U.S. soldier Sergeant Scott Carter sits on a cooler before his patrol accompanied by U.S. Marines 11th Expeditionary Unit prepares to patrol in Southern Holy city of Najaf September 11, 2004. An Iraqi rebel group has seized four Iraqi policemen in Najaf and threatened to kill them unless police agreed to stop hunting insurgents and pressuring rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, Al Jazeera television said on Friday. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby
U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Steven Brown, from the Marines 11th Expeditionary Unit, stands at the entrance of a newly renovated school in the southern Holy city of Najaf September 11, 2004. An Iraqi rebel group has seized four Iraqi policemen in Najaf and threatened to kill them unless police agreed to stop hunting insurgents and pressuring rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, Al Jazeera television said on Friday. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby
U.S. Marines from the 11th Expeditionary Unit, drive through the Southern Holy city of Najaf September 11, 2004. An Iraqi rebel group has seized four Iraqi policemen in Najaf and threatened to kill them unless police agreed to stop hunting insurgents and pressuring rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, Al Jazeera television said on Friday. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby
Two U.S. soldiers take cover on the outskirts of the city of Tal Afar, some 390 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, September 11, 2004. U.S troops mounted a major offensive against Tal Afar on Thursday in a drive against insurgents. The town, about 100 km (60 miles) east of the Syrian border in northern Iraq (news - web sites), is a suspected haven for foreign fighters. REUTERS/Namir Noor-Eldeen
A U.S. soldier orders to local residents to leave the outskirts of the city of Tal Afar, some 390 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, September 11, 2004. REUTERS/Namir Noor-Eldeen
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - SEPTEMBER 11: U.S soldiers investigate the scene of a roadside bomb attack September 11, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. A roadside bomb exploded in central Iraq?s capital Baghdad injuring at least two Iraqis. The target of the attack is unknown (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images)
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - SEPTEMBER 11: U.S soldiers investigate the scene of a roadside bomb attack September 11, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. A roadside bomb exploded in central Iraq?s capital Baghdad injuring at least two Iraqis. The target of the attack is unknown (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images)
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: US soldiers bow their heads as they observe a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the September 11 terror attacks on the US, 11 September 2004 in Kabul. On the third anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks, the US military Saturday said support for the ousted Taliban regime was waning and many of its leaders were seeking to call a truce with the Afghan authorities. AFP PHOTO/ Farzana Wahidy (Photo credit should read FARZANA WAHIDY/AFP/Getty Images)
A British Army soldier and an Iraqi police officer stand guard at the scene of an explosion in the southern city of Basra September 11, 2004. A roadside bomb detonated near the U.S. embassy office in the southern Iraq (news - web sites) city of Basra on Saturday, killing two people and wounding three, a Reuters witness said. REUTERS/Atef Hassan
Members of the Iraqi security forces secure the scene, following an attack against the local commander of the Iraqi National Guard near the town of Baquba, some 65 km south of the capital Baghdad, September 11, 2004. REUTERS/Faris Al-Mahdawi
JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA: A Saudi security man gurads the house of a suspect in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, 11 September 2004. The Unidentified suspect was arrested and questioned following a blast in front of the headquarters of a group formerly known as the Saudi American Bank in the north of Jeddah, in which one person was wounded, reportedly one of the bombers. Another car blew up outside the Saudi British Bank in the same area as the earlier blast and did not cause any casualties. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
Jamaican police officers take up positions as they patrol the city to prevent possible looting in the wake of Hurricane Ivan, in Kingston, Jamaica, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004. Ivan lashed Jamaica with monstrous waves, driving rain and winds nearing 155 mph Saturday. In Kingston, sporadic looting and gunfire erupted overnight and continued Saturday morning. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
Khalid Saleh Banat is just 13 but boasts of having fought in three battles with the rebels in Darfur. Government-backed forces killed his father, he said, "so I joined the S.L.A." Lynsey Addario for The New York Times
Afghan police investigate inside a house after a rocket attack in Kabul September 9, 2004. A rocket attack aimed at Kabul's international airport showed the Taliban have the ability to target anywhere in Afghanistan, the group said on Friday, warning the Americans the country would become their "burial ground."
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