Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 21th Infantry search the Iraqi home of two men suspected of transporting explosives, during a night raid in Mosul, Iraq (news - web sites), January 12, 2005. In the latest attack, insurgents killed two Iraqi National Guards with a roadside bomb in the volatile northern city of Mosul on Wednesday the U.S. military said. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 21th Infantry searches the Iraqi home of two men suspected of transporting explosives, during a night raid in Mosul, Iraq (news - web sites), January 12, 2005. In the latest attack, insurgents killed two Iraqi National Guards with a roadside bomb in the volatile northern city of Mosul on Wednesday the U.S. military said. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
US soldiers from 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment leave a house as an Iraqi family wait outside in Mosul. Iraqi leaders acknowledged that parts of the country remain too dangerous to conduct the election, while the US military has reportedly ended a fruitless hunt for weapons of mass destruction.(AFP/Mauricio Lima)
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge (R) inspects heavily-armed soldiers as he listens to a briefing by General Golen Jackman, Commander of the military district of Washington, during a tour of the security in place for the inauguration of U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites), in Washington January 11, 2005. Washington is preparing for its first presidential inauguration since the September 11, 2001 attacks and Ridge says security at the January 20 event will be unprecedented. REUTERS/Jason Reed
LINKLINKWASHINGTON - JANUARY 11: Members of the Delta Company 1st Battalion & 3rd Infantry Regiment stand armed as they attend a media conference on the preparedness of law enforcement groups for the Presidential Inauguration January 11, 2005 in Washington, DC. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge stated that the security for this inauguration will be at the highest level. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
U.S. Marine Cpl. Jeremy Harris, 23, from Las Vegas, checks the scope of an Acog in the armory on the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2005 off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. In efforts to ease fears of local officials, U.S. Marines participating in the humanitarian mission to help Indonesia recover from the earthquake and tsunami believed to have killed more than 100,000 people on the island of Sumatra have agreed to leave their weapons behind whenever they go ashore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-e)
LINKBASRA, IRAQ: A British soldier aims his gun as a horse drawn cart passes behind in the southern city of Basra, 500 kms from Baghdad, 12 January 2005. In the past two day three car bombs have detonated in this city, the second largest in Iraq. AFP PHOTO/Essam AL-SUDANI (Photo credit should read ESSAM -AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images)
LINKBASRA, IRAQ: A British soldier on patrol stands next to posters for the Islamic "Unified Iraqi Alliance" during a patrol in the southern city of Basra, 500 kms from Baghdad, 12 January 2005. National elections will take place at the end of the month, the first in 50 years. In the past two day three car bombs have detonated in this city, the second largest in Iraq. AFP PHOTO/Essam AL-SUDANI (Photo credit should read ESSAM -AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images)
LINKBASRA, IRAQ: A British soldier holds his rifle while on patrol in the southern city of Basra, 500 kms from Baghdad, 12 January 2005. In the past two day three car bombs have detonated in this city, the second largest in Iraq. AFP PHOTO/Essam AL-SUDANI (Photo credit should read ESSAM -AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images)
British soldiers sits in an armoured vehicle while on patrol in the southern city of Basra, 500 kms from Baghdad. In the past two day three cars have detonated in this city, the second largest in Iraq .(AFP/Essam al-Sudani)
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A British soldier on patrol stops to look at a dog standing next to a little girl in a doorway in the southern city of Basra, 500 kms from Baghdad. In the past two day three cars have detonated in this city, the second largest in Iraq (news - web sites).(AFP/Essam al-Sudani)
LINKKIRKUK, IRAQ: Iraqi soldiers guard an oil pipeline along the Baji-Kirkuk 90 kms pipeline close to the northern city of Kirkuk, 11 January 2005. Attacks on oil and electricity infrastructure have cost Iraq 10 billion dollars in revenue, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi told state-run Al-Iraqiya television channel today. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM (Photo credit should read MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP/Getty Images)
LINKBAQUBA, IRAQ: A policeman stands near a pool of blood at the emergency room of a local hospital in the Iraqi city of Baquba, 60kms northereast Baghdad, 12 January 2005. One officer was killed and four others injured when a roadside bomb exploded as police were patrolling the Sunni Muslim restive city, medical sources said. AFP PHOTO/ALI YUSSEF (Photo credit should read ALI YUSSEF/AFP/Getty Images)
LINKBASRA, IRAQ: Iraqi police and British troops cordon off the area following a car bombing in the center of the southern city of Basra, 500 kms from Baghdad, 11 January 2005. The attack came less than 24 hours after a twin car bombing in the city that killed one person and wounded seven others. AFP PHOTO/ESSAM AL-SUDANI (Photo credit should read ESSAM AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images)
LINKBAGHDAD, IRAQ: An Iraqi policeman stands next to his vehicle stationed outside the former Iraqi Information Ministry in central Baghdad 11 January 2005. Over 1300 Iraqi police have been killed since the fall of ousted President Saddam Hussein in 09 April 2003. AFP PHOTO/ALI AL-SAADI (Photo credit should read ALI AL-SAADI/AFP/Getty Images)
A Palestinian woman shouts at Israeli soldiers after two Palestinians Hamas militant were killed in the village of Qarawat Banizeid, during an exchange of fire with Israeli soldiers near the West Bank town of Ramallah.(AFP/Abbas Momani)
Israeli soldiers walk into a Palestinian house as they conduct house-to-house searches in the village of Idna near the West Bank city of Hebron Wednesday Jan. 12, 2005. Five wanted Palestinians were arrested early Wednesday during the military operation in Idna, the army spokesman said. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
A Palestinian youth is arrested by Israeli forces during clashes in the West Bank village of Bani Zaid near Ramallah January 12, 2005. Israeli soldiers shot dead two wanted militants in its first raid since the vote for a successor to Yasser Arafat (news - web sites). At the urging of U.S.-led mediators, Israel had suspended military action against militants to safeguard the election. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel
Israeli soldiers are seen in the Jewish settlement of Morag in the southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites) Wednesday Jan. 12, 2005 after Palestinian militants detonated bombs in the area near the settlement. One Israeli civilian was killed and three soldiers were wounded, the Israeli army said. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack, adding that that two of its members were killed in an ensuing gunbattle.(AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
An Israeli soldier patrols the northern West Bank town of Tulkarem. Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian militant from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Tulkarem.(AFP/File/Yuri Cortez)
An Israeli army officer looks on as a bulldozer destroys a house in the West Bank village of Karawat Beni Zeit north of the city of Ramallah, Wednesday Jan. 12, 2005. According to the army spokesman two Hamas members were killed in an army operation in Karawat Beni Zeit early Wednesday, when troops entered the village to arrest the two activists. After surrounding the house in which they were staying, fire was opened on the troops and they returned fire, killing two Palestinians, the army said. The house was later demolished. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
LINKMAMAPASANO, PHILIPPINES: Troops position themselves behind coconut trees as they move to secure an army outpost earlier overran by separatist Moro Islamic Li beraton Front (MILF) guerrillas, 11 January 2005 in Mamasapano, southern Philippines. At least 23 MILF rebels and soldiers were killed in the clashes, which may affect peace talks between both sides. AFP PHOTO/Mark NAVALES (Photo credit should read MARK NAVALES/AFP/Getty Images)