Young Shiite Muslim worshippers flagellate themselves at the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine in the primarily Shiite Kazimiyah neighborhood of north Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Iraqi authorities are girding for a major Shiite pilgrimage to the shrine tomorrow in Baghdad with plans to tighten security. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
An Iraqi soldier, front right, and a U.S. Army soldier from 1st Battalion, 325 Airborne Infantry Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st infantry Division try to control a crowd as they line up for a security checkpoint leading to the shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in the primarily Shiite Kazimiyah neighborhood of north Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. Hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims went for the annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Mustafa Hussein weeps for his uncle outside a hospital morgue in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City after an overnight military operation by U.S. troops in Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. A U.S.-led raid and airstrike targeting networks allegedly smuggling weapons and fighters from Iran killed 32 suspected militants Wednesday in Baghdad's Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, the military said. The military also said 12 suspects were detained. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Iraqi woman watch a play depicting the last day of revered Shiite Imam Moussa al-Kadhim's life in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Iraqi authorities are girding for a major Shiite pilgrimage to the shrine tomorrow in Baghdad with plans to tighten security. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Men grieve as a relative's coffin is taken for burial in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City after an overnight military operation by U.S. troops in Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. A U.S.-led raid and airstrike targeting networks allegedly smuggling weapons and fighters from Iran killed 32 suspected militants Wednesday in Baghdad's Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, the military said. The military also said 12 suspects were detained. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
An Iraqi girl looks on while sitting underneath a tapestry of Imam Ali, cousin of the Prophet Muhammad, in the primarily Shiite Kazimiyah neighborhood of north Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Iraqi authorities are preparing for a major Shiite pilgrimage to the shrine of Imam Moussa ibn Jaafar al-Kadhim Saturday in Baghdad, with plans to tighten security. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
An Iraqi soldier adjusts a razor wire barricade while women pilgrims line up for a security checkpoint leading to the shrine Many thousands of Shiite pilgrims went for the annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Iraqi children watch a play depicting the last day of revered Shiite Imam Moussa al-Kadhim's life in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Iraqi authorities are girding for a major Shiite pilgrimage to the shrine Thursday in Baghdad with plans to tighten security. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
An Iraqi man appears in a play depicting the last day of revered Shiite Imam Moussa al-Kadhim's life in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Iraqi authorities are girding for a major Shiite pilgrimage to the shrine Thursday in Baghdad with plans to tighten security. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Iraqi children peak out of their window in the primarily Shiite Kazimiyah neighborhood of north Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Iraqi authorities are girding for a major Shiite pilgrimage to the shrine tomorrow in Baghdad with plans to tighten security. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
An Iraqi policeman stands guard over a suspected al-Qaida member after a joint raid by U.S. and Iraqi security forces in Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. (AP Photo)
An Iraqi policeman's weapon's seen as he watches over Shiite pilgrims in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. The Iraqi capital is under heavy security as thousands of Shiites make a pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
The wreckage of a parked car bomb is hauled away in Kirkuk, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Police said the blast injured four police officers when it detonated near their patrol in an industrial area south of the city center. (AP Photo/ Emad Matti)
An Iraqi woman weeps at the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine in the primarily Shiite Kazimiyah neighborhood of north Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Iraqi authorities are girding for a major Shiite pilgrimage to the shrine Thursday in Baghdad with plans to tighten security. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
An Iraqi soldier stands guard as a woman joins a gathering of Shiites to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, in Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
** CORRECTS SECOND SENTENCE ** Medics rush an Iraqi police officer, injured by a parked car bomb, to the emergency room in Kirkuk, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Police said the blast detonated on a police patrol, killing one and wounding six. (AP Photo/ Emad Matti)
A hospital worker tends to the body of an Iraqi policeman killed in a roadside bomb in southern Kirkuk, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Police said the blast detonated next to a police patrol in the morning, killing one and wounding six. (AP Photo/ Emad Matti)
Mourners carry the coffins along the streets in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City after an overnight raid and airstrike by U.S. troops in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. The U.S. military says 32 suspected militants were killed and 12 were detained in the Sadr City airstrike and raid targeting networks smuggling weapons and fighters from Iran. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
An Iraqi soldier waves his gun as he tries to control a crowd lining up for the security check, on their way to the shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in the primarily Shiite Kazimiyah neighborhood of north Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. Many thousands of Shiite pilgrims went for the annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Mouussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Muhannad Haydar, 16, weeps over his father's coffin outside a hospital morgue in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City after an overnight military operation by U.S. troops in Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. A U.S.-led raid and airstrike targeting networks allegedly smuggling weapons and fighters from Iran killed 32 suspected militants Wednesday in Baghdad's Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, the military said. The military also said 12 suspects were detained. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
An Iraqi woman weeps at the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine in the primarily Shiite Kazimiyah neighborhood of north Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Iraqi authorities are girding for a major Shiite pilgrimage to the shrine tomorrow in Baghdad with plans to tighten security. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
A thirteen-year old Iraqi boy looks on as 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. Iraqi authorities are preparing for a major Shiite pilgrimage to the shrine tomorrow in Baghdad with plans to tighten security. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
In this image released by the U.S. military, insurgents are seen in a videotape setting up 49 rockets aimed at Forward Operating Base Hammer, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) east of Baghdad, Iraq, which were launched on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007. The video also shows the set-up of an attack on the base on July 11, 2007 that killed one soldier and wounded 15. The video was captured in a raid on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
An Iraqi National policeman searches a Shiite pilgrim in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. The Iraqi capital is under heavy security as thousands of Shiites make a pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
An Iraqi woman surveys the damage to a vehicle in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City after an overnight raid and airstrike by U.S. troops in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. The U.S. military says 32 suspected militants were killed and 12 detained, in the Sadr City airstrike and raid targeting networks smuggling weapons and fighters from Iran. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
An Iraqi man, seen through barbed wire, rides his motor scooter through a checkpoint patrolled by the U.S. Army troops from 1st Battalion, 325 Airborne Infantry Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st infantry Division in the primarily Shiite Kazimiyah neighborhood of north Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Iraqi authorities are tightening security as they prepare for a major Shiite pilgrimage over the coming days, the annual march to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
This is an image released by the U.S. military, in which they claim insurgents are seen in a videotape, at an unknown location, setting up 49 rockets aimed at Forward Operating Base Hammer, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) east of Baghdad, Iraq, which were launched July 11, 2007, killing one soldier and wounding 15. The video also shows the set-up and execution of an Aug. 5 rocket attack against the base. The video was captured in a raid on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, HO)
Mustafa Hussein, right, and a relative grieve for his uncle outside a hospital morgue in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City after an overnight military operation by U.S. troops in Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. A U.S.-led raid and airstrike targeting networks allegedly smuggling weapons and fighters from Iran killed 32 suspected militants Wednesday in Baghdad's Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, the military said. The military also said 12 suspects were detained. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
In this image released by the U.S. military, insurgents are seen in a videotape setting up 49 rockets aimed at Forward Operating Base Hammer, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) east of Baghdad, Iraq, which were launched July 11, 2007, killing one Soldier and wounding 15. The video also shows the set-up and execution of an Aug. 5 rocket attack against the base. The video was captured in a raid on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
An Iraqi woman, right, grieves for her husband and his brother, with her mother-in-law, left, at a hospital morgue in Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. The women say the two brothers were killed in an overnight raid by U.S. troops in a village 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Baqouba. There was no report by the U.S. military about the raid. (AP Photo)
Mourners march with coffins, top right, in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City after an overnight raid and airstrike by U.S. troops in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. The U.S. military says 32 suspected militants were killed and 12 detained in the Sadr City airstrike and raid targeting networks smuggling weapons and fighters from Iran. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Mourners carry a coffin in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City after an overnight raid and airstrike by U.S. troops in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. The U.S. military says 32 suspected militants were killed and 12 detained, in the Sadr City airstrike and raid targeting networks smuggling weapons and fighters from Iran. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Iraqi residents walk down a street patrolled by U.S. Army troops from 1st Battalion, 325 Airborne Infantry Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st infantry Division in the primarily Shiite Kazimiyah neighborhood of north Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Iraqi authorities are preparing for a major Shiite pilgrimage to the shrine of Imam Moussa ibn Jaafar al-Kadhim Saturday in Baghdad, with plans to tighten security. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
An Iraqi man weeps at the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine in the primarily Shiite Kazimiyah neighborhood of north Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Iraqi authorities are girding for a major Shiite pilgrimage to the shrine Thursday in Baghdad with plans to tighten security. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
Mourners march with coffins being carried in the crowd behind, in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City after an overnight raid and airstrike by U.S. troops in Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. The U.S. military says 32 suspected militants were killed, and 12 detained, in the Sadr City airstrike and raid targeting networks smuggling weapons and fighters from Iran. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Relatives of Haidar Kassim weep over his coffin outside a hospital morgue in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City after an overnight military operation by U.S. troops in Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. A U.S.-led raid and airstrike targeting networks allegedly smuggling weapons and fighters from Iran killed 32 suspected militants Wednesday in Baghdad's Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, the military said. The military also said 12 suspects were detained. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, inspect a military guard of honour before a meeting in Erdogan's office in Ankara, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Kurdish guerrillas killed a Turkish lieutenant in southeastern province of Hakkari, bordering Iraq, on Tuesday as al-Maliki arrived for a visit likely to be dominated by Turkish warning to either crack down on Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq or face a possible incursion. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Shiite pilgrims converge on the holy the shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in the Kazimiyah neighborhood of north Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. Thousands of Shiite pilgrims made their annual march to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
First row from left, Turkey's Prsedident Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, ministers Ali Babacan and Besir Atalay look toward the flag-covered coffin of Mahmut Ozdemir, a Turkish army officer killed by Kurdish rebels near Turkey-Iraq border, during his funeral at the Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Kurdish guerrillas killed the Turkish lieutenant in southeastern province of Hakkari, bordering Iraq.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Shiite pilgrims chant and celebrate in central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Iraqi authorities intensified checkpoints and announced plans for a vehicle ban beginning Wednesday night and lasting through Saturday morning in Baghdad as they prepare for a major Shiite pilgrimage to commemorate the eighth-century death of an important Shiite saint. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Women gather in front of the shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in the Kazimiyah neighborhood of northern Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Iraqi authorities intensified checkpoints and announced plans for a vehicle ban beginning Wednesday night and lasting through Saturday morning in Baghdad as they prepare for a major Shiite pilgrimage to commemorate the eighth-century death of an important Shiite saint. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives to welcome his Iraqi counterpart Nouri al-Maliki, unseen, before a meeting in Erdogan's office in Ankara, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Kurdish guerrillas killed a Turkish lieutenant in the southeast on Tuesday, as the Iraqi prime minister arrived for a visit likely to be dominated by Turkish warnings to either crack down on rebel bases in northern Iraq or face a possible incursion. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Shiite pilgrims walk to the Kazimiyah neighborhood of northern Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Iraqi authorities intensified checkpoints and announced plans for a vehicle ban beginning Wednesday night and lasting through Saturday morning in Baghdad as they prepare for a major Shiite pilgrimage to commemorate the eighth-century death of an important Shiite saint. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
The remains of a Polish Army Humvee burns near Diwaniyah, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Polish troops struck a roadside bomb 15 kilometers (10 miles) north of Diwaniyah, police said. There was no information about casualties. (AP Photo/Jalal Mudhar)
A woman touches the door leading into the shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in the Kazimiyah neighborhood of northern Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Iraqi authorities intensified checkpoints and announced plans for a vehicle ban beginning Wednesday night and lasting through Saturday morning in Baghdad as they prepare for a major Shiite pilgrimage to commemorate the eighth-century death of an important Shiite saint. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Men visit the Shiite holy shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in the Kazimiyah neighborhood of northern Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Iraqi authorities are girding for a major Shiite pilgrimage to the shrine later this week in Baghdad with plans to tighten security. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Mousa al-Kadim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000 people. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
Iraqis pass through the door leading into the Shiite holy shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in the Kazimiyah neighborhood of northern Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Iraqi authorities are girding for a major Shiite pilgrimage to the shrine later this week in Baghdad with plans to tighten security. The annual march, to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Mousa al-Kadim, a key Shiite saint, was struck by tragedy in 2005, when thousands of Shiite pilgrims, panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, broke into a stampede on a bridge, killing 1,000. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
Samir Jawaad, 6, victim of a roadside bomb that killed nine civilians and wounded eight recovers in a central Baghdad, Iraq hospital on Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. The bomb had been planted at the Zaafaraniyah intersection in the Jisr Diyala area, a predominantly Shiite neighborhood, police said. (AP Photo/ Adil al-Kazali)
A damaged door leading to an office at the Abu Hanifa mosque is left open in the Azamiyah neighborhood of north Baghdad, Iraq after Iraqi troops raided the mosque on Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. Acting on tips from local residents, a U.S. military statement said, Iraqi soldiers searched the mosque and uncovered a sizeable cache of weapons in the courtyard. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)
An Iraqi man walks past a shrapnel-scarred wall after a mortar attack injured two people in central Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Residents of the Amariyah neighborhood walk past a U.S. Army armored vehicle at a checkpoint in west Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Mourners carry the body of Fadhil al-Akil to his burial in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. Al-Akil, an aide to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's top Shiite cleric, was killed by gunmen on Thursday night in Najaf. (AP Photo/Ahmed Hassan)
U.S. military helicopter flies over Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
U.S. soldiers from 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment are seen at Patrol Base Murray, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007. (AP Photo/ Kim Gamel)
A U.S. Army soldier from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division tries to organize a group of Iraqi residents that are queued for a medical clinic in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
In this image released by the Iraqi government, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, and President Jalal Talabani, left, hold the Asian Cup at a celebration for the Iraqi national soccer team in the heavily-fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Iraqi Government, HO)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki listens to a question at airport upon arrival in Ankara, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Kurdish guerrillas killed a Turkish lieutenant in southeastern province of Hakkari, bordering Iraq, on Tuesday as al-Maliki arrived for a visit likely to be dominated by Turkish warning to either crack down on Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq or face a possible incursion.(AP Photo)
Women weep for a relative, one of eleven killed and 15 wounded in a mortar attack in eastern Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007. At least three mortars hit the Mashtal area, on the eastern side of the Tigris River, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Umm Alaa fills a water can in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007. The Baghdad water supply has been severely affected by power blackouts and cuts that have affected pumping and filtration stations. Iraq's electricity grid could collapse any day because of insurgent sabotage, rising demand, fuel shortages and provincial officials who are unplugging local power stations from the national system, electricity officials said on Saturday. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Iraq's President Jalal Talabani speaks at a joint press conference with president of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region, Massoud Barzani, unseen, in Dukan city, near Sulaimaniyah, 260 kilometers (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 27, 2007. The Iraqi president says threat by the Sunni Arab bloc to quit the government is "unacceptable". (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)
Farah Jabbar, 9, carries water to her family's home in central Baghdad, Iraq Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007. The Baghdad water supply has been severely affected by power blackouts and cuts that have affected pumping and filtration stations. Iraq's electricity grid could collapse any day because of insurgent sabotage, rising demand, fuel shortages and provincial officials who are unplugging local power stations from the national system, electricity officials said on Saturday. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
Mourners carry a coffin containing their relative, one of eleven killed and 15 wounded in a mortar attack in eastern Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007. At least three mortars hit the Mashtal area, on the eastern side of the Tigris River, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Iraqi residents line up for medical checkups provided by the U.S. Army in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A man weeps over the blood left behind by his relative, one of eleven killed and 15 wounded in a mortar attack in eastern Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007. At least three mortars hit the Mashtal area, on the eastern side of the Tigris River, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Iraqi police and relatives carry the body of Lt. Col. Ismail Salim Khudaeir, who was killed on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007 in a drive-by shooting in Kirkuk, a city about 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/ Emad Matti)
Staff Sgt. William Cyse checks on a small Iraqi girl during a medical clinic provided by the U.S. Army in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
** FILE ** Nouri al-Maliki, left , appears with outgoing prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari at a news conference in this April 22, 2006 file photo in Baghdad, Iraq. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki faces a revolt within his party by factions that want him out as Iraqi leader, according to officials in his office and the political party he leads. His predecessor, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, leads the challenge and already has approached leaders of the country's two main Kurdish parties, parliament's two Sunni Arab blocs and lawmakers loyal to powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. (AP Photo/Mohammed Hato, File)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, front second left, and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan inspect a military guard of honour before a meeting in Erdogan's office in Ankara, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Kurdish guerrillas killed a Turkish lieutenant in southeastern province of Hakkari, bordering Iraq, on Tuesday as al-Maliki arrived for a visit likely to be dominated by Turkish warning to either crack down on Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq or face a possible incursion.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
U.S. Army Sargeant Nicholas Benton, left, of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, takes a fingerprint scan of Thier al-Zawbie, right, during a census operation in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, left, chats with Turkish State Minister Kursad Tuzmen upon arrival in Ankara, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Kurdish guerrillas killed a Turkish lieutenant in southeastern province of Hakkari, bordering Iraq, on Tuesday as al-Maliki arrived for a visit likely to be dominated by Turkish warning to either crack down on Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq or face a possible incursion.(AP Photo)
In this image released by the Iraqi government, President Jalal Talabani, center, speaks at a press conference with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, left, and Vice President Adil Abdul-Mahdi, right, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007. Iraq's prime minister on Sunday rejected the resignation of Cabinet ministers from the country's largest Sunni Arab bloc, and asked the six ministers to rejoin his government. (AP Photo/Iraqi Government, HO)
A man weeps over a coffin for one of five brothers outside a hospital morgue in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad on Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. The five men were painters and were seized as they were on their way to paint a police station in the Rashad area, approximately 45 kilometers (30 miles) south of Kirkuk. Iraqi police found a 5-year-old boy, unharmed, Thursday near the bodies of his five grown brothers who had been kidnapped by gunmen, police said. Kirkuk has faced rising ethnic tensions as Arabs and Turkomen oppose Kurdish efforts to incorporate the oil-rich city into their nearby autonomous zone. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)
Troops from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division try to organize a group of Iraqi residents that are queued for water and food supplies distributed by the U.S. Army in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Nour Sabri, left, goalkeeper for the Iraqi national soccer team, and Mahdi Karim, right, hold up the Asian Cup trophy during a party celebrating the team's victory at the al-Rashid hotel in the heavily-fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
An Iraqi Army soldier searches residents of the Amariyah neighborhood at a checkpoint in west Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, left, and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan listen to the national anthems before their talks in Erdogan's office in Ankara, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Kurdish guerrillas killed a Turkish lieutenant in southeastern province of Hakkari, bordering Iraq, on Tuesday as al-Maliki arrived for a visit likely to be dominated by Turkish warning to either crack down on Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq or face a possible incursion.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Hussein Ali digs into a well to connect a water pump to his apartment in central Baghdad, Iraq Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007. The Baghdad water supply has been severely affected by power blackouts and cuts that have affected pumping and filtration stations. Iraq's electricity grid could collapse any day because of insurgent sabotage, rising demand, fuel shortages and provincial officials who are unplugging local power stations from the national system, electricity officials said on Saturday. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
Relatives weep over the bodies of five brothers outside a hospital morgue in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad on Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. The five men were seized on their way to paint a police station in the Rashad area, approximately 45 kilometers (30 miles) south of Kirkuk. Iraqi police found a 5-year-old boy who was unharmed on Thursday near the bodies of his five grown brothers who had been kidnapped by the gunmen, police said. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)
Muhammad Radi, 11, drinks water at a mosque in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007. The Baghdad water supply has been severely affected by power blackouts and cuts that have affected pumping and filtration stations. Iraq's electricity grid could collapse any day because of insurgent sabotage, rising demand, fuel shortages and provincial officials who are unplugging local power stations from the national system, electricity officials said on Saturday. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
U.S. Army Lieutenant Thomas Hickey, left, of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division speaks with residents of the Amariyah neighborhood during a census operation in west Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
An employee of the Abu Hanifa mosque in the Azamiyah neighborhood of north Baghdad, Iraq surveys his office after Iraqi troops raided the mosque on Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. Acting on tips from local residents, a U.S. military statement said, Iraqi soldiers searched the mosque and uncovered a sizeable cache of weapons in the courtyard. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)
A young boy weeps over a bloodstained litter that carried his relative, one of eleven killed and 15 wounded in a mortar attack in eastern Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007. At least three mortars hit the Mashtal area, on the eastern side of the Tigris River, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
An employee of the Abu Hanifa mosque in the Azamiyah neighborhood of north Baghdad, Iraq surveys the damage after Iraqi troops raided the mosque on Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. Acting on tips from local residents, a U.S. military statement said, Iraqi soldiers searched the mosque and uncovered a sizeable cache of weapons in the courtyard. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)
U.S. Army Sergeant Nicholas Benton, right, of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division takes a biometric eye scan of Iraqi, Ammar Ans, left, during a census operation in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Nour Sabri, left, goalkeeper for the Iraqi national soccer team, and Mahdi Karim, right, smile during a party celebrating the team's victory in the Asian Cup, at the al-Rashid hotel in the heavily-fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
In this image released by the Iraqi government, Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, left, and President Jalal Talabani, right, meet in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Iraqi Government)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shake hands before a meeting in Erdogan's office in Ankara, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Kurdish guerrillas killed a Turkish lieutenant in the southeast on Tuesday, as the Iraqi prime minister arrived for a visit likely to be dominated by Turkish warnings to either crack down on rebel bases in northern Iraq or face a possible incursion. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Haydar Ali drinks water from a hose in central Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007. The Baghdad water supply has been severely affected by power blackouts and cuts that have affected pumping and filtration stations. Iraq's electricity grid could collapse any day because of insurgent sabotage, rising demand, fuel shortages and provincial officials who are unplugging local power stations from the national system, electricity officials said on Saturday. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
Pvt. Mathew Adams checks on an Iraqi man during a medical clinic provided by the U.S. Army in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Lydia Suliveras, center left, grieves with her children and other family members as an honor guard carries the coffin containing the remains of her husband, US Army Staff Sgt. Wilberto Suliveras, after it arrived at Muniz Airbase, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. Staff Sgt. Suliveras was killed a week earlier by small arms fire in Hor Al Bash, Iraq. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Members of an honor guard are led by a priest as they carry the coffin containing the remains of US Army Staff Sgt. Wilberto Suliveras, shortly after it arrived at Muniz Airbase, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. Staff Sgt. Suliveras, who was killed a week earlier by small arms fire in Hor Al Bash, Iraq, is survived by a wife and two sons. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
An Iraqi Army armored vehicle is seen outside the Abu Hanifa mosque in the Azamiyah neighborhood of north Baghdad, Iraq after Iraqi troops raided the mosque on Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. Acting on tips from local residents, a U.S. military statement said, Iraqi soldiers searched the mosque and uncovered a sizeable cache of weapons in the courtyard. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)
An interpreter for the U.S. Army rides a bicycle in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, look toward a military guard of honour before a meeting in Erdogan's office in Ankara, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Kurdish guerrillas killed a Turkish lieutenant in the southeast on Tuesday, as the Iraqi prime minister arrived for a visit likely to be dominated by Turkish warnings to either crack down on rebel bases in northern Iraq or face a possible incursion. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Umm Jihad, right, watches over her son, Jihad Wali, 35, victim of a roadside bomb that killed nine civilians and wounded eight, in a central Baghdad, Iraq hospital on Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. The bomb had been planted at the Zaafaraniyah intersection in the Jisr Diyala area, a predominantly Shiite neighborhood, police said. (AP Photo/ Adil al-Kazali)
An Iraqi woman is searched by U.S. Army troops from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division at a checkpoint in the Amariyah neighborhood in west Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
The Abu Mustafa family eats dinner by the light of an oil lamp in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007. The family lives on a block that gets only one or two hours of electricity per day. Iraq's electricity grid could collapse any day because of insurgent sabotage, rising demand, fuel shortages and provincial officials who are unplugging local power stations from the national system, electricity officials said on Saturday. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Abdul Amir Hussein connects a network of water hoses to apartments in a central Baghdad, Iraq complex Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007. The Baghdad water supply has been severely affected by power blackouts and cuts that have affected pumping and filtration stations. Iraq's electricity grid could collapse any day because of insurgent sabotage, rising demand, fuel shortages and provincial officials who are unplugging local power stations from the national system, electricity officials said on Saturday. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
A family grieve for a relative, one of eleven killed and 15 wounded in a mortar attack in eastern Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007. At least three mortars hit the Mashtal area, on the eastern side of the Tigris River, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
An Iraqi woman peaks out from a line that is queued for water and food supplies distributed by the U.S. Army in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Jihad Wali, 35, victim of a roadside bomb that killed nine civilians and wounded eight, recovers in a central Baghdad, Iraq hospital on Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. The bomb had been planted at the Zaafaraniyah intersection in the Jisr Diyala area, a predominantly Shiite neighborhood, police said. (AP Photo/ Adil al-Kazali)
A family grieves for their relative killed in a mortar attack in eastern Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007. At least three mortars hit the residential neighborhood of Mashtal, on the eastern side of the Tigris River, killing 13 civilians and wounding 14 others, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Men survey the damage to a barbershop after a suicide car bomber drove into a crowed market in a Kurdish area in the northern city of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, police said. The attack in Kirkuk, a disputed oil-rich city that has seen a recent rise in ethnic tensions, occurred while the capital remained relatively calm under a driving ban aimed at preventing such attacks during a major Shiite pilgrimage. (AP Photo/ Yahya Ahmed)
Kahtan Ali is mourned by a relative outside a morgue in Baqouba, capital of Iraq's Diyala province, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. The man was one of six killed and 12 injured in a suicide attack on a barbershop in nearby al-Yarmouk. (AP Photo)
Smoke rises over a crowded market after a suicide car bomb struck a market in a Kurdish area in the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraq Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, police said. The attack in Kirkuk, a disputed oil-rich city that has seen a recent rise in ethnic tensions, occurred while the capital remained relatively calm under a driving ban aimed at preventing such attacks during a major Shiite pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)
Iraq's oil minister Husayn al-Shahristani speaks to the media in Moscow, on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. Iraq's national oil company will develop the country's giant West Qurna field and decide which foreign companies to work with, the country's oil minister said Thursday, after meeting with the top executive from the Russian oil giant OAO Lukoil seeking to resume its work at the field. Husayn al-Shahristani told reporters in Moscow that OAO Lukoil's previous experience in Iraq gives it a competitive advantage in gaining new contracts there, but the company will get no special treatment from the government. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
Iraq's oil minister Husayn al-Shahristani speaks to the media, Moscow, on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. Iraq's national oil company will develop the country's giant West Qurna field and decide which foreign companies to work with, the country's oil minister said Thursday, after meeting with the top executive from the Russian oil giant OAO Lukoil seeking to resume its work at the field. Husayn al-Shahristani told reporters in Moscow that OAO Lukoil's previous experience in Iraq gives it a competitive advantage in gaining new contracts there, but the company will get no special treatment from the government. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
An Iraqi police officer examines the remains of a suicide car bomb that struck a market in a Kurdish area in the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraq Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, police said. The attack in Kirkuk, a disputed oil-rich city that has seen a recent rise in ethnic tensions, occurred while the capital remained relatively calm under a driving ban aimed at preventing such attacks during a major Shiite pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)
A boy picks through the wreckage of a shop after a suicide car bomber drove into a crowed market in a Kurdish area in the northern city of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, police said. The attack in Kirkuk, a disputed oil-rich city that has seen a recent rise in ethnic tensions, occurred while the capital remained relatively calm under a driving ban aimed at preventing such attacks during a major Shiite pilgrimage. (AP Photo/ Yahya Ahmed)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, left, talks with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during their meeting at the Iranian northeastern city of Mashhad, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Soureh Photo Agency, Mahdi Amiri)
Relatives stand near the bodies of two brothers outside a morgue in Baqouba, capital of Iraq's Diyala province, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. They were two of six killed and 12 injured in a suicide attack on a barbershop in nearby al-Yarmouk. (AP Photo)
A boy picks through scorched melons after a suicide car bomber drove into a crowed market in a Kurdish area in the northern city of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, police said. The attack in Kirkuk, a disputed oil-rich city that has seen a recent rise in ethnic tensions, occurred while the capital remained relatively calm under a driving ban aimed at preventing such attacks during a major Shiite pilgrimage. (AP Photo/ Yahya Ahmed)
Three small children lead the way as family and friends carry the body of Hussam Hamed to his burial in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. The 37-year-old men was killed by alleged terrorists in Baghdad. (AP Photo/ Ahmed Hassan)
Maj. Gen. Gale Pollock, left, presents an American flag to Iris Santiago, mother of Army Capt. Maria Ines Ortiz during funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. Ortiz, a Puerto Rican soldier, was killed during a mortar attack on Baghdad's Green Zone on July 10, was the first Army nurse killed by hostile fire since the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
An Army honor guard carries the casket of Army Capt. Maria Ines Ortiz during funeral services, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Ortiz, a Puerto Rican soldier, was killed during a mortar attack on Baghdad's Green Zone on July 10, was the first Army nurse killed by hostile fire since the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Iraqi police officers and civilians examine the remains of a suicide car bomb that struck a market in a Kurdish area in the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraq Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, police said. The attack in Kirkuk, a disputed oil-rich city that has seen a recent rise in ethnic tensions, occurred while the capital remained relatively calm under a driving ban aimed at preventing such attacks during a major Shiite pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)
The caisson carrying the casket of Army Capt. Maria Ines Ortiz arrives for funeral services, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Ortiz, a Puerto Rican soldier, was killed during a mortar attack on Baghdad's Green Zone on July 10, was the first Army nurse killed by hostile fire since the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, second left, as Iranian Vice-President Parviz Davoudi listens, during their meeting at the Iranian northeastern city of Mashhad, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Soureh Photo Agency, Mahdi Amiri)
**FILE** In this December 22, 2006 file photo, Iraqi goalkeeper Baha Abdul Karim Darweesh is seen playing with the Kirkuk soccer club. The goalkeeper of the Kirkuk soccer club was kidnapped as he was traveling from northern Iraq to visit relatives in Baghdad, a sports official said Thursday. Gunmen seized Darweesh, 24, Monday on the outskirts of Khalis, a Shiite enclave in the volatile Diyala province 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, according to a member of the Kurdish soccer federation. (AP Photo/ Yahya Ahmed, File)
** FILE ** A women check archived newspaper at Iraqi National Library in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 25, 2007. The Iraqi National Library's director appealed to the U.S. and Iraqi militaries on Thursday Aug 9 2007 to leave his books and archives out of the fight, warning their recent occupation of the building had put one of the nation's most important cultural institutions at risk. (AP Photo/Samir Mizban, File)
Relatives carry the coffin of Hussein Abdullah, who was killed along with his three-year-old daughter, Zahraa while sleeping on the roof of their Sadr City home in east Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007. Police said four civilians were killed and five others injured early Tuesday morning as U.S. and Iraqi forces were conducting a house-to-house search. Backed by helicopters, the joint force also arrested 12 suspected Shiite militiamen in the raid which took place in three sections and started at 3:00 a.m., a police officer said. The U.S. military said it was checking into the report. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
A man is seen through a damaged door in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in east Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007. Police said four civilians were killed and five others injured early Tuesday morning as U.S. and Iraqi forces were conducting a house-to-house search. Backed by helicopters, the joint force also arrested 12 suspected Shiite militiamen in the raid which took place in three sections and started at 3:00 a.m., a police officer said. The U.S. military said it was checking into the report. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
A U.S. Army soldier from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division searches a house during an operation in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
** FILE ** Pete Hegseth, executive director of Vets for Freedom, left, and others, look on as President Bush, center, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington in this July 20, 2007 file photo. Despite their opposing views on the war, soldiers Hegseth and Jon Soltz have much in common, not the least of which is time spent in Iraq. Both profess their love of the Army. They are young, athletic and clean-shaven, and they speak eloquently about honor and a sense of duty, as though plucked from central casting to play the role of the patriotic soldier (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Mohammed Abdullah grieves for his brother Hussein Abdullah, who was killed along with his three-year-old daughter, Zahraa while sleeping on the roof of their Sadr City home in east Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007. Police said four civilians were killed and five others injured early Tuesday morning as U.S. and Iraqi forces were conducting a house-to-house search. Backed by helicopters, the joint force also arrested 12 suspected Shiite militiamen in the raid which took place in three sections and started at 3:00 a.m., a police officer said. The U.S. military said it was checking into the report. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
** EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT** Iraqi police examine the body of Ali Abd, 25, killed by a blow to the head with a meat cleaver, in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007. The man's body, bound at the wrists, was dumped in a market in southern Kirkuk. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)
** FILE ** Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is seen during a ceremony for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Ankara in this Aug. 7, 2007 file photo. Turkey's Islamic-oriented ruling party on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007 decided to nominate Gul again for president despite strong opposition to his candidacy from the secular opposition, and it was Gul's origianl nomination that triggered a political crisis months ago, forcing the government to hold early parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici/File)
In this October, 13, 2004 photo released by Arkansas Army National Guard, Capt. John Vanlandingham, left, of New Blaine, Ark., stands ready with, second from left, Staff Sgt. Shawn Buffalo, of Jacksonville, Ark., third from left, 1st Lt. Mark Bourgery, of Cranston, R.I., and an Iraqi National Guard Captain while waiting for word to move forward from Maj. Christian Neary, of Cumberland, R.I., far right, in Taji Village, Iraq. Vanlandingham was awarded the Silver Star Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007, at Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center in Barling, Ark. (AP Photo/Arkansas National Guard, 1st. Lt. Chris J. Heathscott)
Women weep for two men in their family who were arrested overnight in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in east Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007. Police said four civilians were killed and five others injured early Tuesday morning as U.S. and Iraqi forces were conducting a house-to-house search. Backed by helicopters, the joint force also arrested 12 suspected Shiite militiamen in the raid which took place in three sections and started at 3:00 a.m., a police officer said. The U.S. military said it was checking into the report. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Umm Sattar weeps after two of her sons were arrested in their Sadr City home in east Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007. Police said four civilians were killed and five others injured early Tuesday morning as U.S. and Iraqi forces were conducting a house-to-house search. Backed by helicopters, the joint force also arrested 12 suspected Shiite militiamen in the raid which took place in three sections and started at 3:00 a.m., a police officer said. The U.S. military said it was checking into the report. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Umm Nadhim is seen through a damaged gate after her son was arrested in their Sadr City home in east Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007. Police said four civilians were killed and five others injured early Tuesday morning as U.S. and Iraqi forces were conducting a house-to-house search. Backed by helicopters, the joint force also arrested 12 suspected Shiite militiamen in the raid which took place in three sections and started at 3:00 a.m., a police officer said. The U.S. military said it was checking into the report. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Muna Nasser peers through a damaged door after her uncle was arrested in their family's Sadr City home in east Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007. Police said four civilians were killed and five others injured early Tuesday morning as U.S. and Iraqi forces were conducting a house-to-house search. Backed by helicopters, the joint force also arrested 12 suspected Shiite militiamen in the raid which took place in three sections and started at 3:00 a.m., a police officer said. The U.S. military said it was checking into the report. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Iraqi women look through a bullet-riddled windshield after an overnight raid by U.S. troops in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Police and residents said U.S and Iraqi troops backed by helicopters raided the east Baghdad neighborhood on early Sunday, killing two people and wounding 4 others. The U.S. military said it was looking into the report. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Umm Saad, left, who lost her son and daughter in a July 26 car bombing that destroyed her family's home, waits for her turn to receive an emergency payment from local officials in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Displaced and bereaved families received about US$4,000 in relief for the losses they suffered on July 26 by a blast that killed more than 28 people, wounded at least 95 and left apartments and homes decimated. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
Women pass a bullet-riddled truck after an overnight raid by U.S. troops in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Police and residents said U.S and Iraqi troops backed by helicopters raided the east Baghdad neighborhood on early Sunday, killing two people and wounding 4 others. The U.S. military said it was looking into the report. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Relatives grieve over the bodies slain police officer Muhsin Ali 37, and his wife, Layla Ridha Mohammed, who shot herself after learning of her husband's death in an ambush southwest of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Gunmen ambushed a police patrol southwest of the northern city of Kirkuk, killing three officers and wounding another, police Brig. Gen. Sarhat Qadir said. The couple, who had five children, had been married for nine years. (AP Photo/ Emad Matti)
Iraqi policeman Nawzad Fathallah, 23, collapses in grief outside a hospital morgue after three comrades were killed southwest of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Gunmen ambushed a police patrol southwest of the northern city of Kirkuk, killing three officers and wounding another, police Brig. Gen. Sarhat Qadir said. (AP Photo/ Emad Matti)
An Iraqi woman is seen through a bullet-riddled windshield after an overnight raid by U.S. troops in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Police and residents said U.S and Iraqi troops backed by helicopters raided the east Baghdad neighborhood on early Sunday, killing two people and wounding 4 others. The U.S. military said it was looking into the report. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Adnan al-Dulaimi, the leader of the largest Sunni bloc in parliament, the Iraqi Accordance Front, holds the remnants of a mortar as he speaks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. The influential Sunni leader issued an impassioned appeal for help from Arab countries against what he called Iranian-supported death squads and militias in the latest blow to the Iraqi government's reconciliation efforts. Al-Dulaimi claimed that Iranian-made mortars were given to Shiite militias to attack Sunni neighborhoods in the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo/Asaad Mouhsin)
A young man is treated for his wounds at Azadi hospital after a suicide car bomber drove into a crowded market in a Kurdish area in the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraq Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, police said. The attack in Kirkuk, a disputed oil-rich city that has seen a recent rise in ethnic tensions, occurred while the capital remained relatively calm under a driving ban aimed at preventing such attacks during a major Shiite pilgrimage.(AP Photo/ Emad Matti)
Adnan al-Dulaimi, the leader of the largest Sunni bloc in parliament, the Iraqi Accordance Front, speaks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. The influential Sunni leader issued an impassioned appeal for help from Arab countries against what he called Iranian-supported death squads and militias in the latest blow to the Iraqi government's reconciliation efforts. Banner in background reads "Iraqi Accordance Front." (AP Photo/Asaad Mouhsin)
Cameron Ali, 26, is rushed into Azadi hospital after a suicide car bomber drove into a crowded market in a Kurdish area in the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraq on Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, police said. The attack in Kirkuk, a disputed oil-rich city that has seen a recent rise in ethnic tensions, occurred while the capital remained relatively calm under a driving ban aimed at preventing such attacks during a major Shiite pilgrimage.(AP Photo/ Emad Matti)
Prisoners sit in a crowded cell in the Iraqi National Police Detention Center in Kazimiyah neighborhood of North Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
An Iraqi member of the Amariyah Volunteers, former insurgents who have joined forces with the U.S. and Iraqi troops to fight al-Qaida, questions an Iraqi man during a joint operation with U.S. Army troops from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A boy recovers at Azadi hospital after a suicide car bomber drove into a crowded market in a Kurdish area in the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraq Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, police said. The attack in Kirkuk, a disputed oil-rich city that has seen a recent rise in ethnic tensions, occurred while the capital remained relatively calm under a driving ban aimed at preventing such attacks during a major Shiite pilgrimage.(AP Photo/ Emad Matti)
Iraqi women wait while U.S. Army troops from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division search their house during an operation in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Iraqi boys and men look into a blood-spattered truck after an overnight raid by U.S. troops in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Police and residents said U.S and Iraqi troops backed by helicopters raided the east Baghdad neighborhood on early Sunday, killing two people and wounding 4 others. The U.S. military said it was looking into the report. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Jassim Abud, 25, is comforted by his brother as he recovers in a central Baghdad, Iraq hospital after a mortar attack on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007. Police said three civilians were injured when a mortar shell landed in the al-Ghadir area of east Baghdad. (AP Photo/ Adil al-Kazali)
Umm Muhammad, left, who lost her 20-year-old son, Muhammad Abbas, in a July 26 car bombing, waits for her turn to receive an emergency payment from local officials in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Displaced and bereaved families received 5 million Iraqi dinars (about US$ 4,000, euro 2,900) in relief for the losses they suffered on July 26 in a blast that killed more than 28 people, wounded at least 95 and damaged apartments and homes. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
"Omam Abed", 20, an Iraqi member of the Amariyah Volunteers, former insurgents who have joined forces with the U.S. and Iraqi troops to fight al-Qaida, looks on during a joint operation with U.S. Army troops of Alpha Company of 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Monday Aug. 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Bahshan Mohammed, left, is comforted by a female relative as she grieves for her husband, Hewa Haweis, a police officer killed outside Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Gunmen ambushed a police patrol southwest of the northern city of Kirkuk, killing three officers and wounding another, police Brig. Gen. Sarhat Qadir said. (AP Photo/ Emad Matti)
Umm Abdul Zahra peers through a scorched gate at her home after an overnight raid by U.S. troops in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Police and residents said U.S and Iraqi troops backed by helicopters raided the east Baghdad neighborhood early Sunday, killing two people and wounding 4 others. The U.S. military said it was looking into the report. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
A prisoner takes a shower at the Iraqi National Police Detention Center in Kazimiyah neighborhood of North Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Blindfolded prisoners are taken for questioning at the Iraqi National Police Detention Center in the Kazimiyah neighborhood of North Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
An Iraqi soldier waits for the first cars to travel on a floating bridge next to the to al-Sarafiyah Bridge in Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. The newly-constructed bridge over the Tigris river, which unofficially reopened Sunday, runs parallel to the al-Sarafiyah bridge, which collapsed as a result of a suicide truck bomb attack on April 12, 2007. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)
Iraqi policemen carry a coffin during a funeral march for of Khalil Jalil Hamza, the governor of Qadisiyah province and his police chief, Maj. Gen. Khalid Hassan, as well their driver and a bodyguard in Diwaniyah, 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. The men were killed on Saturday by a roadside bomb. (AP Photo/Jalal Mudhar)
**CHANGES TO BAG121**Adnan al-Dulaimi, the leader of the largest Sunni bloc in parliament, the Iraqi Accordance Front, holds the remnants of mortars as he speaks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. The influential Sunni leader issued an impassioned appeal for help from Arab countries against what he called Iranian-supported death squads and militias in the latest blow to the Iraqi government's reconciliation efforts. Al-Dulaimi claimed that Iranian-made mortars were given to Shiite militias to attack Sunni neighborhoods in the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo/Asaad Mouhsin)
Marine Cpl. Megan Leavey poses July 17, 2007, with the military dog, Flapoor, at Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California where Flapoor, a Belgian Malinois, recovered there from injuries suffered in Iraq in 2006. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki talks to the media during a press conference in the heavily fortified Green Zone on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Maliki last week made his second trip to Iran since taking office in what many critics claimed was proof of Tehran's influence over his government. The Shiite leader defended the trip and said he would continue traveling to other countries to seek help in stemming the violence. (AP Photo/Wathiq Khuzaie, Pool)
Iraqi policemen carry the coffins of Khalil Jalil Hamza, the governor of Qadisiyah province and his police chief, Maj. Gen. Khalid Hassan, as well their driver and a bodyguard during a funeral procession in Diwaniyah, 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. The men were killed on Saturday by a roadside bomb. (AP Photo/Jalal Mudhar)
**CORRECTS LAST NAME TO SABER**A man grieves for his brother, Iraqi policeman Mahmoud Saber, 24, who was killed southwest of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Gunmen ambushed a police patrol southwest of the northern city of Kirkuk, killing three officers and wounding another, police Brig. Gen. Sarhat Qadir said. (AP Photo/ Emad Matti)
Prisoners sit in a cell in the Iraqi National Police Detention Center in Kazimiyah neighborhood of North Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
An Iraqi member of the Amariyah Volunteers, former insurgents who have joined forces with the U.S. and Iraqi troops to fight al-Qaida, looks on during a joint operation with U.S. Army troops from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Umm Abdul Zahra holds spent ammunition she found near her home after an overnight raid by U.S. troops in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Police and residents said U.S and Iraqi troops backed by helicopters raided the east Baghdad neighborhood on early Sunday, killing two people and wounding 4 others. The U.S. military said it was looking into the report. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Prisoners sit in a crowded cell in the Iraqi National Police Detention Center in Kazimiyah neighborhood of North Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007.(AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A U.S. Army soldier from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division scans an Iraqi man's eye during a census operation in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
** EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT** A woman searches for her son's body at a morgue in Baqouba, capital of Iraq's Diyala province, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007. The woman has visited the morgue every morning since her son, a father of four, was kidnapped by al-Qaida in a nearby village last month. (AP Photo)
Adil Jassim, bottom right, who lost his home and his car in a July 26 car bombing that wounded two of his sons, waits for his turn to receive an emergency payment from local officials in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Displaced and bereaved families received about US$4,000 in relief for the losses they suffered on July 26 by a blast that killed more than 28 people, wounded at least 95 and left apartments and homes decimated. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
Bayan Mahmoud grieves for her husband, Mahmoud Saber, a 24-year-old police officer killed outside Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Gunmen ambushed a police patrol southwest of the northern city of Kirkuk, killing three officers and wounding another, police Brig. Gen. Sarhat Qadir said. (AP Photo/ Emad Matti)
Adnan al-Dulaimi, the leader of the largest Sunni bloc in parliament, the Iraqi Accordance Front, speaks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. The influential Sunni leader issued an impassioned appeal for help from Arab countries against what he called Iranian-supported death squads and militias in the latest blow to the Iraqi government's reconciliation efforts. (AP Photo/Asaad Mouhsin)
An Iraqi official reviews the death certificate of a victim of a July 26 car bombing as his relatives apply for an emergency payment in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Displaced and bereaved families received about US$4,000 in relief for the losses they suffered on July 26 by a blast that killed more than 28 people, wounded at least 95 and left apartments and homes decimated. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
Iraqi women wait in their garden while U.S. Army troops from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division search their house during an operation in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Monday Aug. 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A U.S. Army soldier from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division points to an Iraqi man while searching his family's house during an operation in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
An Iraqi woman passes a bullet-riddled truck after an overnight raid by U.S. troops in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Police and residents said U.S and Iraqi troops backed by helicopters raided the east Baghdad neighborhood on early Sunday, killing two people and wounding 4 others. The U.S. military said it was looking into the report. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
** FILE ** An Iraqi carries a Russian-designed machine gun at a funeral, July 27, 2007, in Karbala, an Iraqi city dominated by Shiite Muslim militias. Italian authorities have broken up an alleged illegal plot to ship 5,000 such machine guns, along with 100,000 assault rifles, into Iraq. Iraqi police supposedly would have been the end users, but Shiite militias are known to have obtained weapons through police channels. (AP Photo/Ghassan al-Yassiri, File)
Men exchange money for weapons over tea in a Baghdad home, June 20, 2007. Italian authorities have broken up an alleged illegal plot to ship more than 100,000 assault rifles and machine guns into Iraq, a spectacular example of how the country has become a magnet for arms traffickers. It is believed Iraqi civilians, including insurgents and sectarian militias, possess at least 7 million guns. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Lokhman Muhammad, 22, gets a kiss from his mother at the Azadi hospital after a suicide car bomber drove into a crowded market in a Kurdish area in the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraq Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, police said. The attack in Kirkuk, a disputed oil-rich city that has seen a recent rise in ethnic tensions, occurred while the capital remained relatively calm under a driving ban aimed at preventing such attacks during a major Shiite pilgrimage.(AP Photo/ Emad Matti)
An Iraqi man picks through personal belongings inside a damaged vehicle after an overnight raid by U.S. troops in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Police and residents said U.S and Iraqi troops backed by helicopters raided the east Baghdad neighborhood on early Sunday, killing two people and wounding 4 others. The U.S. military said it was looking into the report. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Iraqi policemen carry the coffins of Khalil Jalil Hamza, the governor of Qadisiyah province and his police chief, Maj. Gen. Khalid Hassan in a solemn funeral in Diwaniyah, 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. The two were killed along with their driver and a bodyguard on Saturday by a roadside bomb. (AP Photo/Jalal Mudhar)
**FILE**Marine Sgt. Adam Cann, left, and fellow Marine, Cpl. Brendan Poelaert, pose with Cann's dog, Bruno, in this undated photo provided by Cann's father, Leigh Cann. The picture was made at a police recruiting station in Ramadi, Iraq on Jan. 5, 2006, just minutes before Cann died in a suicide bomb blast. He confronted the bomber, taking the full blast and saving the lives of Poelaert, also a dog handler, Poelaert's dog Flapoor, and Bruno. (AP Photo/Courtesy Leigh Cann)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) bows in the Mausoleum of Kamel Ataturk, the father of modern Turkey, in a ceremony in Ankara 07 August 2007. Nuri al-Maliki is to attend talks expected to focus on the safe haven separatist Turkish Kurd rebels enjoy in the Kurdish-run north of his country, the Anatolia news agency reported. Accompanied by a 30-strong delegation, including Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Maliki will meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Ahmet Necdet Sezer before leaving for Iran on Wednesday. AFP PHOTO /-
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, center, greets his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad upon his arrival at the Presidential Palace in Algiers, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Ahmadinejad ended a two-day visit to Algiers aimed at boosting ties amid international tensions over Iran's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Ouahab Hebbat)
Iraqi Shiite worshippers touch the door of the shrine of the revered Imam Musa Kadhim in the Kadhimiyah district of Baghdad, 09 August 2007. Hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims marched through war-torn Baghdad today to commemorate the death of a revered Imam as Iraq imposed blanket security measures to guard against attack. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
U.S. President George W. Bush holds a news conference in the White House press room before departing for the start of his summer vacation, August 9, 2007. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES)
Pilgrims gather at Kadhimiya shrine as they attend a Shi'ite religious ritual in Baghdad August 9, 2007. Hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims made their way on foot to a shrine in the north of Baghdad on Thursday, praying for safety at an annual rite marred by violence for the past two years. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)
Iraqi police guard blindfolded detainees who were arrested in Baquba August 12, 2007. Four suspected insurgents were arrested by the police during a raid in a village in Baquba, a police officer said. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ)
An Iraqi policeman inspects the wreckage of a car used in a suicide bombing on a road in southern Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007. The attack, targeting a police patrol, killed one policeman and injured 13 policemen and two civilians, police said. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)
**EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT** Iraqi morgue workers prepare to unload the body of one of two Yazidi men who had been stoned to death after they turned up at a morgue in the northern city of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007, six days after they had been kidnapped while they were en route to Baghdad to sell olives, police said. Yazidis, a primarily Kurdish sect that worships an angel figure considered to be the devil by some Muslims and Christians, have been the frequent target of violence in northern Iraq. A Sunni tribal leader in Kirkuk said gunmen distributed fliers saying that the killing of the two Yazidi men was in retaliation for the killing of a Yazidi woman who fell in love with a Muslim and converted to Islam in April.(AP Photo/Emad Matti)
Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007. Casey said in the speech that lengthening U.S. tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan beyond the current 15 months would be too stressful and risky for troops. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., prepares to speak at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007. Casey said in the speech that lengthening U.S. tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan beyond the current 15 months would be too stressful and risky for troops. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Umm Ahmed steps off a boat with her two-year-old son, Ahmed, after crossing the Tigris river in central Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007. Driven by safety concerns over roadside bombs, snipers and car bombs on the city's bridges, Baghdad residents are frequenting motorboats. The boats are significantly cheaper than taxi fares: a family of four can cross the Tigris for about US$1. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
**EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT** Iraqi police look at the body of one of two Yazidi men who had been stoned to death after they turned up at a morgue in the northern city of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007, six days after they had been kidnapped while they were en route to Baghdad to sell olives, police said. Yazidis, a primarily Kurdish sect that worships an angel figure considered to be the devil by some Muslims and Christians, have been the frequent target of violence in northern Iraq. A Sunni tribal leader in Kirkuk said gunmen distributed fliers saying that the killing of the two Yazidi men was in retaliation for the killing of a Yazidi woman who fell in love with a Muslim and converted to Islam in April. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)
Relatives and friends attend the funeral for Diwaniya Governor Khalil Jalil Hamza and his bodyguard in Najaf, 160 km (99 miles) south of Baghdad, August 12, 2007. The governor and police chief of Iraq's Shi'ite province of Diwaniya were killed when a roadside bomb hit their convoy of vehicles on Saturday, police said. REUTERS/Ali Abu Shish (IRAQ)
Turkey's presidential hopeful Abdullah Gul (C) leaves the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) headquarters after a meeting with MHP leader Devlet Bahceli in Ankara, August 14, 2007. Gul visited opposition leaders on Tuesday to drum up support for his bid to be elected head of state, but faces hostility from secularists wary of his Islamist past. The Islamist-rooted AK Party decided late on Monday to renominate Gul, Turkey's foreign minister, despite opposition from the country's powerful secular elite, including army generals. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY)
Elderly Iraqi women react in a house following an early coalition forces raid in the predominantly Shiite Baghdad suburb of Sadr City, 14 August 2007. US and Iraqi troops carried out massive assaults against Shiite militants, killing four in Baghdad's volatile slum of Sadr City, and arresting several more across Iraq, the military said today. AFP PHOTO / WISSAM AL-OKAILI
