A man's body lies in Baghdad's al-Khadra neighborhood Sunday, Oct. 8, 2006. Baghdad police said they found more than 50 bodies in the 24-hour period, all apparent victims of the sectarian death squads that roam the capital, with many showing signs of torture.
Iraqi women shop in Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2006. as authorities lifted a curfew they have imposed on the city Saturday. Some 150 suspects were detained and a large number of weapons confiscated in Iraqi forces raids during the curfew.
Iraqi soldier checks a car damaged in a car bomb blast in downtown Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Sunday Oct. 8, 2006. According to Iraqi police, a U.S. military convoy was the target. One civilian was injured in the blast.
Iraqi army soldier stands guard at the spot where a suicide bomber rammed a police checkpoint with an explosives-laden vehicle Saturday, Oct. 7, 2006, in Tal Afar, 260 miles northwest of Baghdad. The explosion killed four soldiers and 10 civilians, four soldiers and nine civilians were also wounded.
A father weeps as he holds the body of his three-year old son Kerar Sadiq in yard of Baqouba hospital, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 6, 2006. The boy was killed in a random shooting in front of a family home in Khan Bani Saad village outside Baqouba.
A survivor embraces his brother at the site of a bomb blast in Baghdad's Camp Sara, a mainly Christian neighborhood, Oct. 4, 2006. A series of bomb blasts went off in rapid succession in a shopping district in a mainly Christian neighborhood of Baghdad, killing 16 people and wounding 87, police said.
A man walks by a pool of blood at the site of a bomb blast in Baghdad's Camp Sara, a mainly Christian neighborhood, Oct. 4, 2006.
A woman reacts to the carnage at the site of a bomb blast in Baghdad's Camp Sara, a mainly Christian neighborhood, Oct. 4, 2006.
Iraqi women pass by the bodies of a Shiite family in Baquoba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 4, 2006.
A U.S. soldier from Alfa company, 117 regiment of the 172th brigade, searches a house as women and children look on, in eastern Baghdad, Oct. 3, 2006. The U.S military has been performing scout missions aimed at preparing security operations to stop sectarian violence in the capital.
A U.S. soldier from Alfa company, 117 regiment of the 172th brigade, attempts to disperse Iraqis who had gathered where their armored vehicle got stuck in a ditch, in eastern Baghdad, Oct. 3, 2006.
Iraqis carry a coffin containing one of seven bodies of a Shiite family discovered by the Iraqi police in Abu Seida area, 22 miles northeast of Baqouba, in Baqouba hospital Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006.
An Iraqi man checks the damage done by a parked car bomb in Baghdad's Karradah district, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. One person was killed and nine more injured in the blast.
Iraqis check the damage to a car in which hidden explosives detonated in Baghdad's Karradah district, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. One person was killed and nine more injured.
An Iraqi girl walks by as U.S. soldiers from Alfa company 1-17 battalion of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team stand guard during a patrol, in eastern Baghdad, Monday, Oct. 2, 2006. The U.S. military has been performing scout missions aimed at preparing security operations to stop sectarian violence in the capital.
Iraqi women look at U.S. soldiers from Alfa company 1-17 battalion of the 172th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, and their Iraqi interpreter, patrolling in eastern Baghdad, Monday, Oct. 2, 2006. The U.S military has been performing scout missions aimed at preparing security operations to stop sectarian violence in the capital.
Sgt. Derek Balboa from Crystal Lake Ill., bottom, and Sgt. Seth Gustafson from Grinnell, Iowa, U.S. soldiers from Alfa company 1-17 battalion of the 172th Stryker Brigade Combat Team ride atop their Stryker armored vehicle, in eastern Baghdad, Monday, Oct. 2, 2006. The U.S military has been performing scout missions aimed at preparing security operations to stop sectarian violence in the capital.
Man comforts an elderly woman after a roadside bomb ripped through an apartment building killing four and wounding 14 in Baghdad's downtown Al-Nasir Square, Monday Oct. 2, 2006, police said. At least 14 people were killed Monday in attacks in Iraq, while authorities found more mutilated bodies in and around Baghdad.
Iraqi police officer stands guard after a roadside bomb ripped through an apartment building killing four and wounding 14 in Baghdad's downtown Al-Nasir Square, Monday Oct. 2, 2006, police said. At least 14 people were killed Monday in attacks in Iraq.
A man walks from the scene as oil tankers that transport fuel to U.S. forces burn outside Tikrit Monday, Oct. 2, 2006, after they were struck by roadside bombs. It is not known if there were any casualties in the attack.