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US marines with 2/5 Marine Whiskey company battle insurgents as they protect a convoy driving through the center of the city of Ramadi, west of Baghdad.(AFP/Patrick Baz)

A U.S. Marine looks through the sight of a machine gun at a position close to Falluja, west of Baghdad, November 1, 2004. The U.S. has begun to increase the number of its troops in Iraq to provide security for January elections expected to face possible disruptions by insurgents, the U.S. military said Monday. Photo by Eliana Aponte/Reuters

US Marines of the 1st Division gather for a morning briefing outside Fallujah, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 1, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swath of Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital ahead of crucial national elections due by Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

US Marines of the 1st Division walk to a briefing prior to a mission outside Fallujah, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 1, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swath of Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital ahead of crucial national elections due by Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

US Marines of the 1st Division clean their guns prior to a mission outside Fallujah, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 1, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swath of Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital ahead of crucial national elections due by Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

US Marines of the 1st Division train in an abandoned primary school outside Fallujah, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 1, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swath of Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital ahead of crucial national elections due by Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

A U.S. Marine from India Company, 3rd Battalion 5th Marines, inspects a mortar fin at the most advanced marine position in Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, November 1, 2004. Insurgents fired rocket propelled grenades and mortars at the outpost hours earlier. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte

U.S. Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment prepare to leave their base on a mission, as sporadic fighting continued in Ramadi, Iraq, Monday Nov. 1, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

U.S. Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment crash their Humvee through a gate to take cover during a gun battle with insurgents, as sporadic fighting continued in Ramadi, Iraq, Monday Nov. 1, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

U.S. Marine Lcpl. Brice Schleuter from Rockford, IL, with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, fires a machinegun from the turret of his Humvee during a gun battle with insurgents, as sporadic fighting continued in Ramadi, Iraq, Monday Nov. 1, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

British soldiers from the EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) team from First Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) battle group, take cover as an unexploded rocket fired at their base at Camp Dogwood, south of Baghdad, is destroyed in a controlled explosion, November 1, 2004. The camp was hit by several explosions on Monday morning after rockets were fired at it, though no injuries to army personnel or major damage were caused. A number of rockets failed to detonate and were later located and made safe through controlled explosions. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Giles Penfound/Handout

British soldier Sergeant Steve Goulding, 34, from Sheffield, serving as a Bomb Disposal Officer with 49 Field Squadron 33 Engineer Regiment EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), excavates an unexploded Chinese-made 109mm rocket which was fired at their base at Camp Dogwood, south of Baghdad, before destroying it in a controlled explosion, November 1, 2004. The camp was hit by several explosions on Monday morning after rockets were fired at it, though no injuries to army personnel or major damage were caused. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Giles Penfound/Handout