illegal weapons.

A resident is arrested after explosives with detonators were found in his house at Khaldiyah on June 16, 2003. Hundreds of U.S. troops, backed by tanks and helicopters, raided several cities and villages on the second day of "Operation Desert Scorpion," arresting suspected militia leaders and seizing illegal weapons.

A helicopter patrols as a U.S. soldier mans a machine gun during a raid at Khaldiyah, west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2003. Hundreds of U.S. troops raided cities and villages on the second day of "Operation Desert Scorpion," arresting suspected militia leaders and seizing illegal weapons.

A small fire burns near the Tigris river in front of the former Planning Ministry in Baghdadon Sunday, June 15, 2003. The cause of the fire is unknown.

U.S. soldiers ask a vehicle to approach a checkpoint near Fallujah, 50 miles west of Baghdad ,Iraq, on Sunday, June 15, 2003. Hundreds of U.S. troops raided the restive town of Fallujah and neighboring places, arresting suspected militia leaders and seizing illegal weapons in a major operation.

U.S. soldier Brendan Gray from Sugargrove, Pa., pours water into the mouth of a boy while guarding the British embassy in Baghdad on Sunday, June 15, 2003.

A boy cools off with water from a broken water pipe in Baghdad, Iraq, June 15, 2003.

A U.S. soldier assures a family that no harm will be done to women and children as they raid a house at Khaldiyah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq, June 16, 2003. Hundreds of U.S. troops, backed by tanks and helicopters, raided several cities and villages on the second day of "Operation Desert Scorpion," arresting suspected militia leaders and seizing illegal weapons.

A soldier checks out an AK-47 in a Baghdad residence during a search operation, June 17, 2003. Each family is allowed to keep one AK-47 inside its home for protection.

Detained men sit blindfolded and handcuffed following a raid conducted by the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division 1st Brigade at a Baghdad neighborhood in Iraq, June 17, 2003. Two days after the deadline for weapons amnesty elapsed, U.S. forces stepped up their search for weapons, which flooded Baghdad following the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Former Iraqi soldiers march towards the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 17, 2003, to protest the dissolution of the army and demand benefits due them. Thousands of Iraqi soldiers were displaced after the U.S. administration in Iraq dissolved the Iraqi armed forces following the fall of Saddam Hussein, paving the way for the formation of the new Iraqi Corps.

Former Iraqi soldiers protest outside the American headquarters during a demonstration in Baghdad, June 18, 2003. A U.S. military spokesman confirmed that U.S. soldiers killed two Iraqis during the demonstration.

U.S. soldiers keep close watch on a group of former Iraqi soldiers protesting outside the former presidential palace, where the temporary American headquarters is set up, in Baghdad, June 18, 2003.

Children read wanted flyers being distributed to residents in Baghdad, Iraq, June 18, 2003.

Members of the People's Mujahadin Organization of Iran, an opposition group exiled in Iraq, hold a ceremony to honor the about 120,000 mujahadins killed by the Iranian government since the 1979 Islamic revolution, June 19, 2003, at a theater in the Asharaf camp in Iraq. The organization has been blacklisted by the European Union as a terrorist organization.

A boy celebrates beside a burning U.S. truck in Baghdad, June 19, 2003. Khalid Mohammed, a 13-year-old boy selling soft drinks by the roadside, said he saw a man fire a rocket propelled grenade at the truck.