A U.S. Marine looks through the sight of a machine gun as they patrol a position close to Falluja, west of Baghdad, November 1, 2004. U.S. forces battled rebels in Ramadi and shelled Falluja on Monday, but there was no sign that an all-out American-led offensive to retake the insurgent-held cities had begun on the eve of the U.S. presidential election. (Eliana Aponte/Reuters)


US Marines of the 1st Division train in an abandoned primary school outside Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 1, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swath of Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital ahead of crucial national elections due by Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)



US Marines of the 1st Division walk to a briefing prior to a mission outside Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 1, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swath of Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital ahead of crucial national elections due by Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)


US Marines of the 1st Division listen to instructions during training in an abandoned primary school outside Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 1, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swath of Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital ahead of crucial national elections due by Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)


US Marines of the 1st Division train in an abandoned primary school outside Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 1, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swath of Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital ahead of crucial national elections due by Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)


US marines battle insurgents as they protect a convoy driving through the centre of Ramadi. Six Iraqis were killed as violence flared in the flashpoint city of Ramadi as nearby Fallujah braced for an all-out assault with US and Iraqi troops massing in the rebel heartlands.(AFP/Patrick Baz)


US Marines of the 1st Division train in an abandoned primary school outside Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 1, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swath of Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital ahead of crucial national elections due by Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)


US Marines of the 1st Division train in an abandoned primary school outside Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 1, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swath of Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital ahead of crucial national elections due by Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)


US Marines of the 1st Division train in a abandoned primary school outside Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 1, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swath of Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital ahead of crucial national elections due by Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)


U.S. Marine Lcpl. Jason Hash of Baltimore, MD, with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, raises his M16 rifle on a patrol in Ramadi, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday Nov. 1, 2004. A gun battle with insurgents soon followed but there were no casualties. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


U.S. Marine Lcpl. Drew Pearson from Sacramento, CA, with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, aims his machine gun during a gun battle with insurgents, as sporadic fighting continued in Ramadi, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday Nov. 1, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)



U.S. Marine Sgt. Jeremy Barone of Albany, CA, with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, fires his M16 rifle during a gun battle with insurgents, as sporadic fighting continued in Ramadi, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday Nov. 1, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


U.S. Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment crash their Humvee through a gate to take cover during a gun battle with insurgents, as sporadic fighting continued in Ramadi, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday Nov. 1, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


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NEAR FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 1: Marines from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) conduct urban warfare training as they prepare for an expected all-out military offensive against Iraqi insurgents in the city of Fallujah on November 1, 2004, near Fallujah, Iraq. The beleaguered city, 30 miles west of Baghdad, has been the nerve center of an insurgency that has dogged US and Iraqi forces for more than a year, and where terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is believed to be based. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)


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RAMADI, IRAQ: US marines with 2/5 Marine Whiskey company battle insurgents as they protect a convoy driving through the center of the city of Ramadi, 100 kms west of Baghdad 01 November 2004. Six Iraqis were killed and some 15 injured during fighting in the restive city according to medical sources. AFP PHOTO/Patrick BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)


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RAMADI, IRAQ: US marines with 2/5 Marine Whiskey company battle insurgents as they protect a convoy driving through the center of the city of Ramadi, west of Baghdad, 01 November 2004. Graffiti on the left reads "we support the population of Fallujah. Six Iraqis were killed and some 15 injured during fighting in the restive city according to medical sources. AFP PHOTO/Patrick BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)


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RAMADI, IRAQ: US marines with 2/5 Marine Whiskey company battle insurgents as they protect a convoy driving through the center of the city of Ramadi, 100 kms west of Baghdad, 01 November 2004. Six Iraqis were killed and some 15 injured during fighting in the restive city according to medical sources. AFP PHOTO/Patrick BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)


A British Army soldier, atop a military vehicle, holds up his rifle while conducting a patrol in the centre of the southern Iraqi city of Basra, November 1, 2004. REUTERS/Atef Hassan


An Afghan military officer stands guard at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 1, 2004. Afghan forces and NATO (news - web sites) troops have mounted extra patrols and roadblocks since unidentified armed men on Thursday kidnapped Filipino diplomat Angelito Nayan, and two women - Kosovan Shqipe Habibi and Annetta Flanigan from Northern Ireland. All work for a joint U.N.-Afghan commission overseeing landmark presidential elections. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)


An Israeli soldier aims his assault rifle during skirmishes with Palestinians in the northern West Bank town of Jenin.(AFP/Saif Dahlah)


Israeli security forces rushed into Tel Aviv's market after a blast in the market November 1, 2004. A suspected Palestinian suicide bomber killed at least three people in Tel Aviv's main market on Monday, an Israeli security source said. REUTERS/ Nir Elias


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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 1: Israeli police secure the scene of destruction and killing shortly after a Palestinian suicide bombing on November 1, 2004 in Tel Aviv's Carmel Market. At least 4 people, including the bomber, were reported killed in the attack. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)


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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL: A special forces policeman blocks the entrance of Tel Aviv's Carmel Market after an explosion 01 November 2004. At least four people were killed and 10 wounded in an explosion in a market in the center of the Israeli commercial capital Tel Aviv, private television reported. The explosion was the result of a suicide bombing, police said. AFP PHOTO/TAL COHEN (Photo credit should read TAL COHEN/AFP/Getty Images)


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HEBRON, -: Israeli border policemen arrest a young Palestinian in the West Bank town of Hebron 01 November 2004, during a military operation aimed at detaining wanted Palestinian militants. Four people were killed and 30 more were wounded by a suicide bomber in an open-air market in the heart of Israel's commercial capital Tel Aviv. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility for the attack. AFP PHOTO/HAZEM BADER (Photo credit should read HAZEM BADER/AFP/Getty Images)


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PATTANI, THAILAND: Thai soldiers stand guard outside a school in Pattani province southern Thailand, 01 November 2004. Thailand's Muslim-majority south is in the grip of a violent separatist insurgency that re-emerged early this year and has since left at least 459 people dead. AFP PHOTO/PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL (Photo credit should read PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/Getty Images)


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PATTANI, THAILAND: Soldiers chat as students walk past them outside a school in Pattani province southern Thailand, 01 November 2004. Thailand's Muslim-majority south is in the grip of a violent separatist insurgency that re-emerged early this year and has since left at least 459 people dead. AFP PHOTO/PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL (Photo credit should read PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/Getty Images)


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NEW YORK, UNITED STATES: New York City Police officers stand guard outside the New York Stock Exchange 01 November 2004 in New York. Uncertainty in the US presidential election has been weighing on Wall Street in recent weeks, and some analysts see a possible "relief rally" after the results come in -- assuming there is a clear outcome. Meanwhile, in a message to the American people posted 01 November 2004 on the website of Al-Jazeera TV, Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden vowed to wage a war of "attrition" against the United States until it is "bankrupt." AFP PHOTO/Don EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

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