Posted on 09/17/2003 9:36:59 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
Marine Lance Cpl Chris Delavore, left, helps Luther Lewis fill plastic bags with beach sand on Atlantic Beach, N.C. as they continue preparations for Hurricane Isabel on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. The storm is expected to make landfall on the North Carolina coast on Thursday. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Vice President Richard Cheney sits next to Chief of Staff Andrew Card (L) during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, September 17, 2003. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) distanced himself from comments by Cheney that left the impression he saw a possible link between Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters
President Bush (news - web sites) listens to a reporter's question in the Cabinet Room of the White House Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003 in Washington. President Bush said Wednesday there is no evidence that Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) was involved in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 _ disputing a notion held by a majority of Americans. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites), right, listens while President Bush (news - web sites) (not pictured) speaks to reporters as White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, left, looks on in the Cabinet Room of the White House Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003 in Washington. President Bush said Wednesday there is no evidence that Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) was involved in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 _ disputing a notion held by a majority of Americans. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Bush (news - web sites), left, speaks to reporters as Sen. Pete Domenici (news, bio, voting record), R-N.M., looks on in the Cabinet Room of the White House Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003 in Washington. President Bush said Wednesday there is no evidence that Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) was involved in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 _ disputing a notion held by a majority of Americans. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
The White House appeared to distance itself on September 17, 2003 from comments by Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) that left the impression he saw a possible link between Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Cheney, interviewed on Sunday on NBC's 'Meet the Press,' had left open the possibility of a Saddam link to the attacks. Cheney is shown during the show's taping September 14. Photo by Alex Wong/Meet The Press/Reuters
A judge has handed down a maximum sentence on a New York man who invented a non-existent son and claimed that he died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center(AFP/File/Matt Campbell)
A surfer ducks under a large wave at Atlantic Beach, N.C. Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003 as Hurricane Isabel approached the coast. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante (R) and the Rev. Jesse Jackson (news - web sites) chat following a rally at Pacifica of the Valley Hospital September 17, 2003 in Sun Valley, California, to oppose the recall election. California's political war raged on two fronts as lawyers fought over an appeals court's decision to postpone the Oct. 7 recall election and candidates soldiered on as if the ruling never happened. (Jim Ruymen/Reuters)
California Governor Gray Davis walks into a press conference in Los Angeles, September 16, 2003. California's top election official will ask an appeals court to reconsider a decision by a three-judge panel to postpone the Oct. 7 California recall election, a spokeswoman said. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)
New York Stock Exchange (news - web sites) Chairman Richard Grasso resigned September 17, 2003 as a public outcry over his $140 million deferred compensation and the exchange's governance mounted, according to the Wall Street Journal's Online edition. Grasso is shown at a Sept. 9 news conference. (Jeff Christensen/Reuters)
US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) said that there was no proof tying Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) to the September 11 attacks, as his case for war with Iraq (news - web sites) drew increasing scrutiny and mounting criticism.(AFP/File/Luke Frazza)
US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) sent to Congress his request for 87 billion dollars to help fund military operations and reconstruction in Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites) over the next year.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)
U. S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) (L) hosts a meeting with U.S. Congressional leaders to discuss differences between the parties while working on a national energy policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, September 17, 2003. Next to Bush is Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM). REUTERS/Larry Downing
U. S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) (2nd L) hosts a meeting with U.S. Congressional leaders to discuss differences between the parties while working on a national energy policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, September 17, 2003. From L-R are: Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-LA), Bush, and Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM). REUTERS/Larry Downing
U. S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) (L), sits next to U.S. Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) in the Cabinet Room of the White House, September 17, 2003. The president called the meeting to discuss differences between the parties while working on a national energy policy. REUTERS/Larry Downing
Florida Governor Jeb Bush (L) answers media questions with Uruguay's President Jorge Batlle (R) at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida, September 17, 2003. The two announced Uruguay's support of Miami's candidacy for the permanent secretariat of the FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas). REUTERS/Marc Serota
California state senator and Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom McClintock (R) speaks as Independent candidate Arianna Huffington listens during a recall debate hosted by the Los Angeles Press Club, in Los Angeles, September 17, 2003. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a preliminary injunction September 15, postponing California's October 7 gubernatorial recall election, but candidates have been campaigning as usual this week. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Green party gubernatorial candidate Peter Camejo (R) speaks as Democrat Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante listens during a recall debate hosted by the Los Angeles Press Club, in Los Angeles, September 17, 2003. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a preliminary injunction September 15, postponing California's October 7 gubernatorial recall election, but candidates have been campaigning as usual this week. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Independent gubernatorial candidate Arianna Huffington makes a point during a recall debate hosted by the Los Angeles Press Club, in Los Angeles, September 17, 2003. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a preliminary injunction September 15, postponing California's October 7 gubernatorial recall election, but Governor Gray Davis is sticking to his planned week of campaigning alongside prominent national Democrats. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Former US president shriveled up old human failure Jimmy Carter said that President George W. Bush (news - web sites) was too busy handling a broad range of international affairs to focus on settling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.(AFP/File/Steve Schaefer)
Retired four-star general and former NATO (news - web sites) commander Wesley Clark will vie for the Democratic nomination to run against President George W. Bush (news - web sites) in 2004(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stefan Zaklin)
Retired U.S. General Wesley Clark speaks during a rally where he officially announced his bid for Democratic presidential candidate in Little Rock, Arkansas. Clark is the 10th Democratic presidential candidate to join the race.(AFP-Getty Images/Benjamin
U. S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) (2nd L), is guided by Archivist of the United States John Carlin (R), around the first lady, Laura Bush (L), before viewing the Declaration of Independence at the rededication of the National Archives in Washington, September 17, 2003. REUTERS/Larry Downing
U. S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) (C) speaks next to a U.S. military honor guard at the rededication of the National Archives in Washington, September 17, 2003. The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are preserved in new display cases in the Rotunda in the building. REUTERS/Larry Downing
U. S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) speaks next to a U.S. military honor guard standing in front of the Constitution of the United States at the rededication of the National Archives in Washington, September 17, 2003. REUTERS/Larry Downing
With the storm shown on in a picture at rear, U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) (L) receives a briefing about hurricane Isabel while seated next to U.S. Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response Michael D. Brown (R), in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, September 17, 2003. Residents along the coasts of North Carolina and Virginia rushed on Wednesday to batten down and take shelter as Hurricane Isabel closed in with 110 mph (176 kph) winds and rains that could flood much of the mid-Atlantic coast. Isabel was expected to bring stormy weather to the North Carolina coast by Wednesday night and then hit with its full fury on Thursday, moving north through Virginia while keeping west of Washington. REUTERS/Larry Downing
President George W. Bush (news - web sites) predicted ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) will eventually be captured or killed but said the definition of victory in Iraq (news - web sites) will be when the country is free and peaceful, according to a newspaper interview with Bush. Bush talked about Iraq in an interview on September 16, 2003 with a number of newspapers from states important to his re-election campaign, such as Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Washington and Oregon. Bush is seen speaking in the East Garden of the White House, September 16. (William Philpott/Reuters)
U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) (3rd R), first lady Laura Bush (2nd R), and Archivist of the United States John Carlin (R) watch as U.S. military honor guards remove the protective covers off the Declaration of Independence. The President and the first lady were attending the rededication ceremony of the National Archives in Washington, September 17, 2003. REUTERS/Larry Downing
US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) attends a Bush-Cheney fundraiser in Philadelphia. Philippine president Arroyo has shrugged off the threat of massive protests against Bush's visit to the southeast Asian nation.(AFP/file/Luke Frazza)
With the U.S. military fighting a deadly guerrilla war in Iraq (news - web sites), Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said September 17, 2003 the United States must not let the world think it will retreat from a fight 'every time we got our nose bloodied.' Rumsfeld answers a reporter's question during a press briefing, Sept. 16. (Mike Theiler/Reuters)
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld briefs the media at the Pentagon (news - web sites)(AFP/File/Stephen Jaffe)
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld(AFP/File/Nicholas Roberts)
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld briefs reporters at the Pentagon (news - web sites) in Washington, DC.(AFP/File/Luke Frazza)
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) speaks to the Air Force Association's National Convention, in Washington September 17, 2003. The United States will fight a war on terror well into the future, but remain in Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites) to ensure a successful transition before moving on, Cheney said on Wednesday. REUTERS/William Philpott
Lynne Cheney, right, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney , addresses Philadelphia-area schoolchildren as actors portraying Vice President John Adams and his wife Abigail look on during a tour of the National Constitution Center in celebration of Constitution Day in Philadelphia Wednesday Sept. 17, 2003. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
Lynne Cheney, center, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney , adds her name to a collection of modern day signators to the U.S. Constitution, in Signers Hall during a tour of the National Constitution Center in celebration of Constitution Day in Philadelphia Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma) AP - Sep 17 12:50 PM
Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) speaks under a banner commemorating the first flight of airplane pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright while addressing the 2003 Air Force Association's national conference in Washington Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. Speaking about Iraq (news - web sites), Cheney said the war on terror will continue for the forseeable future. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
War protestors share MRE'S, a tasteless meal eaten by field soldiers, while Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) shared a $500 a plate fund-raising dinner with Republican supporters at the Marriott in Charleston, W.Va., Monday, Sept. 15, 2003. (AP Photo/Jon Hancock)
Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) makes a point as he speaks to a fund-raising crowd for U.S. Rep. Richard Burr (news, bio, voting record), R-N.C., Friday night, Sept. 12, 2003, in Raleigh, N.C. Burr is seeking the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards. (AP Photo/Bob Jordan)
A female soldier of the U.S. army keeps watch as another soldier descends stairs during a raid in Tikrit, September 16, 2003. Twelve Iraqis were detained in the dawn raid conducted jointly by 720 Military Police of the Fourth Division of the U.S. army and by the Iraqi police in an attempt to catch anti-American guerrillas in the hometown of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). (Arko Datta/Reuters)
President George W. Bush (news - web sites) backed a controversial Air Force plan to lease Boeing 767 aircraft as refueling tankers over Senate Armed Service Committee qualms, according to an interview published September 17, 2003. Bush speaks in the East Garden of the White House, Sept. 16. (William Philpott/Reuters)
Florida Governor Jeb Bush (L) reacts to media questions with Uruguay's President Jorge Batlle at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida, September 17, 2003. The two announced Uruguay's support of Miami's candidacy as the permanent secretariat of the FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas). REUTERS/Marc Serota
President Bush (news - web sites) looks at photographs and listens to advisers during a briefing on the strength and track of Hurricane Isabel, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. At right is Michael D. Brown, undersecretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response in the Department of Homeland Security. White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card sits at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
President Bush (news - web sites) listens to advisers during a briefing on the strength and track of Hurricane Isabel, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. Isabel should reach North Carolina's Outer Banks on Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter makes remarks at a luncheon following a morning symposium for the 25th anniversary of the Camp David Peace Accords between Israel and Egypt, September 17, 2003 in Washington. Carter, a key figure in the 1978 Camp David accords, said peace could be achieved in the Middle East but Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) could not be part of the negotiations. Photo by Mike Theiler/Reuters
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) addresses a meeting in his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah 17, 2003. Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said he would be willing to die a 'martyr' and would use his machinegun to defend himself if Israeli troops try to exile or assassinate him. Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters
A Palestinian child stares at Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade militants in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), Wednesday Sept. 17 2003. The United States vetoed a U.N. resolution that called on Israel to halt threats to expel Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) from the West Bank, saying it was 'lopsided' and didn't condemn terrorist groups attacking Israel. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) has postponed a meeting of his security cabinet which was to decide the path of a new section of a security barrier after the US warned it could dock loan guarantees as punishment for its construction.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte)
Graphic showing how Security Council members voted on the motion criticising Israel over its threats towards Arafat which was vetoed by the United States(AFP)
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) attends a meeting in his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah September 17, 2003. Arafat said he would be ready to die a 'martyr' and would use his machinegun to defend himself if Israeli troops tried to exile or assassinate him. Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites), left, shakes hand with Austrian Ambassador to Israel Kurt Angel during a meeting with European ambassadors at the house of the Italian ambassador in the city of Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv Israel Wednesday Sept. 17, 2003. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi)
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites), left, pauses as he enters a meeting with European ambassadors at the residence of Italian Ambassador Giulio Terzi, center, in the city of Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, Wednesday Sept. 17, 2003. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) offered a new truce to Israel on Wednesday in an interview on an Israeli TV station, after Palestinian officials said the militant group Hamas has signaled it might agree to stop attacks on Israelis. (AP Photo/Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi)
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) is interviewed in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, September 17, 2003. Arafat said on Wednesday that the U.S. veto of a U.N. resolution demanding that Israel not harm or expel him, encouraged Israeli policies against Palestinians. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Palestinians jump over a concrete wall September 17, 2003 that separates east Jerusalem from the West Bank, erected by Israel to prevent Palestinian militants to enter the city. Averting a clash with the U.S. over a West Bank barrier, Israel cancelled a cabinet meeting due to approve construction of a new section of fence deep in occupied land which Israel says is to keep suicide bombers out of its cities, but Palestinians say it expropriates West Bank land, causing hardship to the local population. REUTERS/Mahfouz Abu Turk
German Ambassador to United Nations (news - web sites) Gunter Pleuger arrives at the Security Council consultations at UN headquarters Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. Pleuger called on Israel to revoke its decision to expel Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites). (AP Photo/David Karp)
A guard of Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) walks past two children holding a portrait of their leader at his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah Wednesday Sept. 17, 2003. Wrecked cars are seen in the background, which were destroyed during the 2002 Israeli incursion. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
A Palestinian man and a guard rest at the headquarters Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) in the West Bank town of Ramallah Wednesday Sept. 17, 2003. In the foreground is a tent which Fatah (news - web sites) supporters will gather under as human shields to protect Arafat. In background are cars wreckage following the 2002 Israeli incursion into the compound. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites)(AFP/Pedro Ugarte)
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Fadi Abu Zant, during his funeral procession in the northern West Bank city of Nablus Wednesday Sept. 17, 2003. Abu Zant, 20, a militant with the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a group loosely linked to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites)'s Fatah (news - web sites) organization, was killed early Wednesday in the city's old market area during a firefight with Israeli troops. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
An angry Arab militant with Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a group loosely linked to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites)'s Fatah (news - web sites) organization, is seen through an ambulance's window holding a gun as he participates in a funeral procession for Fadi Abu Zant, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus Wednesday Sept. 17, 2003. Abu Zant, 20, also a militant with Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, was killed early Wednesday in the city's old market area during a firefight with Israeli troops. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
Cindy Corrie, background and husband Craig, the parents of International Solidarity Movement activist Rachel Corrie, seen in photo at right, visit with Palestinian schoolchildren at the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. Their daughter Rachel, was killed when an Israeli Army bulldozer crushed her during an operation in March of this year. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Unable to go to Pyongyang in his final days as president because of preoccupation with the Middle East, Bill Clinton (news - web sites) invited North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to Washington in hopes of closing a missile deal, but was turned down, his former secretary of state says. In her new autobiography, Madeleine Albright (news - web sites) reveals that Clinton later regretted investing his last days in office pursuing an elusive Israel-Palestinian accord rather than a possible agreement with the isolated communist regime. In the book, 'Madam Secretary,' and during an interview with Reuters, Albright made clear she believes President Bush (news - web sites) has squandered a diplomatic opportunity handed to him by his predecessor to resolve the crisis with the North. Albright is seen in Vienna in this February 27, 2003 file photo. Photo by Pool/Reuters
An elderly Palestinian woman screams during a pro-Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) rally at the United Nations (news - web sites) office in Gaza City, Wednesday Sept. 17, 2003. The United States vetoed a U.N. resolution that called on Israel to halt threats to expel Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat from the West Bank, saying it was 'lopsided' and didn't condemn terrorist groups attacking Israel. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) pauses at his Jerusalem office as he meets with local Arab council heads Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A lavender organza sunflower print dress is modeled at the Anna Sui spring 2004 collection shown in New York's Bryant Park, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
A metallic tweed jacket and black and white voile embroidered rosebud bikini are modelled at the Anna Sui spring 2004 collection shown in New York's Bryant Park, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
A hot pink stripe knit halter top and bikini bottom are modeled at the Anna Sui spring 2004 collection shown in New York's Bryant Park, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
A military policeman of the US army observes members of the new Shrine Police undergoing training at the Najaf Technical College in the central Iraqi Shiite holy city of Najaf.(AFP/Ramzi Haidar)
A grab taken from Abu Dhabi Television shows former Iraqi information minister Mohammed Said al-Sahhaf during an interview.(AFP-ABU DHABI TV)
An Iraqi police officer, trained by U.S. Marines, displays arrest techniques to recruits of a new police force, tasked with guarding the city's holy sites, in Najaf September 17, 2003. The Najaf Shrine Police are given three days training in searching cars and individuals, making arrests and generally maintaining security in areas which the U.S.-led occupying forces cannot access because of religious sensitivities. Photo by Aladin Abdel Naby/Reuters
Arabic television channel Al Arabiya aired September 17, 2003 an audio tape it said was from ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) in which he demanded the United States unconditionally withdraw its forces from Iraq (news - web sites). The voice on the tape also urged Iraqis to intensify attacks against U.S. forces and to 'wage holy war by all means against the foolish invaders' (Al Arabiya TV/Reuters)
A US military convoy rumbles down an exit ramp near the flashpoint Sunni area of Fallujah, 50 kms west of Baghdad. US soldiers killed an Iraqi teenager and wounded four other people when they opened fire in the center of the flashpoint town of Fallujah, an AFP correspondent and witnesses said.(AFP/File/Ramzi Haidar)
Iraqi men listen to a taped message reportedly by deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) inside a shop in Baghdad(AFP/Sabah Arar)
Iraqi army soldiers instruct a class of the new Shrine Police (background) at the Najaf Technical College in the central Iraqi Shiite holy city of Najaf, 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad(AFP/Ramzi Haidar)
The new Shrine Police undergo training at the Najaf Technical College in the central Iraqi Shiite holy city of Najaf, 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad(AFP/Ramzi Haidar)
A British soldier patrols a street in front of a mosque in the southern Iraqi city of Basra(AFP/File/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
Adnan Pachachi arrives for a meeting of Iraq (news - web sites)'s Governing Council in Baghdad.(AFP/File/Joseph Barrak)
Ahmed Chalabi, leader of the US-backed Iraqi National Congress, addresses a press conference at the Iraqi Interim Governing Council headquarters in Baghdad.(AFP/Karim Sahib)
Iraqi Minister of Culture Mufid al-Jazaeri displays an illustration of the newly found "Mona Lisa of Mesopotamia" in Baghdad. The most famous of numerous ancient artifacts at the Iraqi Museum dating back 5,000 years, the mask was stolen from the facility during the US-led war against Iraq (news - web sites). AFP PHOTO/Thomas COEX(AFP/Thomas Coex)
A U.S. soldier and an Iraqi policeman stand guard next to a detainee during a raid in Tikrit, September 16, 2003. Twelve Iraqis were detained in the dawn raid conducted jointly by 720 Military Police of the Fourth Division of the U.S. army and by the Iraqi police in an attempt to catch anti-American guerrillas in the hometown of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). Photo by Arko Datta/Reuters
A U.S. soldier searches a house during a raid in Tikrit, September 16, 2003. Twelve Iraqis were detained in the dawn raid conducted jointly by 720 Military Police of Fourth Division of the U.S. army and the Iraqi police to apprehend anti-American guerrillas in the hometown of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). Photo by Arko Datta/Reuters
Iraqis watch a television broadcast of an audio tape purported to be the voice of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) in an electronics shop in Baghdad Wednesday Sept. 17, 2003. In an audiotape broadcast Wednesday by Arab television, a speaker purporting to be Saddam Hussein urged Iraqis to escalate attacks on Americans and called on U.S. and other coalition forces to leave the country 'as soon as possible and without any conditions.' (AP Photo/Samir Mezban)
New Iraqi soldiers listen to an Iraqi instructor during a course at a military camp in Mosul, 400 kms, 250 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
A group of British soldiers gather their gear after arriving at the airport in the southern Iraqi city of Basra Wednesday Sept. 17, 2003. Some 600 soldiers have arrived as part of a planned British reinforcement in southern Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Nabeel All-Jurani)
A group of British soldiers gather their gear after arriving at the airport in the southern Iraqi city of Basra Wednesday Sept. 17, 2003. Some 600 soldiers have arrived as part of a planned British reinforcement in southern Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Nabeel All-Jurani)
A group of British soldiers put up a tent covering after arriving at the airport in the southern Iraqi city of Basra Wednesday Sept. 17, 2003. Some 600 soldiers have arrived as part of a planned British reinforcement in southern Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Nabeel All-Jurani)
The Red Crecent...friend to the terrorists. I heard that the Red Cross is having problems with donations. Could it be because part of the money given in the United States goes to the branch in the Middle East. And that branch hides terrorists who are hiding from IDF members?
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