A Salvadorean soldier runs for cover as his base comes under attack outside Kufa, north of Najaf, Iraq, Sunday, April 4,2004. Gunmen opened fire on the Spanish garrison near the holy city of Najaf during a huge demonstration by followers of an anti-American Shiite Muslim cleric.
Iraqi children watch U.S. Army soldiers patroling a street in Mosul, 250 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq , Friday, April 2, 2004.
Iraqis look out from their house as a U.S. Army soldier patrols a street in Mosul, 250 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 2, 2004.
Iraqi Shiite men march through the CPA, Coalition Provisional Authority, headquarters to gather for Friday prayers in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday April 2, 2004.
This U.S. military vehicle was found in flames after what witnesses say was another ambush of a U.S. military convoy, near Fallujah, April 1, 2004.
Iraqi police officers fire at demonstrators in the southern Iraqi town of Basra, April 1, 2004. Iraqi security forces fired on protesters demanding jobs as policemen, killing one demonstrator and wounding two others, officials said.
An Iraqi man celebrates near a U.S. Humvee at the site of a roadside bomb attack near Fallujah, Iraq, April 1, 2004. The vehicle was abandoned and later set on fire by bystanders. It was not clear if there were any casualties in the incident.
A wounded man is carried in Basra, Iraq, April 1, 2004. A British military vehicle that was in the area at the time, was hit by some stones thrown by the protesters. The clash occurred outside the local Customs building in Basra.
Tens of thousands take to the streets of Baghdad, March 31, 2004, to protest the U.S.-led coalition shutdown of a weekly newspaper, Al-Hawza, run by followers of a hardline Shiite Muslim cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, saying its articles were increasing the threat of violence against coalition troops. Burning is an American flag.
U.S. soldiers and Iraqi investigators check the site of an attack on a U.S. convoy north of Baghdad, April 1, 2004. An eyewitness said that the convoy was hit by mortar fire but the damage was more consistent with damage from a roadside IED (improvised explosive device).
An unexploded device sits on the hood of a car as U.S. soldiers investigate the site of an attack on a U.S. convoy north of Baghdad, April 1, 2004.
Iraqis chant anti-American slogans as charred bodies hang from a bridge over the Euphrates River in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, March 31, 2004. Enraged Iraqis in the hotbed of anti-Americanism killed four foreigners, including at least one U.S. national, took the charred bodies from a burning SUV, dragged them through the streets, and hung them from the bridge.
An Iraqi youth cheers in front of a burning vehicle in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, March 31, 2004. Gunmen in Fallujah attacked two civilian cars that residents said were carrying up to eight foreign nationals. The occupants of the cars were killed and their vehicles were set on fire.
Iraqi man uses stick to drag body of unidentified foreigner from burning car before mutilating it, Fallujah, Iraq, March 31, 2004.
A vehicle burns in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, March 31, 2004. Gunmen in Fallujah attacked two civilian cars that residents said were carrying up to eight foreign nationals. The occupants of the cars were killed and their vehicles were set on fire. Some of the slain men were wearing flak jackets, said Safa Mohammedi, a resident.
A warning is seen at the entrance of the Al-Hawza newspaper offices in Baghdad, Iraq, March 30, 2004. The U.S.-led coalition shut down the weekly newspaper, which is run by followers of radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, saying its articles were increasing the threat of violence against the coalition.
Iraqi men fight with British troops in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, March 29, 2004. The clashes followed the eviction of anti-coalition activists from a government building they were occupying. Three people were wounded in the clashes.
An American soldier drives past the scene of an attack on U.S. transport trucks in Baghdad, March 29, 2004. No one was injured in the attack.
Iraqi children look at the car of Sadr City police chief Col. Hussein Abdul Wahed after his house was targeted by a bomb in Baghdad, March 28, 2004. No one was injured in the early morning explosion.
A wounded Iraqi man runs during a fight with British troops in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, March 29, 2004. The clashes followed the eviction of anti-coalition activists from a government building they were occupying. Three people were wounded in the clashes.