U.S. Army soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division inspect the site of a car bomb in Samara, Iraq, Dec. 2, 2005, which caused no loss of life.
An Iraqi soldier, left, and a U.S. Marine question a man in Saadah, Iraq, eight miles from Syria, Dec. 2, 2005.
An Iraqi detainee, taken into custody at Karrar prison for interrogation, embraces a relative during the family visit at the prison, in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 2, 2005.The U.S. troops discovered more than two weeks ago an interior ministry jail filled with 173 detainees, some showing signs of torture.
U.S. Marines talk to relatives after giving medicine to a man who was severely burned in an accident in Saadah, Iraq, eight miles from Syria, Dec. 1, 2005.
An Iraqi man prays while Iraqi soldiers and U.S. Marines enter his house on a patrol in Saadah, Iraq, eight miles from Syria, Dec. 1, 2005.
An Iraqi girl peers past an M-16 rifle into a house where U.S. Marines and Iraqi soldiers questioned people in Saadah, Iraq, eight miles from Syria, Dec. 1, 2005.
A U.S. soldier takes a snapshot of anti-American graffiti painted on a concrete block in the Sunni Al-Dura neighborhood, southwest of Baghdad, Dec. 1, 2005. An Islamic militant group with links to al Qaeda distributed leaflets in the mixed province of Diyala, northeast of Baghdad, threatening to behead Shiite civilians in the run-up to this month's parliamentary elections.
U.S. Marine Cpl. Josh Booth, left, of Wellington, Ohio, Cpl. Albert Fianca, center, of San Diego, Calif., and Navy Corpsman Josh Urk of Pensacola, Fla., ride in the back of a Humvee in Saadah, Iraq, eight miles from Syria, Nov. 30, 2005.
Iraqi soldiers question a man during a raid in Saadah, Iraq, eight miles from the border with Syria, Nov. 30, 2005.
An Iraqi army soldier secures the area where gunmen killed two members of the Assyrian Movement as they were placing election posters in Mosul, Iraq, Nov. 29, 2005.
A man mourns Ayad al-Izzi, a senior official of Iraq's largest Sunni party, during al-Izzi's funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 29, 2005.
A family looks at the wreckage of a car bomb in Baghdad's Azimyaa neighborhood, Nov. 29, 2005. According to Iraqi police, a car bomb targeting a U.S. and Iraqi army patrol exploded there Monday.
U.S. Marines Cpl. Shawn Christ, right, of Avon, Ohio, and Lance Cpl. Matthew Karwoski, of Coventry, R.I., from Kilo Company of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Regiment, exercise at their patrol base in Saadah, Iraq, eight miles from Syria, Nov. 29, 2005.
An Iraqi soldier blows cigarette smoke at Saddam Hussein while watching his trial on satellite television in their bunker in Saadah, Iraq, eight miles from Syria, Nov. 28, 2005.
Saddam Hussein gestures as he addresses presiding Judge Rizgar Mohammed Amin during his trial, held under tight security in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone in Iraq, Nov. 28, 2005.
A U.S. Bradley fighting vehicle is seen burning in Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 28, 2005. A roadside bomb detonated next to a passing U.S. Army convoy in northeastern Baghdad, setting fire to the vehicle. Police Capt. Mohammed Abdul-Ghani said three soldiers were injured, but no other information was immediately available.
This minibus, which was carrying Muslim pilgrims, was attacked by gunmen south of Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 28, 2005. Two Britons were killed and three injured in the attack, police and hospital officials said.
From left, Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Saddam Hussein and Taha Yassin Ramadan, appear at their trial, which is under tight security in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, Nov. 28, 2005. Saddam Hussein and seven others face charges that they ordered the 1982 killing of nearly 150 people in the mainly Shiite village of Dujail, north of Baghdad, after a failed attempt on the former dictator's life.
The dead body Britain's Sefudin Gulamali Khanbhai Makai is seen inside an ambulance in Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 28, 2005. Makai died when gunmen attacked a bus carrying Muslim pilgrims south of Baghdad. Two Britons were killed and three injured, police and hospital officials said.
Volunteers of the al Sadr militia wave their guns at a cafe in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, as they celebrate the start of Saddam Hussein's trial Nov. 28, 2005.