Two F/A-18 Hornets take off for a strike against Iraq aboard the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, early Wednesday, March 26, 2003. The Truman is conducting missions in the Mediterranean in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A United States Air Force F16 Fighting Falcon prepares to take off from its base in Kuwait
President Bush left, gets briefed by Dan Morris, right, assistant director of intelligence at Joint Operations Center at CENTCOM--the Central Command -- at MacDill Air Force Base, Wednesday, March 26, 2003, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Iraqi citizens cheer and wave Wednesday March 26, 2003 after the arrival of Royal Marines, from 42 Commando, as they bring the first humanitarian aid to Umm Qasr, southern Iraq. The Marines entered the city on Monday and have been tasked to secure the port town so further aid can be delivered. (AP Photo/Jon Mills, Pool)
A U.S. Army combat engineer enjoys a cigarette as he relaxes between the cities of Najaf and Karbala as another sandstorm turns the daylight orange, March 26, 2003. As a second day of sandstorms buffeted U.S. armor pushing north across the Iraqi desert towards the capital, reports of the Iraqi death toll in late Tuesday's ferocious battle between U.S. tanks and Iraqi infantry near the Shi'ite Muslim holy city of Najaf ranged from scores to hundreds. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
A U.S. Marine from the 1st battalion smiles during a quick break on an Iraqi desert road, north of Nassiriya, March 26, 2003. The U.S. says large numbers of Iraqis were killed near Najaf in the biggest ground engagement of the war to date. REUTERS/Oleg Popov
Female Ordnanceman Stephanie Manfredonia from Bronx, N.Y. prepares to move JDAM bombs on the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt for air strikes over Iraq on Tuesday March 27,2003. The squadrons of the carrier group in the eastern Mediteranean have stepped up flight operations in support of 'Operation Iraqi Freedom.' (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Arresting gear officer Lloyd Mack from Pensacola, FL, watches as an F/A-18 Hornet make an arrested landing on the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the eastern Mediteranean, Thursday March 27,2003. The squadrons of the carrier group have stepped up flight strikes over northern Iraq. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, take cover after coming upon a mortar attack during an orange sandstorm on a road south of Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, March 26, 2003. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)
A U.S. Marine greets an Iraqi man as others surround him prior to the distribution of a shipment of humanitarian aid, in Safwan, Iraq on Wednesday, March 26, 2003. Three trailers of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society carrying food supplies and mineral water arrived at the border town.(AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)
A USAF F16 Fighting Falcon uses reheat to take off from its base in Kuwait March 26, 2003. (AP Photo/Russell Boyce , Pool Photo)
A general view of the mass movement of U.S. Marine Corps units heading north, some 150 km (90 miles) north of the town of Nassiriya, March 27, 2003. U.S. Marines fought bloody skirmishes as their surge north towards Baghdad came under sporadic Iraqi attack. U.S. artillery fired back, allowing the Marines to get through Shatra after a two-hour delay and reach Qal'at Sukkar, about 100 km (60 miles) north of Nassiriya. REUTERS/Oleg Popov
A U.S. soldier shakes hands with a curious Iraqi boy at the Iraq border with Kuwait as they both watch the arrival of one of the first shipments of water, Wednesday, March 26, 2003, to the port town of Umm Qasr, southern Iraq. (AP Photo/Wally Santana/Pool)
A ground assault convoy with 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) prepares to move forward at an undisclosed location in Iraq Thursday, March 26, 2003. (AP Photo/pool, Spc. Joshua m. Risner)
US Army helicopter crew from the 101st Airborne Division prepares an Apache attack helicopter.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)