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A father from Baghdad flees Iraq with his pregnant wife and daughter at the Qoshtapa checkpoint near Erbil. The threat of war created a constant stream of refugees into Northern Iraq. (Photo Patrick Barth/Getty Images) ( 1852389PB004_refugeeserbil )

Chief United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix (C) arrives for a meeting with the College of Commissioners at UN headquarters January 23, 2003 in New York City. Blix criticized Iraq for not revealing enough information about its weapons programs. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) ( 1741176 MT001_Blix )

A Baptist chaplain baptizes U.S. marine Albert Martinez from Sunnyvalle, CA after a protestant Sunday service in a base in northern Kuwait close to the Iraqi border on March 16, 2003. A chaplain baptized infantrymen in the early morning sunlight, pushing their heads under the water of a field pool built from sandbags and plastic sheeting. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( BAPTIST CHAPLAIN BAPTISES U.S. MARINE IN BASE CLOSE TO IRAQI BORDER. )

Anti-war protesters gather in London at the start of a demonstration against war on Iraq, February 15, 2003. Millions of people were expected to take to the streets of towns and cities across the globe to demonstrate against the looming U.S.-led war on Iraq in the biggest protests since the Vietnam war. REUTERS/Peter Macdiarmid ( IRAQ PROTEST )

U.S. President George W. Bush addresses the nation March 19, 2003 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. Bush announced that the U.S. military struck at "targets of opportunity" in Iraq. Air defense sirens and anti-aircraft fire was reported briefly in Baghdad. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) ( 1859061AW003_bush )

Smoke covers the presidential palace compound in Baghdad on March 21, 2003 during a massive US-led air raid on the Iraqi capital. Smoke billowed from a number of targeted sites, including one of President Saddam Hussein's palaces, an AFP correspondent said. AFP Photo/Ramzi Haidar ( IRAQ-US-WAR )

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi television Thursday, March 20, 2003, a few hours after the first U.S. cruise missiles and bombs fell on Baghdad. In the nationally televised address, Saddam accused the United States of committing a shameful crime by attacking Iraq. (AP Photo/Iraqi TV via APTN) ( IRAQ SADDAM )

Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division rest in fox holes by their convoy staging area in the Kuwaiti desert Friday, March 21, 2003. Allied force missions continued as combat units rumbled across the desert into Iraq from the south and bombed limited targets in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju) ( TOPIX KUWAIT US MILITARY IRAQ WAR )

U.S. President George W. Bush speaks to the media about the war in Iraq after his return to the White House from Camp David March 23, 2003 in Washington, DC. President Bush stated that he was pleased with the progress that the coalition force had made at the early stage of the war in Iraq and demanded that U.S. prisoners of war be treated humanely by Iraqi forces. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) ( 1866580AW003_bush )

U.S. Marines from Task Force Tarawa roll through the Iraqi countryside in their armored assault vehicles March 22, 2003 on their way to an objective in Iraq. U.S. and British forces continued to fight in Iraq as they tried to topple the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 1859061JR242_war )

U.S. Marines from Task Force Tarawa carry a wounded Marine during a gun battle March 23, 2003 in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. The Marines suffered a number of deaths and casualties during gun battles throughout the city. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 1859061JR005_kill )

Bullet holes riddle the windshield of a U.S. Marine humvee from Task Force Tarawa March 23, 2003 in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. The Marines suffered a number of deaths and casualties during gun battles throughout the city. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 1859061JR014_kill )

Images broadcast on Qatar's Al Jazeera tv show captured U.S. soldier Private First Class Patrick Miller, 23, from Kansas, following an attack March 23, 2003 in Nassiriya, Iraq. Al Jazeera broadcast images of dead and captured soldiers. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Getty Images) ( 1859061CA368_Qatar )

A thunderstorm lights up the sky in the Persian Gulf as attack flights over Iraq continued throughout the night off of the USS Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, March 25, 2003. (Vincent Laforet/The New York Times) ( IRAQ CARRIER 4 )

A US Army combat engineer tries to get a radio connection at a checkpoint between the cities of Najaf and Karbala as another sandstorm turns the daylight orange on March 26, 2003. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach ( IRAQ KUWAIT USA )

Marine Corp. Eric Silva, of New Jersey, fights the wind for his tent during a severe sandstorm at Camp Viper in the Iraqi desert, Tuesday, March 25, 2003. The storm brought dust and sand from as far away as Egypt and Libya. (AP Photo/San Francisco Chronicle, Michael Macor) ( WAR IRAQ WEATHER SANDSTORM )

As oil fires burn in the distance, a man covers his face near the entrance to the besieged city of Basra on March 29, 2003 in Iraq. Baath Party loyalists took up positions in Basra, Iraq's second largest city, making it a target of the U.S.-led war on Iraq. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 1882870SP0015_basra )

While U.S. and British troops stand guard in the Ar Rumaylah oilfields of southern Iraq, Kuwaiti and Texan civilian crews tried to control fires at oil wells set ablaze by Iraqi forces. U.S. Marines invading Iraq made seizure of these oilfields their first priority. Iraq's Southern Producing Region is approximately 5,600 square miles in size - roughly the size of New Jersey - and has a daily output of 1.6 million barrels. (The Denver Post/ Hyoung Chang) ( OILFIELDS_6_HCA.jpg )

Civilians on foot pass tanks on a bridge near the entrance to the besieged city of Basra March 29, 2003 in Iraq. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 1882870SP0012_basra )

A family tries to leave the besieged Iraqi city of Basra March 31, 2003 in the back of a truck near a British manned bridge that had become a demarcation line. Basra, Iraq's second largest city, had been declared a military target as Saddam Hussein loyalists took up positions in the city, stalling any coalition entry. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 1882870SP006_cross )

U.S. Marines carry the body of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez, one of the first Americans killed in the U.S.-led Operation Iraqi Freedom March 21, into St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Catholic Church prior to his memorial mass April 7, 2003 in the Los Angeles area city of Lomita, California. Gutierrez came to the U.S. as an illegal immigrant from his native Guatemala and was posthumously made a citizen of the U.S. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) ( 1893862DM020_funeral )

An Iraqi girl holds her sister as she waits for her mother (R) to bring over food bought in Basra, March 29, 2003. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen ( BASRA )

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman HM1 Richard Barnett, assigned to the 1st Marine Division, holds an Iraqi child in central Iraq on March 29, 2003. Confused front line crossfire ripped apart an Iraqi family after local soldiers appeared to force civilians towards positions held by U.S. Marines. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( IRAQ )

A U.S. Marine Cobra helicopter prepares to take off after being repaired April 5, 2003 in central Iraq. The Marines continued to sweep through the country looking for enemy forces. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 1886015JR024_iraqi )

A British army officer has her handgun cocked as Iraqi civilians flee fighting in Basra April 6, 2003. After a two-week siege, British tanks shot their way into the center of Basra in a bid to stamp out dogged resistance from paramilitary fighters loyal to President Saddam Hussein. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis ( IRAQ )

U.S. Army Stf. Sgt. Chad Touchett, center, relaxes with comrades from A Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, following a search in one of Saddam Hussein's damaged palaces on April 7, 2003 in Baghdad. (AP Photo/John Moore) ( AP Images Best of the Decade )

Khudair Al-Amiri (L) cries with his son, Ali Al-Amiri, as they are reunited after the father's return to his hometown as a translator for American Marines April 7, 2003 in Qal'at Sukkar, Iraq. Al-Amiri fled Iraq after the first Gulf war and returned with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, seeing members of his family and village for the first time in over a decade. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) ( 1859061CH004_marines.jpg )

Iraqis wave to armored attack vehicles from the U.S. Marines of Task Force Tarawa April 7, 2003 as they move through central Iraq. The Marines were sweeping through the country looking for enemy forces as the war in Iraq continued. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 1886015JR115_transit )

U.S. Marines from the 3rd Batallion yell to urge infantrymen to rush across the damaged Baghdad Highway Bridge, Monday, April 7, 2003, as they moved forward into the city while under fire in the southeastern outskirts of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Boston Herald, Kuni Takahashi) ( WAR US IRAQ )

Villagers celebrate the arrival of the U.S. Marines April 7, 2003 in Qal'at Sukkar, Iraq. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit entered the town looking for weapons and to destroy pictures of Saddam Hussein. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) ( 1859061CH006_marines )

A British paratrooper, left, talks with an Iraqi girl while holding his position near the main street in Basra as coalition forces took control of much of Iraq's second city. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post) ( basrah_18_hc.jpg )

An Iraqi T72 tank erupts in flames after 2nd Tanks Battalion Bravo Company blew it up on their way to a blocking position near the Tigris River on the outskirts of Saddam City, near the Tigris River. The tank had no personnel but was full of fuel and ammunition. The combat train took fire from an ambush with the enemy firing AK-47's from both sides of the narrow road while driving through a small city. The Marines from the 1st, 5th and 7th Regimental Combat Teams, headed for Saddam City for their objective. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post) ( rrMARINES_1_AC.jpg )

A young Iraqi girl cries as a British Challenger tank moves in on the Baath party office in Basra April 8, 2003. (Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images) ( Nic148444 )

U.S. Army soldiers walk near a massive arch of swords at Saddam Hussein's military parade grounds on Friday, April 11, 2003. (AP Photo/John Moore) ( IRAQ US WAR )

Family members mourn the death of three male relatives, in Baghdad, Iraq Thursday, April 10, 2003. The three - a father, his teenage son, and another male relative - were shot and killed by U.S. Marines Wednesday night, April 9, after the car they were driving allegedly did not stop while passing a building occupied by U.S. Marines. The victims' relatives were waiting for their return, and did not know about the incident until relatives towed the car, containing the three bodies, to the family's home on Thursday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times) ( US IRAQ WAR )

Three Iraqi soldiers sit bound and hooded, waiting to be interrogated by Marines of the Force Recon attachment to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit April 12, 2003 in central Iraq north of Nasiriyah. The prisoner and two others were picked up fleeing from the Marines and trying to discard military uniforms and IDs. Force Recon is the Marines equivalent of Special Forces, Marines tasked with recon and other sensitive missions in small groups. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) ( 1908791CH054_POW )

U.S. Marine Corp Assaultman Kirk Dalrymple watches as a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled down a 20-foot high statue of President Saddam Hussein REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic ( IRAQ )

US Army Sergeant Craig Zentkovich from Connecticut of the 1st Brigade Combat Team photographs a pink bedroom at Saddam Hussein's presidential palace 13 April 2003. (Romeo Gacad/AFP/Getty Images) ( Nic148447 )

Iraqi National Museum Deputy Director Mushin Hasan holds his head in his hands as he sits on destroyed artifacts April 13, 2003 in Bagdhad, Iraq. The museum was severely looted in the preceding days. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) ( 1906459MT478_museum )

U.S. Marines from Task Force Tarawa 1/2 Charlie Company take a makeshift shower April 14, 2003 near Al Kut, Iraq. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 1908791JR069_AlKut )

U.S. Marines from Task Force Tarawa 1/2 Charlie Company read letters that arrived in the mail from home April 14, 2003 near Al Kut, Iraq. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 1908791JR076_AlKut )

A U.S. Marine takes away a man suspected of looting April 14, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq. The Marines began to crack down on looters after Baghdad residents complained of the lack of law and order in the capital. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 1906459SP002_order )

US Marines kick in a door while securing a building next to the main hospital in central Baghdad April 15, 2003, which would be used as a temporary Iraqi police headquarters. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen ( IRAQ BAGHDAD )

A U.S. Marine pulls down a picture of Saddam Hussein at a school April 16, 2003 in Al-Kut, Iraq. A combination team of Marines, Army and Special Forces went to schools and other facilities in Al-Kut looking for weapons caches and unexploded bombs in preparation for removing and neutralizing them. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) ( 1908641CH039_Kut )

A man lies handcuffed with his artificial leg near his head after U.S. Marines caught him and other looters robbing from a bank April 16, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 1930151SP002_caught )

Iraqi men push the head of a statue of Saddam Hussein after its destruction April 18, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images) ( 1930151ON002_iraq )

President Bush declares the end of major combat in Iraq on May 1, 2003 as he spoke aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ( AP Images Best of the Decade )

An Iraqi child jumps over a line of remains in a school where bodies had been brought from a mass grave discovered in the desert in the outskirts of Al Musayyib, 50 km south of Baghdad, May 27, 2003 in Iraq. People had been searching for days for identity cards or other clues among the skeletons to try to find the remains of family members, including children, from the grave that locals say contained the remains of hundreds of Shi'ite Muslims executed by Saddam Hussein's regime after their uprising following the 1991 Gulf War. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images) ( 2031898MDL014_graves )

A woman cries out the name of her missing son as U.S. Marines searched for evidence at a mass grave on May 14, 2003 in Hillah, Iraq. At least 2,000 bodies had been dug out at the site making it the largest mass grave discovered in Iraq following the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) ( 1974444MT005_mass )

A Kurdish girl, Leiwan, 2, attends a traditional wedding celebration June 15, 2003 in Bakochek, Iraq. Saddam Hussein's regime killed an estimated 180,000 Kurds from 1988-1991 in a genocidal campaign involving both chemical and conventional weapons. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) ( 2083378MT001_kurd )

Off-duty U.S. soldiers enjoy Saddam Hussein's swimming pool at the Republican Palace July 14, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images) ( 2155620MDL003_soldier )

Iraqis run through the neighborhood of al-Qurtan in the Iraqi town of Khaldiyah Monday Sept. 29, 2003 as U.S. troops withdrew from the area after a firefight backed by U.S. attack aircraft, helicopters and tanks. One American soldier was killed and three others wounded in two roadside bombings, one prompting the firefight. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) ( IRAQ )

U.S. paratroopers with the 1-504th regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division from Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, nicknamed the "Red Devils," shine lights onto the face of a detained man while they try to identify him during a raid November 26, 2003 in Nassar el al Salaam, Iraq. The man was questioned and later released. The overnight raid netted two men suspected of militant activities against American forces. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) ( 2757465CH018_Raid )

An Iraqi prisoner of war comforts his 4-year-old son at a regroupment center for POWs of the 101st Airborne Division near An Najaf, March 31, 2003. The man was seized in An Najaf with his son, and the U.S. military did not want to separate them. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju) ( AP Images Best of the Decade )

A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crew works on a runway prior to flying in the violent so-called Sunni Triangle area January 19, 2004 at Forward Operating Base Ridgway, Iraq. The helicopter's crew was one of many from the 2nd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division based at Forward Operating Base Ridgway located near the restive town of Fallujah. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) ( 2888398MT004_blackhawk )

U.S. Army combat medic Sgt. Luis Pacheco of the 1st Brigade, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division, from Chicago, Illinois, treats an Iraqi "insurgent" for a gunshot wound to the chest as another soldier searches the home during early morning raids January 6, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. The Army said the man was fired upon by U.S. soldiers after brandishing a rifle. The raids netted four suspects including an Iraqi man suspected of constructing IED's for insurgents. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) ( 2845435MT0012_raid )

American soldiers in the 4th Infantry Division stand over the opening of the "spider hole" where Saddam Hussein was captured December 15, 2003 in Ad Dawr, Iraq. Iraq's notorious dictator was captured in a raid at the compound on December 13, 2003. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) ( 2802748CH001_compound )

Boys wave as they ride in the trunk of a car February 19, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) ( 2994353MT002_bag )

Iraqis enjoy an amusement park as they celebrate the last day of the Eid al-Adha holiday February 4, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. The Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice), takes place on the tenth day of the Islamic month Dhul-Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar in which millions of Muslims from around the world make an annual pilgrimage to Makkah in order to worship Allah and to commemorate the willingness of the Prophet Abraham to sacrifice his son, Ishmael. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) ( 2925981MT001_Eid )

Iraqis chant anti-American slogans as charred bodies hang from a bridge over the Euphrates River in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Wednesday, March 31 2004. Enraged Iraqis killed four foreigners, including at least one U.S. national, took the charred bodies from a burning SUV, dragged them through the streets, and hung them from the bridge. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) ( AP Images Best of the Decade )

Victims of an explosion are wheeled away from the scene on March 2, 2004 in Karbala, Iraq. According to reports, as many as 25 people were killed after at least 6 blasts hit the holy city, where many thousands of Muslims were celebrating the festival of Ashura. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images) ( 3030796MDL005_Karbala )

U.S. Marines pray over a fallen comrade at a first aid point after he died from wounds suffered in fighting in Fallujah, Iraq, Thursday, April 8, 2004. Hundreds of U.S. Marines had been fighting insurgents in several neighborhoods in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah in order to regain control of the city. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer) ( AP Images Best of the Decade )

A hooded and wired Iraqi prisoner is seen at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, Iraq in this undated photo. (AP Photo/Courtesy of The New Yorker) ( IRAQ PRISONER ABUSE )

An Iraqi man celebrates atop of a burning U.S. Army Humvee in the northern part of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 26, 2004. An explosion leveled a building in northern Baghdad, setting four U.S. Humvees nearby on fire. At least one U.S. soldier and several Iraqis were wounded. The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ( AP Images Best of the Decade )

The father of 12-year-old Ali Basem Karim mourns his loss as Hussam Hassan washes the body of Ali Basem Karim on May 6, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. Karim was killed in Basra when the wedding he was attending was attacked by extremist militias. The wedding was attacked because they were celebrating, which the militia considerers inappropriate. Another child was wounded in the attack. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images) ( 50829287BS005_Iraq )

Two men, who are overcome with emotion after being released from Abu Ghraib prison, hug May 14, 2004 in the city of Baquba, outside of Baghdad, Iraq. One hundred and eight-three prisoners were released from Abu Ghraib prison on May 14 after they were driven up through Tikrit and finally released in Baquba. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images) ( 50853763BS004_prisoners )

Coffins of U.S. military personnel are prepared to be offloaded at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware in this undated photo. The U.S. Air Force, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, released to Web site www.thememoryhold.org on April 14 more than 300 photographs showing the remains of U.S. service members returning home. The Pentagon tightly restricted publication of photographs of coffins with the remains of U.S. troops and had forbidden journalists from taking pictures at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, the first stop for the bodies of troops being sent home. REUTERS/USAF ( DOVER )

U.S. Army soldiers rush to evacuate an injured comrade in the center of Baghdad, Iraq, after thunderous explosions at the capital, Tuesday, May 25, 2004. A U.S. helicopter landed in the square and evacuated at least one wounded person as American troops and military vehicles provided security. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ( IRAQ )

Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is lead in shackles away from an Iraqi courtroom July 1, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq, after hearing a list of charges against him and 11 of his top lieutenants. Hussein was transferred into the legal custody of Iraqi authorities on June 30, 2004 but remained in the physical custody of the U.S. Military at an undisclosed location. (Photo by Karen Ballard/Pool/Getty Images) ( 51007685pl078_saddam )

An Iraqi militiaman loyal to the radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr fires a mortar round during fighting between Sadr's Mahdi army and U.S. forces June 5, 2004 in the eastern Baghdad district of Sadr city, Iraq. Fighting continues in the capital despite a cease fire brokered between U.S. forces and the cleric's militia in Najaf and Kufa. (Photo by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/Getty Images) ( 50928061GA001_Mehdi )

Iraqi Shiite demonstrators carry an injured man as bullets fly overhead on August 26, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. (Photo by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/Getty Images) ( 51220124GA001_Demo )

An Iraqi Shiite militia man prepares to fire his RPG rocket launcher at US tanks as another militia man warns fighters on the other side of the road, in the Shiite area of Sadr city east of Baghdad on September 5, 2004. U.S forces continued to fight rebels in Northern Iraq for the second day, adding to the violence over the weekend including a suicide bomb in Kirkuk September 4 which killed 17. (Photo by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/Getty Images) ( 51263687GA004_Sadr city )

Iraqi Shiite demonstrators flee from unknown gunmen as bullets fly overhead on August 26, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. The Shiite demonstration came under fire whilst en route to the Imam Ali Shrine, further inflaming a situation already tense after at least 25 people were killed in a suspected mortar attack on a mosque filled with protesters preparing to travel to Najaf, August 26, in Kufa, Iraq. (Photo by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/Getty Images). ( 51220124GA014_Demo )

British private contractor Michael Fitzpatrick thanks his U.S. Army nurse Jayme Sells while recovering from a suicide bomb attack in an American military hospital in Baghdad, Iraq Friday, Oct. 15, 2004. Fitzpatrick said that he was drinking coffee in the Green Zone Cafe when a suicide bomber detonated in one of two explosions that killed 6 people and wounded many more. The U.S. embassy and Iraqi government buildings are located in the heavily fortified area. (AP Photo/John Moore) ( IRAQ )

Marine Lance Cpl. James Blake Miller, 20, of Kentucky, a member of Charlie Company of the U.S. Marines First Division, Eighth regiment, smokes a cigarette in Fallujah, Iraq, on Nov. 9, 2004. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Luis Sinco) ( 5 Years in Iraq The Photos )

U.S. Marine platoon Gunnery Sergeant, Ryan P. Shane (C), from the 1st Battalion of the 8th Marine Regiment and another member of 1/8 pull a fatally wounded comrade to safety while under fire during a military operation in the Iraqi western city of Falluja, in this photograph released on December 17, 2004. Seconds later Sgt. Shane was also injured by nearby enemy fire, U.S. Marine officer said. REUTERS/HO/USMC/Cpl. Joel A. Chaverri ( IRAQ )

Although wounded, Staff Sgt. Shannon Kay, of 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, fires on an enemy position after being attacked with a car bomb, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2004, in Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/Army Times, M. Scott Mahaskey, via USA Today) ( IRAQ )

Shia Iraqi men crush in to get election pamphlets from the United Iraqi Alliance, a coalition of various Shia political and religious parties, as they are handed out Buratha Mosque December 31, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) ( 51903863CH010_Iraq )

Spc. Franklin Smith pulls away as a 120mm mortar blasts out of a tube January 17, 2005 at the edge of the US airbase in Tal Afar, Iraq. US mortaring teams frequently fire "harassment and interdiction" mortar fusillades from the base to suspected enemy positions or watched areas nearby. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) ( 51997527CH002_IraqiMortar )

Samar Hassan, 5, screams after her parents were killed by U.S. Soldiers with the 25th Infantry Division in a shooting January 18, 2005 in Tal Afar, Iraq. The troops fired on the Hassan family car when it unwittingly approached them during a dusk patrol in the tense northern Iraqi town. Parents Hussein and Camila Hassan were killed instantly, and a son Racan, 11, was seriously wounded in the abdomen. Racan, paralyzed from the waist down, was treated later in the U.S. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) ( 52007332CH005_FamilyKilled )

A car bomb went off next to a school in south of Baghdad one hour after a suicide bomber targeted a police station in the same area on January 28, 2005, Baghdad, Iraq. Baghdad was witnessing a surge of violence as the country prepared for elections. (Photo by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/Getty Images). ( gaa011_car bomb )

Racan Hassan, 11, is carried by hospital staff after being shot by U.S. soldiers of the 25th Infantry Division January 18, 2005 in Tal Afar, Iraq. The troops fired on the Hassan family car when it unwittingly approached them during a dusk patrol in the tense northern Iraqi town. Parents Hussein and Camila Hassan were killed instantly, and their son Racan was seriously wounded in the abdomen. Racan, who lost the use of his legs, was treated later in the U.S. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) ( 52007332CH018_FamilyKilled )

British solders with the Welsh Guards battle group man a heavy machine gun at the back of a Chinook helicopter February 8, 2005 above the southern Iraqi city of Ammarah. (Photo by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/Getty Images) ( 52163219GA025_Ammarah )

An american soldier of the 3rd Battalion of 21st Infantry Regiment prepares to enter a house as the door opens in the northern city of Mosul, March 03, 2005. As curfew goes into effect each night American solders come out looking for suspects and searching houses looking for weapons. In a conservative society like the one in Mosul, knocking on doors and searching houses in the middle of the night is believed to be a major source of anti-American feelings in the city. (Photo by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/Getty Images). ( 52347496GAA030_Mosul )

An suspected Iraqi insurgent is detained by commandos of the 3rd battalion of the Commandos brigade after raids against suspected insurgents, 30km north of Baghdad, on February 18, 2005 In Taji, Iraq. Most of the members of the Commandos Elite Force were members of the security apparatus under the former regime. (Photo by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/Getty Images). ( 52213236GAA004_Commandos )

Support Squadron -SPC Carlos Riverarosado, of Narantito, Puerto Rico sits on his cot with his Rosary Beads at camp Striker in Iraq. He said spirituality had always been a big part of his life. He prays the Rosary every night at 8:00 PM. (Craig F. Walker/The Denver Post) ( IRAQ_040905_CFW )

An Iraqi man raises his hands as he is approached by U.S. soldiers during a night raid June 18, 2005 on the outskirts of Baquba, 70 kilometers (43.5 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/Getty Images). ( 53116675GA028_insurgency )

In this photo released by the Iraqi Special Tribunal, former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is seen as he is questioned by Chief Investigative Judge Raid Juhi, not seen, in this Aug. 23, 2005, photo at an unknown location. (AP Photo/Iraqi Special Tribunial, Pool) ( AP Images Best of the Decade )

A British soldier makes his way out of a burning Warrior fighting vehicle in Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad Monday Sept. 19, 2005. British forces and demonstrators exchanged gunfire in the southern city of Basra leaving two civilians dead after two British men were arrested for allegedly gunning down an Iraqi police officer, authorities and witnesses said Monday. Additional information on the status of the soldier emerging from the tank is unavailable. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani) ( AP Images Best of the Decade )

Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, front center, and Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, back center, berate the court during their trial in Baghdad, in this Dec. 5, 2005, file photo. (AP Photo/David Furst, Pool) ( AP Images Best of the Decade )

An Iraqi man is held against a Humvee by a US Marine after being searched during snap vehicle checks on February 8, 2006 in Ramadi, Iraq. Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 7th Regiment frequently took to Ramadi's tense streets in Humvee convoys, randomly stopping vehicles to search for weapons and insurgents. Sniper attacks were common, so the Marines usually set off smoke bombs to screen them from attackers. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) ( 56782867CH010_Lightning )

Major Hans Bakken, a U.S. Army neurosurgeon from Decorah, Iowa, enters a surgical ward with his unloaded rifle on his back March 16, 2006 in Balad, Iraq. Balad was one of the primary hospitals for troops and civilians injured in the conflict in Iraq. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) ( 57104705CH005_iraq )

President Bush, center, stands with, from left, Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace as he talks with reporters about a meeting with his national security team Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006 in Crawford, Texas. Bush met with his national security team at his Texas ranch, and declared he had moved one step closer to devising a new Iraq strategy but would seek more advice before settling on a final plan. "We're making good progress," Bush said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ( APTOPIX BUSH )

In this television screen grab taken from Iraqi national television station Al-iraqia, a video shows the moments leading up to the execution of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein as he was prepared for hanging and the noose is put over his head on the gallows, on December 30, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq. The former Iraqi president was executed by hanging at 0600 (0300 GMT) in a secure facility in the Northern Baghdad suburb of Khadimeya. (Photo by Al-iraqia via Getty Images) ( 72898584JO024_Saddam_Execut )

Combat Support Hospital Army Nurse supervisor Patrick McAndrew tries to save the life of an American soldier by giving him CPR upon arrival at the Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq on April 4, 2005. (AP Photo/John Moore) ( Iraq Americas Legacy )

An effigy of Saddam Hussein hangs in a central Baghdad street 30 December 2006, as Iraqis reeled from the news that ousted Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging. More than 50 Iraqis were killed and dozens more wounded in a series of bloody car bombings that caused chaos after the government's pre-dawn execution of Saddam Hussein. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) ( DV137936 )

A U.S. Marine wakes another for his turn on guard duty as the Marines cluster for warmth while sleeping in a house captured by American and Iraqi forces from a man the military says is a former insurgent financier during an operation in Ramadi January 17, 2007 in the Anbar province of Iraq. The combined forces swept into Ramadi under the cover of darkness and began searching neighborhoods for insurgents. Ramadi, with daily combat between insurgents and U.S. led forces, has seen some of the highest casualty rates of the war. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) ( 72930420JM205_ramadi )

Her mother, no first name available, comforts 18 year old Fatimah Krim at a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday Jan. 17, 2007. Twin car bombs tore through a leading Baghdad University as students left classes in the deadliest attack in Iraq in nearly two months killing at least 65 students. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) ( APTOPIX IRAQ )

Members of the U.S. Marine Security Force walk through the halls of the U.S. Embassy February 6, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq . The platoon of Marines from the Anti-Terrorism Battalion was tasked with defending the exterior of U.S. diplomatic mission against attacks in one of the most dangerous cities in the world. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) ( 73225346JM001_iraq )