U.S. Army soldiers, left, are reflected in a mirror while fighting from an abandoned hotel during a gun battle with insurgents in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday Aug. 23, 2004. Sporadic, but heavy fighting continued overnight and into the day Monday. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
U.S. Army soldiers aim through the window of an abandoned hotel in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday Aug. 23, 2004. Sporadic, but heavy fighting continued overnight and into the day Monday. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
In this U.S. Army handout photograph, which was released on August 23, 2004, soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Reconnaissance Team, 1st Infantry Division, provide cover for each other as they head to the roof of an abandoned house to clear it so they can use it for an observation point, near the northern Iraqi city of Baquba. REUTERS/U.S. Army-Handout EDITORIAL USE ONLY
U.S. increases pressure on Iraqi rebels in Najaf (WorldNews)
NAJAF, IRAQ - AUGUST 23: An Iraqi Shiite militia man runs towards advancing US troops on the eastern front lines of the old town whilst under fire from US forces, on August 23, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. (Photo by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/Getty Images)
NAJAF, IRAQ - AUGUST 23: Iraqi Shiite militia men take cover inside a building on the eastern front lines of the old town whilst under fire from US forces, on August 23, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. (Photo by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/Getty Images)
I dont know why, but this guy has the "look" of a very capable foeNAJAF, IRAQ - AUGUST 23: An Iraqi Shiite sniper loyal to the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr fires at US troops from a building on the eastern front lines of the old town whilst under fire from US forces, on August 23, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. (Photo by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/Getty Images)
A member of the East Timorese special police force shouts instructions to his 83 troops, during the inaguration of the country's first police force unit in Suai, a district of East Timor (news - web sites), August 23, 2004. The unit will be deployed to secure East Timor and Indonesia borders. REUTERS/Lirio da Fonseca
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels have fired at an army patrol in eastern Sri Lanka, injuring a soldier(AFP/File/Sena Vidanagama)
A Pakistani paramilitary soldier takes a position in a bunker on the outskirts of Wana, the main town of Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region, near the Afghan border, August 23, 2004. Pakistani security forces killed four Uzbek militants and captured one foreigner and a Pakistani in a raid on Monday in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan (news - web sites), officials said. REUTERS/Kamran Wazir
MANILA, PHILIPPINES: Members of the Philippines' Police elite force parade during the turnover of the command national police in Manila, 23 August 2004. Philippines' President Gloria Arroyo ordered the national police leadership during the ceremony to iradicate graft and corruption and to dismantle criminal groups. AFP PHOTO/Joel NITO (Photo credit should read JOEL NITO/AFP/Getty Images)