U.S. troops watch a plume of smoke rise above the town of Baqouba, Iraq, during battles in the city between Iraqi armed militants and U.S. troops and Iraqi police Thursday June 24, 2004. Militants launched coordinated attacks against police and government buildings across Iraq Thursday, less than a week before the handover of sovereignty. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
U.S. soldiers check out the scene along the main highway entrance into Baqouba, Iraq during battles in the city between Iraqi armed militants and U.S. troops and Iraqi police Thursday June 24, 2004. Militants launched coordinated attacks against police and government buildings across Iraq Thursday, less than a week before the handover of sovereignty. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
An Iraqi hospital worker attends to the dead at a hospital in Baqouba, Iraq after battles in the city between Iraqi armed militants and U.S. troops and Iraqi police Thursday June 24, 2004. Militants launched coordinated attacks against police and government buildings across Iraq Thursday, less than a week before the handover of sovereignty. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
An Iraqi man stands close to a pool of blood at the scene of one of the five car bombs that exploded in Mosul, 370 kms north of Baghdad. At least 66 people were reported killed as US forces reacted to an intensifying and apparently coordinated wave of attacks on four Iraqi cities, less than a week before the June 30 transfer of power to a transitional government.(AFP/Mujahed Mohammed)
An Iraqi youth collects belongings from the rubble of his house damaged in one of the five car bomb attacks that hit Mosul, 370 kms north of Baghdad. At least 66 people were reported killed as US forces reacted to an intensifying and apparently coordinated wave of attacks on four Iraqi cities, less than a week before the June 30 transfer of power to a transitional government.(AFP/Mujahed Mohammed)
A helicopter flies above a road in Fallujah, Iraq, in this image made from television, Thursday, June 24, 2004. Guerilla forces clashed with US forces in the restive Iraqi town 60 km (40 miles) outside of Baghdad Thursday. Amid the fighting, a US Marine helicopter made an emergency landing outside Fallujah. (AP Photo/APTN)
