Iraq Photos: October 18

A U.S. Army Bradley armoured vehicle burns next to a junction on the airport highway in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct 23, 2004. A roadside bomb exploded near an American military convoy in Baghdad, injuring six soldiers, the U.S. command said.

U.S. Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment open fire on a car approaching their position in Ramadi, Iraq, Oct. 22, 2004.

Iraqi men bury a killed relative, Oct. 22, 2004 in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq after a U.S. air strike.

An Iraqi child picks up a gun after arriving with his father at a weapon-collection point in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 21, 2004.

Iraqi women pass by the remains of a car in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct 21, 2004, after it exploded while a U.S. Army convoy was driving by. There were no reports of casualties among U.S. troops or damage to their equipment.

U.S. Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, patrol a rear alley in Ramadi, Iraq, Oct. 20, 2004. The Marines were on a reconnaissance mission, searching buildings in the area.

An Iraqi man waits outside a weapon-collection point to hand over his weapons in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 21, 2004.

Iraqis inspect a destroyed building in which six people died in central Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq, Oct 20, 2004, after U.S. forces fired rockets into central Fallujah.

U.S. Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, cover the exterior while searching a building in Ramadi, Iraq, Oct. 20, 2004. The Marines were on a reconnaissance mission in the area.

Iraqis inspect a destroyed building in which six people died Oct. 20, 2004, after U.S. forces fired rockets in to central Fallujah.

A wounded Salvadoran soldier is evacuated in a U.S. Army Blackhawk Medivac flight from Babylon, Iraq, Oct. 19, 2004. El Salvador has a small contingent of forces as part of the U.S.-led international coalition based in Babylon.

U.S. Army soldiers clean the street after a suicide car bomber detonated an explosive device near a U.S. patrol on the airport road in Baghdad, Oct. 20, 2004, killing himself and injuring four others, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials.

An Iraqi National Guardsmen patrols outside his headquarters in Mushahidah, Iraq, 25 miles north of Baghdad, Oct. 19, 2004, after a mortar attack. Four Iraqi National Guardsmen were killed and up to 80 injured, the U.S. military said.

U.S. Marines pay their final respects at a memorial service for 1st Marine Division Combat Photographer Cpl. William Salazar, 26, of Las Vegas, Nev., at Camp Blue Diamond, on the outskirts of Ramadi, Iraq, Oct. 18, 2004. Salazar was killed in action in Anbar province Oct. 15.

An Iraqi man inspects the damage at a mosque in Fallujah, outside Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 18, 2004, after U.S. troops pounded the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah with airstrikes and tank fire overnight.

Iraqis inspect the damage after a mortar attack near the Italian embassy in Baghdad Oct. 18, 2004.

An Iraqi boy inspects a destroyed car in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 18, 2004, after a car bomb exploded near a police patrol in Baghdad's Jadiriyah district, killing at least six people, including three police officers, and wounding 26.

An Iraqi boy shakes hands with a British soldier guarding the center of Basra, southern Iraq, Oct. 18, 2004.

U.S. Army Medic Sgt. Tyrone Jordan examines a Marine suffering from shrapnel wounds, during a helicopter evacuation from the countryside near Iskandariyah, south of Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 18, 2004.

Iraqis arrive at a destroyed car after a roadside bomb exploded on the highway leading to the airport of Baghdad, Iraq, Oct 18, 2004. According to police sources, at least one person was killed during the explosion.