Iraq Photos: Sept 8

The shadows of American soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, are projected against a wall behind a suspected Saddam loyalist in custody following a raid on a house in the early hours of Sept. 8, 2003, in Tikrit, Iraq. More than 100 U.S. troops stormed homes in Saddam Hussein's hometown early Monday.

An American soldier of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, searches the car of a suspected Saddam loyalist following a raid on a house in the early hours of Monday morning in Tikrit. More than 100 U.S. troops stormed homes in Saddam Hussein's hometown early Monday.

Two Iraqi men are detained for questioning as U.S. troops block the opening of a tunnel in central Baghdad where two U.S. vehicles were attacked with explosives Monday, Sept. 8, 2003. One of the damaged vehicles is seen at the mouth of the tunnel. Two U.S. soldiers were wounded in the attack which damaged two Humvees, one of which turned over and caught fire, according to a military spokesman.

Two Iraqi men are detained for questioning as U.S. troops block the opening of a tunnel in central Baghdad where two U.S. vehicles were attacked with explosives Monday, Sept. 8, 2003. One of the damaged vehicles is seen at the mouth of the tunnel. The Iraqi detainees were later released.

U.S. troops tow away a damaged American Humvee at the opening of a tunnel in central Baghdad where it, and a second U.S. vehicle, were attacked with explosives Monday, Sept. 8, 2003. Two US soldiers were wounded in the attack which damaged two Humvees.

A U.S. Army 101st Division soldier, right, with an Iraqi policemen patrols a street of Mosul, 250 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 8, 2003.

U.S. Army 101st Division soldiers with an Iraqi policemen patrol a street in Mosul, 250 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 8, 2003.

U.S. soldiers guard the area after an explosion Tuesday night Irbil, 350 km (200 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003. A suicide car bomber struck the U.S. intelligence headquarters in Irbil, a Kurdish security official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. He said three Iraqi's were killed, including a 12-year-old boy. Six Americans were wounded.

U.S. soldiers check the area of Tuesday night's explosion in Irbil, 350 km (200 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003.

U.S. soldiers check the area of Tuesday night's explosion in Irbil, 350 km (200 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003.

A U.S. soldier from the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division in Tikrit, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003, stands guard during a raid in the early hours of Wednesday morning. More than a dozen men were taken into custody and a large cache of weapons explosives and home made bomb detonators were found during the raid.

Iraqi women line up at a Baghdad retirement office window to wait for their monthly pensions Tuesday Sept. 9, 2003. The office distributes monthly pensions of 60 US dollars per month to former government emplyees, widows of former employees, and family members of those killed in Iraqi wars.

An Iraqi woman, who gave her name as Um Bassem, (the Mother of Bassem), stands outside the British headquarters in Basra, Iraq pleading with soldiers there to release her son Bassem Sayeed who she says was detained at a checkpoint for reasons unknown to her Wednesday Sept. 10, 2003.

American soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry division fire a mortar in Tikrit, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003, Every evening the battalion mortar crew do a registration firing run as a show of force to any possible Saddam loyalists.

Iraqi men jubilate, shouting God is great , in this image from television after a US army convoy was attacked in Khaldia, 30 km (18 miles) west of Fallujah, Iraq Thursday Sept 11 2003. Witnesses claim that Iraqi "mujahedeen" ambushed the convoy with rocket propelled grenades, destroying at least three vehicles before US reinforcements arrived. At least one US soldier was wounded.

A U.S. Army soldier searches an Iraqi man at a checkpoint near the Baghdad Hotel during a shootout in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday Sept. 12, 2003. A gun fight broke out on the east bank of the Tigris River in central Baghdad as police chased a suspected carjacking gang and captured three men. The hotel is believed to house many American security officials.

Two men, seen through bullet and blast holes in the wall of the Jordanian Hospital building, survey the damage after an early morning firefight where U.S. soldiers mistakenly opened fire on a group of Iraqi policemen and at hospital guards in the building, killing eight Iraqis and wounding seven others including a guard at the hospital, witnesses said Friday Sept. 12, 2003 in Falluja, Iraq. It was the deadliest friendly fire incident since the end of major fighting.

A plainclothes American security personel, left, and an Iraqi policeman take cover during a shootout near the Baghdad hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday Sept. 12, 2003. A gun fight broke out on the east bank of the Tigris River in central Baghdad as police chased a suspected carjacking gang and captured three men. There were no injuries. The Baghdad Hotel is believed to house many American security officials.

U.S. Army Cpt Andrew S. McCleery, left, and Spc. Daniel Costner of the 101st Airborne Division patrol a street in Mosul, 250 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003.

Iraqis scream as they fire their machine guns into the air during the funeral of slain Iraqi policemen in Fallujah Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003. Eight people were killed when U.S. soldiers mistakenly opened fire on a group of Iraqi policemen in the deadliest friendly fire incident since the end of major fighting in Iraq.