American soldiers kick in a door in a residence in Yusufiya, Iraq, southwest of Baghdad. Almost all of the homes were empty, puzzling the troops who were hunting for arms caches and guerrilla fighters. Shawn Baldwin for The New York Times
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Smokes billows from a burning US military vehicle as a US soldier in an armoured vehicle secures the area along a highway to the west of Baghdad which leads to the restive Sunni Muslim city of Fallujah.(AFP/Awad Awad)


U.S. Ambassador to Iraq (news - web sites) John D. Negroponte, center, arrives under heavy security to Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, Oct 14, 2004 to meet with Iraqi officials and review reconstruction efforts. (AP Photo/Alaa Al-Raya)


A U.S. Army soldiers detains an Iraqi in Taash, on the outskirts of Ramadi, Iraq (news - web sites), Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004. The Iraqi was driving a car identical to one sought in connection with an insurgent sniper who recently killed two soldiers in a three day period nearby. The man was released with an explanation and apology offered through an Iraqi interpreter. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


U.S. Army soldiers secure a road in Taash, on the outskirts of Ramadi, Iraq (news - web sites), Thursday, Oct. 14 2004. Soldiers were searching for a car used by an insurgent sniper who recently killed two soldiers in a three-day period. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


A U.S.soldier takes position next to a burning military supply truck in the western part of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Thursday, Oct 14, 2004. The U.S. military convoy was attacked by a small explosive device while driving on a highway west of the Iraqi capital setting one vehicle on fire and causing no injuries, according to military sources. (AP Photo/Asaad Muhsin)


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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: An Afghan policeman walks past a table laden with seized weapons in Kabul, 13 October 2004. The weapons were displayed alongside drugs including heroin and opium and are scheduled to be destroyed after being seized. AFP PHOTO/ Shah Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)


Body guards of former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Abdullah Mehsud are on alert while he was talking to reporters on Thursday, Oct .14, 2004 near Chagmalai in Pakistan's tibal area of South Waziristan along Afghanistan (news - web sites) border. Pakistani special forces attacked kidnappers holding two Chinese engineers near the Afghan border, killing all five of the al-Qaida-linked militants, who were led by a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner. One of the hostages survived while the other was killed in Thursday's raid. (AP Photo/M. Sajjad)


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KATHMANDU, NEPAL: Heavily armed Nepalese Maoist recruits undergo some guerrilla training in a forest in a Maoist stronghold in Surkhet district in western Nepal 10 October 2004. Maoists have recenlty abducted students from schools in various parts of the country to train them in the rebel army. The Maoists have been campaigning for a communist republic in Nepal since 1996 and the violence has claimed more than 10,000 lives. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)


A Thai policeman stands guard as Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his Malaysian counterpart Abdullah Ahmad Badawi preside over a stone foundation ceremony for a bridge construction across the Kolok River separating Thailand and Malaysia in Narathiwat province on October 14, 2004. Abdullah was in Thailand for a two-day annual bilateral summit ending today, which touched on economic and security cooperation and pledges to fight outbreaks of deadly bird flu. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang


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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL: A heavily armed police officer stays in sentry duty 14 October, 2004 at a street of the Sao Carlos shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where notorious drug trafficker Irapuan David Lopes, known as Gangan, was killed early Wednesday. The man, reputed to be one of Rio's most dangerous and ambitious drug lords, was shot dead in a gun battle with police in the city's central Sao Carlos ghetto, police said. AFP PHOTO Patricia SANTOS/AEstado BRAZIL OUT INTERNET OUT (Photo credit should read PATRICIA SANTOS/AFP/Getty Images)


A Brazilian UN peacekeeper stands guard as a vendor passes by in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Oct.14, 2004. Haitians are enjoying a second day of relative peace amid two weeks of gunbattles. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)


Ex-Haitian army soldiers from Haiti's former army which was disbanded in 1995, gather after a briefing with former Army Capt. Remizzainthe Ravix in their newly established headquarters in Petion-ville, Haiti, on October 14, 2004. Ravix said he and his men are waiting for the Haitian government to ask for help in dealing with the insecurity and violence -- blamed on supporters of ex-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide -- which has plagued the city for two weeks. Ravix and the other former soldiers were part of the 'rebel' force which carried out military actions that led to the resignation of Aristide. REUTERS/Daniel Morel


Ex-Haitian Army Captain Remissainthe Ravix, seated with his sword, is surrounded by other soldiers from Haiti's former army which was disbanded in 1995, after a briefing with his men in their newly established headquarters in Petion-ville, Haiti, on October 14, 2004. Ravix said he and his men are waiting for the Haitian government to ask for help in dealing with the insecurity and violence -- blamed on supporters of ex-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide -- which has plagued the city for two weeks. Ravix and the other former soldiers were part of the 'rebel' force which carried out military actions that led to the resignation of Aristide on February 29. REUTERS/Daniel Morel


An armed police officer carries his weapon on gate duty outside the Palace of Westminster, with St. Stephen's Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, at rear, as security is increased at the Palace in London, in this Thursday Sept. 16, 2004 file photo. Post-Sept.11, there are still big gaps in Britain's defenses, but overall the country is better-equipped to prevent or respond to a large-scale terror attack than it was before the assaults on the World Trade Center and Pentagon (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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