PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 13: Gordon Lukus, a firearms instructor and gun owner, points out the bayonet attachment on an AR-15 rifle that prior to today was illegal for sale or manufacture by the assault weapons ban of 1994 on September 13, 2004 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As of September 14 this feature will be permitted for new sales. Lukus has owned the 35-year-old rifle since prior to the ban and thus has legally owned the firearm. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)


Gun dealer Tom Mannewitz displays several United States-made assault-style rifles inside his Dallas, Texas gun shop, September 13, 2004. A 1994 law passed by Congress that outlawed the making and importing of certain military-style semiautomatic assault weapons and the manufacture of ammunition magazines containing more than 10 rounds is set to expire at midnight. Photo by Jeff Mitchell/Reuters


Gun dealer Tom Mannewitz holds a Romanian-made AKM assault-style rifle inside his Dallas, Texas gun shop, September 13, 2004. A 1994 law passed by Congress that outlawed the making and importing of certain military-style semiautomatic assault weapons and the manufacture of ammunition magazines containing more than 10 rounds is set to expire at midnight. Dallas gun dealers report more calls from the media concerning the weapons ban than by gun enthusiasts trying to purchase the weapons. REUTERS/Jeff Mitchell



BALAD, IRAQ: A US soldier of the 1st Battalion of 77 Armor of US Army's 1st Infantry Division mans a machine gun atop of a humvee before leaving their base for a night patrol in Balad, northern Iraq, late 13 September 2004. More than 1000 US soldiers have been killed since the invasion on Iraq in March 2003. Meanwhile fifteen people died when US jets pounded Fallujah on Monday as Turkey warned Washington it would halt cooperation over Iraq if US forces did not stop an assault on the Turkmen town of Tall Afar. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)


A U.S. soldier guards the checkpoint on the outskirts of the city of Tal Afar, Iraq (news - web sites), September 13, 2004. Faced with mounting violence in Iraq, the Bush administration plans to propose shifting $3.46 billion from Iraqi water, power and other reconstruction projects to improve security, boost oil output and prepare for elections scheduled for January. Photo by Namir Noor-Eldeen/Reuters


BALAD, IRAQ: US soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division pay their respect in front of the helmet and rifle of their dead comrade, Specialist Edgar Daclan of the 1-77 Armored, who was killed on 10 September 2004, during a memorial service at a US military base in Balad, north of Baghdad, 13 September 2004. More than 1000 US soldiers have been killed since the invasion on Iraq in March 2003. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)


Iraqi women flee the area due to fighting in the city of Tal Afar
Original caption: Iraqi women flee the area due to fighting in the city of Tal Afar, some 390 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, September 11, 2004


U.S. soldiers search Iraqi man at the outskirts of the city of Tal Afar
Original caption: U.S. soldiers search an Iraqi man at the outskirts of the city of Tal Afar, some 390 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, September 13, 2004. The U.S. military is fighting in the northern town of Tal Afar, which it says has become a haven for foreign fighters crossing into Iraq from Syria. The town has been largely sealed off for several days. The Health Ministry said 51 people were killed there on Sunday.


Australian soldiers on patrol in Baghdad. Australia has accounted for all its nationals known to be working in Iraq (news - web sites) following a claim by a radical Islamic group to have kidnapped two Australians, Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer said.(AFP/File/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)


A British soldier keeps watch through his rifle's scope during a patrol in the center of 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


Israeli soldiers patrol the northern West Bank city of Nablus, August 2004, during an Israeli military operation.(AFP/File/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)


HEBRON, -: Israeli soldiers arrest a Palestinian during a military operation in the West Bank city of Hebron 13 September 2004. Yasser Arafat's re-election in polls planned for early next year looks almost certain, despite the veteran Palestinian leader's isolation by both Israel and the Americans, but his mainstream Fatah party will probably be hurt over failings in the Palestinian Authority, analysts said. AFP PHOTO/Hossam ABU ALAN (Photo credit should read HOSSAM ABU ALAN/AFP/Getty Images)


SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 13: U.S. soldiers march during a ceremony for the new U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, Christopher Hill, on September 13, 2004 at Yongsan U.S. Army base in Seoul, South Korea. Hill, who recently completed his four-year mission in Poland, replaces Thomas Hubbard, who left South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)


HERAT, AFGHANISTAN: A soldier of the Afghan National Army keeps guard outside the western Afghan city of Herat, 13 September 2004. The United Nations and several non-governmental aid agencies withdrew staff from the troubled Afghan city of Herat 13 September after their offices were targeted in deadly rioting. More than 60 workers were relocated after demonstrators attacked aid offices on Sunday in protest at the sacking of long-time governor Ismael Khan. Four people died and more than 50 were injured. AFP PHOTO/ Shah Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)


ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Swiss exhibitor Hansruedi Hubacher (R) of the San Swiss arms company shows a young Emirati how to aim with an SG-552 commando automatic rifle at the International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition in Abu Dhabi 13 September 2004. More than 185 exhibitors from 21 countries are participating in the event. AFP PHOTO/Rabih MOGHRABI (Photo credit should read RABIH MOGHRABI/AFP/Getty Images)


BESLAN, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Police officers and bomb-sniffing dogs carry out security check at the school # 6 in Beslan, 13 September 2004. "After the security checks, all the schools and the kindergartens will be put under 24-hour surveillance ... until the situation stabilizes," said Taimuraz Murtazov, deputy police chief in charge of local safety. Murtazov said two teams with sapper dogs were checking security in all 36 schools and kindergartens in Beslan and the surrounding area. They were expected to reopen for class on Tuesday. AFP PHOTO / MAXIM MARMUR (Photo credit should read MAXIM MARMUR/AFP/Getty Images)


A rebel of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), fighting Sudanese troops, prays July 2004 in the northern part of the western Sudanese Darfur region.(AFP/File/Desirey Minkoh)

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