BALAD, IRAQ: A US soldier of the 1st Infantry Division of US Army mans a machine gun atop of a Humvee while patrolling a street of the northern Iraqi town of Balad, 12 September 2004. At least 35 people were killed and 121 wounded in a wave of violence across the war-torn country. Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said that more than 3,000 people have been killed and over 12,000 wounded in "terrorist attacks" in Iraq. He did not specify a time period for his calculation. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
BALAD, IRAQ: A US soldier from the 1st Infantry Division of US army aims his rifle after a explosion was heard while on a patrol in the northern town of Balad, 12 September 2004. At least 35 people were killed and 121 wounded in a wave of violence across the war-torn country. Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said that more than 3,000 people have been killed and over 12,000 wounded in "terrorist attacks" in Iraq. He did not specify a time period for his calculation. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
BALAD, IRAQ: US soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division of US Army take up position after a explosion was heard while they were patrolling a street of the Iraqi northern town of Balad, 12 September 2004. At least 35 people were killed and 121 wounded in a wave of violence across the war-torn country. Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said that more than 3,000 people have been killed and over 12,000 wounded in "terrorist attacks" in Iraq. He did not specify a time period for his calculation. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
BALAD, IRAQ: US soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division of US Army take position behind an Iraqi police car after a explosion was heard while they were patrolling a street of the northern Iraqi town of Balad, 12 September 2004. At least 35 people were killed and 121 wounded in a wave of violence across the war-torn country. Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said that more than 3,000 people have been killed and over 12,000 wounded in "terrorist attacks" in Iraq. He did not specify a time period for his calculation. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
BALAD, IRAQ: An Iraqi woman and her children look at US soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division of US Army taking up position inside there house after a explosion was heard while they were patrolling streets of the northern town of Balad, 12 September 2004. At least 35 people were killed and 121 wounded in a wave of violence across the war-torn country. Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said that more than 3,000 people have been killed and over 12,000 wounded in "terrorist attacks" in Iraq. He did not specify a time period for his calculation. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
BALAD, IRAQ: A US officer (C) from the 1st Infantry Division of US Army orders his soldiers to take up position after a explosion was seen while they were patroling streets of Balad, 12 September 2004. At least 35 people were killed and 121 wounded in a wave of violence across the war-torn country. Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said that more than 3,000 people have been killed and over 12,000 wounded in "terrorist attacks" in Iraq. He did not specify a time period for his calculation. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
A U.S. Marine watches a suicide bomber blow up with a pickup truck packed with artillery shells at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday Sept. 12, 2004, in this photo released Sunday. Marines opened fire and the vehicle exploded before reaching the main security wall, killing the driver, the military said in a statement. (AP Photo/US Military HO)
CAMP PENDLETON, CA - SEPTEMBER 11: A familiy says good-bye on September 11, 2004 at Camp Pendleton, California before the Third Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment departs in support of the war in Iraq on the third anniversary of the attack on the United States. The infantry battalion is assigned to the 1st Marine Division, which is currently conducting Stability and Support Operations in the Al Anbar Province in western Iraq. The deployment of about 170 personnel is part of a regularly scheduled rotation of Marine forces and is expected to last approximately seven months. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
CAMP PENDLETON, CA - SEPTEMBER 11: Weapons are held high for a final inventory on September 11, 2004 at Camp Pendleton, California before the Third Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment departs in support of the war in Iraq on the third anniversary of the attack on the United States. The infantry battalion is assigned to the 1st Marine Division, which is currently conducting Stability and Support Operations in the Al Anbar Province in western Iraq. The deployment of about 170 personnel is part of a regularly scheduled rotation of Marine forces and is expected to last approximately seven months. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - SEPTEMBER 12: Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is seen at Baghdad International airport on his return from a meeting with local officials in the city of Basra on September 12, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. Allawi was meeting with local officials in Basra and Umm Qasr on a day in which at least 25 people were killed in further disturbances in Baghdad. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)
A British soldier takes cover during a patrol in Basra, September 12, 2004. British forces increased their patrols in the second largest Iraqi town, due to the upcoming visit of Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. A taped message posted on Islamist Web sites, purportedly from Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, renewed a threat to kill interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. REUTERS/Atef Hassan
Three Iraqi boys follow a British soldier on a patrol in the center of Basra, September 12, 2004. British forces increased their patrols in the second largest Iraqi town, ahead of the upcoming visit of Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. REUTERS/Atef Hassan
BASRA, IRAQ: British soldiers patrol a street in the southern city of Basra 12 September 2004. At least 35 people were killed and 121 wounded in a wave of violence across the war-torn country. Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said that more than 3,000 people have been killed and over 12,000 wounded in "terrorist attacks" in Iraq. He did not specify a time period for his calculation. AFP PHOTO/Essam AL-SUDANI (Photo credit should read ESSAM AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images)
BASRA, IRAQ - SEPTEMBER 12: Iraqi Police Officers guard Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi during a meeting with local officials on September 12, 2004 in the city of Basra in Southern Iraq. Allawi was meeting with local officials in Basra and Umm Qasr on a day in which at least 25 people were killed in further disturbances in Baghdad. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - SEPTEMBER 11: Palestinian masked militants from the Hamas movement stand over part of a buried Israeli tank after Israeli troops withdrew from the Jabalya refugee camp, on September 11, 2004 In Gaza City, Gaza Strip. (Photo by Ahmad Khateib/Getty Images)
Private security guards stand at the main entrance of a bank building in Karachi September 12, 2004. Private security firms are enjoying an unprecedented boom in Pakistan's restive city of Karachi, where threats of terrorism and soaring crime have instilled a sense of fear and vulnerability. To accompany feature Security Pakistan Companies REUTERS/Zahid Hussein
Indian soldiers' stands guard during a suicide attack by suspected rebels on their camp in Srinagar, September 12, 2004. Rebels stormed an Indian security camp in Kashmir (news - web sites) killing three soldiers days after India and Pakistan agreed to press on with a flagging peace process. REUTERS/Danish Ismail
VAIRENGTE, INDIA: In this picture taken, 10 September 2004, Indian soldiers perform a demonstration of hostage rescue, at the Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare (CIJW) School, in Vairengte, some 60 Kms east of Aizawl, capital of the north-eastern Indian state of Mizoram. The CIJW, is a unique military training centre for soldiers of India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, training them to fight terrorists and guerillas in jungle conditions, with a motto of 'Fight the guerilla like a guerilla'. AFP PHOTO/Deshakalyan CHOWDHURY (Photo credit should read DESHAKALYAN CHOWDHURY/AFP/Getty Images)
Indian soldiers perform target practice during an anti-terrorist exercise at Vairengte in the north eastern Indian state of Mizoram, near the boder of Myanmar, on September 10, 2004. Indian soldiers are participating in exercises at a 'Counter Insurgency And Jungle Warfare' school. The school was established in 1970 in Vairengte, and is considered one of the world's most prestigious anti-terrorist institutions, with troops from several countries getting counter-insurgency training, officials said. Picture taken September 10. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw
SRINAGAR, INDIA: Personnel of India's Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) stand guard outside the hotel requisitioned as a temporary barracks by the CRPF in Srinagar, 12 September 2004, following an attack by alleged militants. Three policemen and two Muslim militants were killed and six policemen injured in a raid by rebels on a fortified camp in Indian Kashmir, police said. The raid started late, 11 September when two or three heavily-armed militants forced their way into the camp housed in a hotel, on the shores of the Dal Lake, Kashmir's main tourist attraction, in the summer capital Srinagar. AFP PHOTO Sajjad HUSSAIN (Photo credit should read SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images)
PATTANI, THAILAND: Thai monk Phra Chaiya Opaso (top-R) of Sathit Chonlantan temple etches a religious tattoo on the back of a soldier (L) in Thailand's restive southern Pattani province, 11 September 2004. Buddhist Thai soldiers and police are flocking to a temple in the kingdom's restive south seeking special tattoos to protect them from the violence which has claimed nearly 300 lives this year. THAILAND OUT AFP PHOTO/BANGKOK POST (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: Haitian police take position during a moment of panic, 11 September 2004, during an anti-government demonstration by supporters of former president Jean Bertrand Aristide. Seven months after a rebellion forced Aristide from power, the interim government -- assisted by a UN force on the ground -- has yet to exert its control across the country. AFP PHOTO/Thony BELIZAIRE (Photo credit should read THONY BELIZAIRE/AFP/Getty Images)
US Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) grabs an AK-47 during a press conference at the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters last month. Senator Feinstein, Governor Gray Davis (news - web sites) and Los Angeles law enforcement officials urged the US Congress to extend the ban on assault weapons. But the ban ends Monday having been fatally wounded in the crossfire of the US presidential election.(AFP/file/Hector Mata)