A U.S. Army soldier watches from a rooftop over the Sadr City section of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004. Sporadic fighting continued Thursday in the district.
U.S. Army soldiers watch over the Sadr City section of Baghdad, Iraq, from a rooftop position Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004. Sporadic fighting continued Thursday in the district.
US soldiers secure an alley way in Baghdad after discovering a weapons cache. US army Specialist Drew Lamkin sprawls out in an abandoned government building in the Shiite slum of Sadr City where his battalion aims to end a six-month urban war that has claimed the lives of hundreds of Iraqis and a dozen soldiers.(AFP/MNF-I/HO)
A U.S. Army soldiers fights from a rooftop stronghold during a battle with insurgents in the Sadr City section of Baghdad, Iraq, early Thursday Sept. 23, 2004. The soldiers had to move to the rooftop after their Bradley fighting vehicle was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade and caught fire. Two Bradleys and one tank were disabled by insurgent attacks Wednesday and early Thursday. Several soldiers also suffered gunshot wounds, but were all expected to survive.(AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier of the 1st Cavalry Division takes a nap before going for a mission in Shiite dominated Sadr City neighborhood, 23 September 2004. At least 13 people were killed and 149 wounded in a 24 Hours US military operation in Sadr City, apparently aimed at reclaiming parts of the Shiite slum held by the movement of firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier of the 1st Cavalry Division prepares to go for a patrolling Baghdad's violence gripped Sadr City neighborhood, early 23 September 2004. At least 13 people were killed and 149 wounded in a 24 hour US military operation apparently aimed at reclaiming parts of the Shiite slum held by the movement of firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
A British sailor points his rifle during a joint patrol with Iraqi police in the port of the southern city of Basra, September 23, 2004, as they search for illegal weapons and oil smugglers. REUTERS/Atef Hassan
An Israeli soldier points his rifle as he guards an army outpost near the Jewish Gaza Strip (news - web sites) settlement of Morag September 23, 2004. Three Palestinian gunmen trying to penetrate a Jewish settlement in Gaza killed three Israeli soldiers on Thursday before being shot dead. REUTERS/Nir Elias
MORAG, -: Israeli soldiers take position as shooting by Palestinian gunmen erupts during a press briefing in the southern Gaza Strip Jewish settlement of Morag 23 September 2004. Three Israeli soldiers were killed in a dawn raid by Palestinian militants on the settlement in which two Palestinians also died, the army confirmed. A fourth soldier was evacuated to hospital for treatment but he was described as only lightly wounded. New exchanges of gunfire broke out later as the Israeli commander for the region held a press conference after the deadly raid. AFP PHOTO/Nadav NEUHAUS (Photo credit should read NADAV NEUHAUS/AFP/Getty Images)
MORAG, -: An Israeli soldier runs past the body of a Palestinian gunman at a military post in the southern Gaza Strip Jewish settlement of Morag 23 September 2004. Five people, including three Israelis, were killed during a Palestinian raid on the settlement early in the morning amid a flare-up in violence on the eve of the Yom Kippur holiday. The five were all killed when a group of Palestinian militants tried to break into the heavily guarded settlement of Morag under heavy fog cover. AFP PHOTO/Nadav NEUHAUS (Photo credit should read NADAV NEUHAUS/AFP/Getty Images)
MORAG, GAZA STRIP - SEPTEMBER 23: (ISRAEL OUT) An Israeli soldier takes his position during fire exchanges with Palestinian militants on September 23, 2004 in the Jewish settlement of Morag, Gaza Strip. Three Palestinian gunmen, who were attempting to penetrate the settlement, killed three Israeli soldiers before being shot dead. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
MORAG, GAZA STRIP - SEPTEMBER 23: (ISRAEL OUT) Israeli soldiers run for cover during fire exchanges with Palestinian militants on September 23, 2004 in the Jewish settlement of Morag, Gaza Strip. Three Palestinian gunmen, who were attempting to penetrate the settlement, killed three Israeli soldiers before being shot dead. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
BEIT AWWA, -: A left-wing peace activist is arrested by Israeli forces during a demonstration against the construction of Israel's separation barrier in the southern West Bank village of Beit Awwa 23 September 2004. Five Palestinians were wounded when Israeli troops fired rubber bullets to break up the protest. Work on the southern section of the barrier began earlier this month following a double suicide bombing in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva carried out by Palestinian militants from Hebron. AFP PHOTO/Pedro UGARTE (Photo credit should read PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images)
MORAG, -: Israeli reporter Yitzhak Saban receives first aid after he was inured in a Palestinian shooting attack during a press briefing in the southern Gaza Strip Jewish settlement of Morag 23 September 2004. Three Israeli soldiers were killed in a dawn raid by Palestinian militants on the settlement in which two Palestinians also died, the army confirmed. A fourth soldier was evacuated to hospital for treatment but he was described as only lightly wounded. New exchanges of gunfire broke out later as the Israeli commander for the region held a press conference after the deadly raid. AFP PHOTO/Nadav NEUHAUS (Photo credit should read NADAV NEUHAUS/AFP/Getty Images)
In a pre-recorded video, three Palestinians in uniform, holding assault rifles, read a statement claiming responsibility for September 23, 2004 morning attack in Gaza in which three Israeli soldiers were killed and the gunmen themselves were shot dead. REUTERS/REUTERS TV
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 23: An Afghan security guard patrols the area as illegal drugs are destroyed September 23, 2004 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The drugs were seized from different provinces and include opium, heroin, hash and morphine. Reportedly, Afghanistan is now producing nine times the amount of drugs than it did while under the Taliban regime. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
A Thai soldier stands guard in front of a Buddhist temple in Thailand's troubled south. More than 1,000 panicked education officials and teachers have sought transfers out of the south following the latest shooting of a teacher by suspected Islamic separatists.(AFP/file/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)
A Philippine army soldier inspects a vehicle for weapons and explosives along the highway in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao in an earlier photo after it was hit by a bomb attack from suspected separatist Muslim rebels belonging to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). MILF has invited Australia to send monitors to its camps in the south in an attempt to refute allegations it was sheltering members of the Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist group.(AFP/file/Romeo Gacad)
WILHELMSHAVEN, GERMANY: A sharpshooter of the German airforce secures his comrades during an exercise at the military base of Wilhelmshaven, northern Germany, 23 September 2004. 2,000 soldiers took part in the joined exercise of the marine and the airforce. AFP PHOTO DDP/DAVID HECKER GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read DAVID HECKER/AFP/Getty Images)