US Staff Sergeant Fuller (L) of Alpha Company, 1/38 Infantry Regiment, looks toward Iraqi women and children as he secures an area during a mopping-up operation in Baquoba. According to officials the Baqouba fathers and sons that were imprisoned during the past week - leaving their families without protectors - most certainly includes innocent Iraqis. (AFP/Alexander Nemenov) September 28, 2007

Code Pink leaders gather behind Defense Secretary Robert Gates(L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace(R) at the start of a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Peace groups call for an immediate end to funding the occupation of Iraq. (AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson) September 27, 2007

A U.S. soldier dances during a Luau party at Camp Loyalty in Baghdad September 23, 2007. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) September 24, 2007

A U.S. soldier of the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment takes position during a night patrol in the Zafraniya neighbourhood of Baghdad September 21, 2007. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) September 22, 2007

A U.S. soldier eats a hamburger during a meeting before a mission at the U.S. Loyalty camp, southeast of Baghdad, September 19, 2007. REUTERS/Carlos Barria) September 20, 2007

A U.S soldier from Bravo 6-9 Cav. Troop searches an Iraqi home during an operation Saberhammer 3 on the outskirts of Muqdadiyah, Iraq, 60 miles north of Baghdad, Monday, Sept. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) September 17, 2007

Olga Capetillo (right) mourns the death of her son, Sgt. Omar Mora, with her cousin, Bertha Oaks, in Texas City, Texas. Mora was part of a group of seven active-duty US soldiers in Iraq who penned an op-ed that questioned the war. Sgt. Yance T. Gray, a member of this group, died alongside Mora on Monday in a vehicle accident in western Baghdad. (Photo: Pat Sullivan / AP) September 15, 2007

US "surge" soldiers rest in an Iraqi home that they are occupying, 03 September. US President George W. Bush announced Thursday he will pull some 21,500 combat troops from Iraq by mid-2008, but ruled out a full withdrawal and promised an "enduring" US presence there, along with permanent bases. (AFP/David Furst) September 14, 2007

U.S. soldiers watch an Iraqi protest against the continued occupation, in Baghdad September 12, 2007. (REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen) September 12, 2007

Graphic on the US military presence in Iraq. In its 5th year, US media is now calling it an "occupation". (AFP Graphic) September 11, 2007

A U.S. soldier takes up position near an armoured vehicle at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad September 10, 2007. (REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud) September 10, 2007

A US soldier from Bravo 1-12 Cavalry Battalion talks to an Iraqi man as they search his house during 'Operation Wickersham 3' near the city of Baqouba, Iraq, Thursday, Sept, 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) September 08, 2007

Demonstrators protest the arrival of U.S. President George W. Bush to the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit being held in Sydney September 4, 2007. Similar protests were also held in other cities throughout Asia Pacific (REUTERS/Darren Whiteside) September 07, 2007

A US soldier from 1-40 Infantry Battalion sits on bags of fertilizer as his unit temporarily occupies an Iraqi home during a foot patrol along the Tigris river south of Baghdad. (AFP/David Furst). September 05, 2007

U.S. Navy ordnance men load a missile on to an F-18 warplane Friday, Aug. 17, 2007, on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise in the Gulf. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali). August 31, 2007

Iraq war veteran U.S. Army Specialist Evan Knappenberger pauses during an anti-war rally on the National Mall in Washington August 28, 2007. Part of towerguard.org (REUTERS/Stelios Varias). August 29, 2007

US photographer Nina Berman poses next to portraits of US soldiers wounded in Iraq on display as part of her exhibition at a gallery in New York, 23 August 2007. Berman began taking portraits of US troops wounded in Iraq shortly after the 2003 invasion, choosing to shoot them not in hospital wards but in their homes, often in small town America, far from the media glare. (AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand). August 27, 2007

US soldiers conduct a foot patrol during Operation Gecko, south of Baghdad, 24 August 2007.(AFP/File/David Furst). August 25, 2007

An American flag hangs on the ceiling as US soldiers from 3-509 Para-Infantry Regiment set off on an air assault on board a Chinook helicopter set off on an air assault, as part of Operation Marne Husky, along the Tigris river south of Baghdad. (AFP/David Furst). August 22, 2007

Blood drips on the floor of the 28th Combat Support hospital in the Green Zone in Baghdad as doctors treat a seriously injured U.S. soldier, August 18, 2007. The soldier was brought to hospital by a military helicopter after an IED exploded under his vehicle. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj). August 20, 2007

Joe Colgan, father of Lt. Benjamin Colgan, who was killed in action in Iraq, holds a sign voicing his opinions while standing in the back of the room during a Senate hearing on the mental healthcare needs of service members and veterans held by Sen Patty Murray, D-Wash., a senior member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, in Tacoma, Wash., Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/John Froschauer). August 18, 2007

US soldiers secure the site where a car bomb exploded in a popular shopping complex in central Baghdad. U.S. officials say that they plan to increase the troop presence in Baghdad. (AFP/Ali Yussef). August 17, 2007

A U.S. Army soldier from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division rests during an operation in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek). August 14, 2007

A U.S. soldier from the 2nd battalion, 32nd Field Artillery brigade keeps an eye on the street as his comrades talk to local residents during a patrol in Baghdad August 12, 2007. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj). August 12, 2007

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, left, stands with Army Sgt. Robert Evans, 22, from Crescent Valley, Nev., prior to Powell presenting him with a Purple Heart medal during a ceremony at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Evans, who was assigned to A Company, First Battalion, 15th Regiment, out of Fort Benning, Ga., was injured in Iraq by an improvised explosive device (IED) on May 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak). August 10, 2007

A U.S. soldier from the 2nd battalion, 32nd Field Artillery brigade, gives orders to an Iraqi woman around a fuel station in Baghdad August 7, 2007. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj). August 8, 2007

An Iraqi family sits and watches as U.S. soldiers from the 2nd battalion, 32nd Field Artillery brigade raid their home in Baghdad August 8, 2007. Such raids are becomming more common,as part of the "surge". (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj). August 7, 2007

A U.S. soldier from the 2nd battalion, 32nd Field Artillery brigade, sits under a verse from the Quoran during a night raid in a Baghdad home late August 3, 2007. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj). August 7, 2007

Pfc. Stephen Thomas, of Gainesville, Fla., jumps into the swimming pool at Camp Victory in Baghdad's Green Zone. (AP/Jacob Silberberg). August 4, 2007

A U.S. soldier of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division searches a house during a patrol in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq Tuesday, July 31, 2007. Residents report that jewelry and cash is often stolen during these raids. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek). August 1, 2007

US soldiers attend a briefing before patroling in the streets of Buhriz, an area southeast of Baquba, 30 July. (AFP/Olivier Laban-Mattei). July 31, 2007

The sign sign taped to the men’s latrine reads “US MILITARY CONTRACTORS CIVILIANS ONLY!!!!!” No Iraqi soldiers or other non-American contractors are allowed in certain latrines and showers, causing frictions between groups that should otherwise be cooperating and charges of bigotry. (Mike Drummond, Charlotte Observer). July 29, 2007

President Bush, who ordered the Iraq war, shakes hands after jogging, Wednesday, July 25, 2007, with wounded veterans Army Sgt. Neil Duncan, left, and Army Specialist Max Ramsey, right, on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington. Duncan lost both legs in Afghanistan and Ramsey lost his leg in Iraq. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds). July 26, 2007

US occupation troops question an Iraqi man in Baghdad. No Iraqi citizen is safe from interrogations, home searches, or arrest by foreign soldiers. (AFP/File/Olivier Laban-Mattei). July 25, 2007

A US soldier rests between patrols inside the Joint Security Site in Baghdad, 22 July 2007. The US military command in Iraq has drafted a plan that envisages US troops staying in the country for another two years, US military officials confirmed Tuesday. (AFP/File/Olivier Laban-Mattei). July 25, 2007

Army Brig. Gen. John Campbell, deputy commanding general of the 1st Cavalry Division, right, and Iraqi Gen. Abud Qanbar, the Iraq commander for Baghdad, tour the Sunni area of the Sadiyah enclave in southwestern Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, July 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Robert Burns). July 23, 2007

US soldiers from the 1st battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry, Alpha company, install a surveillance camera in the al-Hurriyeh area of western Baghdad as part of the "new strategy" in Iraq..(AFP/Olivier Laban-Mattei). July 21, 2007

A U.S. soldier inspects a local school in Hay Heten neighbourhood during a foot patrol in Baghdad July 19, 2007. (REUTERS/Nikola Solic). July 19, 2007

U.S. army officers from the 2nd battalion, 32nd Field Artillery brigade talk to Iraqis in their home during a raid in Baghdad July 17, 2007. (REUTERS/Nikola Solic). July 18, 2007

A U.S. soldier puts up a barbed wire fence to block a street during a night patrol in Baghdad July 15, 2007. Many Iraqis think that America is behind some bombings, since they often occur after U.S. troops leave an area. (REUTERS/Nikola Solic). July 16, 2007

U.S. occupation soldiers escorts a detained Iraqi citizen inside Camp Victory after a night raid at his home in Baghdad, early July 14, 2007. This is the new "freedom" of Iraq. (REUTERS/Nikola Solic). July 14, 2007

US soldiers take a combat position as an explosives robot detector(R) inspects a truck at an area in the Iraqi Tamim Province July 7, 2007. (AFP/File/Joseph Krauss). July 12, 2007

A U.S. soldier checks an old car during night patrol on the streets of Baghdad July 9, 2007. Any Iraqi found out on the street is likely to be shot. (REUTERS/Nikola Solic). July 10, 2007

A U.S. Army soldier escorts a suspected insurgent in Baqouba, Iraq, Sunday, July 8, 2007. This is what Baqouba looks like three weeks after the US "surge" offensive in the city.. (AP Photo). July 08, 2007

U.S. soldiers from the 2nd battalion, 32nd Field Artillery brigade and an Iraqi policeman walks during their joint patrol in Baghdad's Yarmuk neighborhood on July 5, 2007. (REUTERS/Nikola Solic). July 06, 2007

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A US soldier from the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, takes position behind a concrete block during a random check of a mosque around Bayaa neighbourhood, southwestern Baghdad in June 2007. (AFP/File/Roslan Rahman) July 02, 2007

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A US Army soldier fires a mortar during an operation with Iraqi soldiers in Baquba, 29 September 2007. US military losses in Iraq for September stands at 71, but the toll remained the lowest monthly figure since July last year, according to an AFP tally based on Pentagon figures.(AFP/Alexander Nemenov) September 30, 2007

A U.S. soldier greets a group of children while searching their neighborhood in the Dowanim area on the outskirts of Baghdad September 25, 2007. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani) September 26, 2007

Soldiers exercise in an air-conditioned gym while a DJ spins for a Hawaiian Luau party and others swim in the pool at Camp Loyalty in Baghdad September 23, 2007. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) September 25, 2007

U.S. Marines (L-R) Cpl. Scott David, LCpl. Dan Rice and Cpl. Brendan Bloom prepare to deploy for a military operation January 14, 2007, at Camp Ramadi in the Anbar province of Iraq.
(John Moore / Getty) September 23, 2007

Pallbearers carry Army Cpl. Javier Paredes' casket Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, into St. Patrick's Catholic Church in San Antonio for funeral services before his burial at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Paredes, 24, died of wounds suffered from a rocket-propelled grenade attack Sept. 5 in Iraq. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News, William Luther) September 21, 2007

A U.S soldier from Bravo 6-9 Cav. Troop talks to an Iraqi boy as they search his parents home during operation Saber Hammer 3 on the outskirts of Muqdadiyah, Iraq, 60 miles north of Baghdad, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007. Soldiers have systematically invaded every home in the area - without warrant or permission - during the past week. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) September 19, 2007

A U.S. soldier from Bravo 6-9 Cav. Troop aims his weapon during operation Saber Hammer 3 on the outskirts of Muqdadiyah, Iraq, 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, Monday, Sept. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) September 18, 2007

Christina Cauterucci, of Bedford, N.H., right foreground, and Christopher Dicks of Worcester, Mass., left foreground, join a 'die In' protest on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, Sep. 15, 2007, in Washington. At least 150 protesters were arrested Saturday as more than 100,000 demonstrators marched to the Capitol demanding an end to the Iraq war. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) September 16, 2007

Army 1st Sgt. Kenny Power watches in Baghdad as President Bush gives his speech on the Iraq war, September 13, 2007. Such soldiers can expect an "enduring" task in Iraq. (Getty Images) September 14, 2007

U.S. soldiers of Charlie company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment search inside a house arrest a man inside during a night operation in southeast Baghdad September 12, 2007. Iraqis are never safe from such searches by occupation forces. REUTERS/Carlos Barria) September 13, 2007

US soldiers walk through weeds and high grass during a patrol into southern Baghdad, 11 September 2007. (AFP/File/David Furst) September 12, 2007

Iraqi boys look at a US soldier patrolling in the al-Allawi neighbourhood in Baghdad, 4 September. General David Petraeus -- the top US commander in Iraq -- has offered a mixed assessment of security in Iraq in a letter to troops just days head of key hearings on Capitol Hill.(AFP/Ali Yussef) September 09, 2007

A U.S. occupation soldier scans the eyes of a Iraqi man arrested during a night patrol at the Zafraniya neighborhood, southeast of Baghdad September 4, 2007. Retina scans and fingerprinting of Iraqis has become commonplace. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) September 06, 2007

U.S. President George W. Bush cheers the troops after addressing them during an unannounced visit to Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq September 3, 2007. (REUTERS/Jason Reed). September 04, 2007

Iraqi children look on as a U.S soldier from Bravo 112 Cav. Battalion walk past during a foot patrol in the city of Baqouba on Sunday, Sept, 2, 2007.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo). September 03, 2007

Tanner Banks holds a sign during the American People's Poll on Iraq - Texas Townhall peace rally outside of the Texas Republican Party straw poll meeting in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007. (AP Photo/LM Otero). September 02, 2007

A photo contained in a Naval Criminal Investigative Service report obtained by The Washington Post shows a U.S. Marine inspecting a roadside scene near Haditha, Iraq, where five unarmed civilians were killed Nov. 19, 2005. Earlier in the day, Marines stopped the white taxi in which the men had been riding, then allegedly shot them after a bomb exploded nearby. Now, nearly two years later, a hearing officer at Camp Pendleton was to begin taking evidence Thursday Aug. 30, 2007 to determine whether the squad leader should stand trial on murder charges from the Nov. 19, 2005, attack that left 24 Iraqis dead. (AP Photo/The Washington Post, File). August 30, 2007

U.S soldiers from the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry regiment, 3d Brigade combat team of 82nd Airborne Division rest at their combat outpost near the city of Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad on Monday, Aug.27, 2007. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo). August 28, 2007

US soldiers conduct a foot patrol during Operation Gecko, south of Baghdad, 25 August 2007. George W. Bush signaled Saturday his unwillingness to consider early US troop reductions in Iraq, saying new offensive operations there were just in their "early stages." (AFP/File/David Furst). August 26, 2007

A US soldier points his rifle at a group of Iraqi women during a search of their home south of Baghdad, 23 August 2007. Iraqi citizens face such searches at all times, day and night. .(AFP/David Furst). August 24, 2007

Doctors bring another wounded U.S. soldier to the emergency room of the 28th Combat Support hospital in Baghdad August 22, 2007. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj). August 23, 2007

A U.S. Army soldier from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division secures a checkpoint in the Amariyah neighborhood in west Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek). August 21, 2007

Crystal Becker, whose husband was killed in Iraq in April, wipes a tear from her eye as she holds her five-month-old daughter, Cheyenna, outside a survivors' seminar for military families in Salado, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007. The nonprofit organization Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, which holds an annual camp for children who have lost relatives in the military, has started holding one-day camps in cities near military bases. (AP Photo, Jerry Larson). August 19, 2007

A U.S. soldier from 1-501 Parachute Infantry Regiment loads a rocket onto a U.S. Attack helicopter OH-58D in Forward Operating Base Kalsu, south of Baghdad August 15, 2007. U.S Forces launched a major airborne offensive south of Baghdad on Wednesday against Iraqi insurgents. REUTERS/Erik de Castro). August 16, 2007

US Army picture shows troops preparing for a mission in Baghdad, August 15, 2007. Several major "surge" offensives are underway throughout Iraq. (AFP/US Army). August 15, 2007

U.S. Army troops from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division search the rooftop of a house during an operation in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007. No Iraqi is safe "in their homes or their persons" from searches by occupation forces. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek). August 13, 2007

A thirteen-year old Iraqi boy passes by U.S. Army troops from 1st Battalion, 325 Airborne Infantry Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st infantry Division patrol the streets of Khazimiyah neighborhood of north Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Foreign soldiers have become a constant presence in this neighborhood and many fathers and older brothers are now imprisoned. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek). August 11, 2007

A U.S. army soldier from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division takes a computer from an Iraqi home during a search in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007. Soldiers have been accused of routinely taking jewelry, cash and other items from the homes of Iraqis. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek). August 9, 2007

A US soldier from the Bronco Troop, 1st squadron, 14th Cavalry conducts a night patrol with three platoons in the village of Sweb, south of Baquba, 02 August 2007. The United States envisions a long-term residual US military presence in Iraq despite "disappointing" political progress that will force a strategic reassessment next month, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday. (AFP/File/Olivier Laban-Mattei). August 6, 2007

2nd Lt. Ferley Jaramillo of the 81st Brigade performs a flip from the high platform Saturday at the "Oasis". Soldiers enjoy the Olympic-sized pool at one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces now turned into Camp Anaconda. (AP/Jacob Silberberg). August 5, 2007

Jeffrey Lennon, an Iraq war veteran who has post-traumatic stress disorder, said delays at the VA are "where you fall apart." Frustrated by delays in health care, a coalition of injured Iraq war veterans is accusing VA Secretary Jim Nicholson of breaking the law by denying them disability pay and mental health treatment. (Photo: Bill Greene / The Boston Globe). August 3, 2007

A US soldier cleans his weapon in the Buhriz, Iraq Police station before leaving for a patrol, August 1, 2007. (Photo: Olivier Laban-Mattei / AFP). August 2, 2007

A US soldier collects the fingerprints of an Iraqi man next to a sign that reads, "Infidel, there's no place to hide," hung by his comrades during a large operation launched in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, April 2007. (AFP/File/Mauricio Lima). July 30, 2007

This photo provided by the Defense Department shows Ambassador Ryan Crocker, left, meeting with outgoing Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Peter Pace, center, and Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander, multi-national Forces in Iraq, Monday, July 16, 2007, at Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Defense Department, Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen). July 26, 2007

A U.S. soldier stands guard in front of an armoured vehicle after a car bomb attack in Baghdad, July 23, 2007. (REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz). July 24, 2007

US soldiers humiliate an Iraqi man in his own home during a search in west Baghdad, 20 July 2007. (AFP/File/Olivier Laban-Mattei). July 22, 2007

Outgoing Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Peter Pace, center, takes a stroll in Ramadi, Iraq, Tuesday, July 17, 2007 to show how "safe" it is. With him, from left are, Maj. Gen. Walter Gaskin, the top commander of U.S. forces in western Iraq, unidentified, Pace, Army Col. John Charlton, commander of 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, and Marine Lt. Col. Roger B. Turner, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. (AP Photo/Robert Burns). July 20, 2007

J.D. Greeg, 50, who worked for Blackwater USA while in Iraq, removes his life-like artificial arm during a fitting session at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Bethesda, Md on Wednesday, April 4, 2007. The Defense Department has contracted with a group of researchers and prosthetics manufacturers to build a thought-controlled arm at a cost of $30.4 million — part of at least $70 million the Defense Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs have committed since 2001 to develop better artificial limbs. (AP Photo/Timothy Jacobsen). July 17, 2007

U.S. soldiers pray during a Roman Catholic Sunday mass inside Division chapel at Camp Victory near Baghdad early July 15, 2007. (REUTERS/Nikola Solic). July 15, 2007

Pfc. Shaun McIntyre of Loveland, CO, photographs a Baghdad citizen durinng census patrol Jun 12. A device that scans retinas, takes photos, and fingerprints is being used to gather residents' data. The Department of Homeland Security hopes to perfect use of these systems before requiring it in the U.S. (Jim Michaels/USA TODAY). July 13, 2007

A U.S. soldier stands guard as his colleagues check a barber shop during a patrol in Baghdad July 10, 2007. (REUTERS/Nikola Solic). July 11, 2007

A young boy watches as U.S. and Iraqi soldiers hog-tie and blindfold his neighbor during a pre-dawn raid in Baqouba, Monday, July 9, 2007. Every male Iraqi faces such arrests and detentions. (AP Photo ). July 09, 2007

U.S. soldiers from the 2nd battalion, 32nd Field Artillery brigade play guitars while Baghdad burhs during a rest inside Camp Victory near Baghdad's airport, July 6, 2007. Six U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq in the past two days, mostly in Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Saturday. (REUTERS/Nikola Solic). July 07, 2007

U.S. soldiers toot their horns during a ceremony at Camp Victory in Baghdad July 4, 2007 where U.S. soldiers were re-enlisted and naturalized as U.S. citizens. Around 160 troops from 52 countries were given the U.S. citizenship during the ceremony on Wednesday. (REUTERS/Ali Al-Saadi/Pool). July 05, 2007

US soldiers stand guard in Baqouba, Tuesday, July 3, 2007. Street fighting continues three weeks after US and Iraqi forces launched an offensive in attempt to clear the town of insurgents. (AP Photo/Talal Mohammed) July 03, 2007

An Iraqi family waits to receive humanitarian aid in Baqouba, on Thursday, June 28, 2007. Joint US and Iraqi military offensive in the city of Baqouba to drive militants out of the town is in it's second week. (AP Photo/Adem Hadei) July 01, 2007

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