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Thanksgiving in Iraq
 Soldiers of the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division (Task Force Ironhorse) holds his Thanksgiving meal turkey during dinner at the U.S. base in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)  President George W. Bush secretly traveled to Baghdad and paid a surprise Thanksgiving Day visit to U.S. troops in a mission to boost the morale of forces in Iraq amid mounting casualties. Soldiers of the U.S. Army's 1st Brigade of the 1st Armored Division enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving lunch at their base in eastern Baghdad, November 27, 2003. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)  A US soldier from the 4th Infantry Division (Task Force Ironhorse) is served a piece of Turkey during Thanksgiving dinner at the mess of 4ID headquarters in Tikrit, 180 kilometers (110 miles) north of Baghdad. US President George W. Bush went on a secret visit to Iraq to see US troops there, US media reported.(AFP/Mauricio Lima)  American soldiers from the 101st Airborne division (Air Assault) line up for a Thanksgiving's Day lunch in the northern city of Mosul, November 27, 2003. About 5,500 soldiers serving in northern Iraq celebrated Thanksgiving. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra  American soldiers from the 101st Airborne division (Air Assault) queue up for a Thanksgiving lunch in the northern city of Mosul November 27, 2003. About 5,500 soldiers serving in northern Iraq celebrated Thanksgiving. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra  A U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division soldier gets his Thanksgiving meal at a base in Baghdad Thursday, Nov. 27, 2003. The gargantuan task of feeding an occupying army took weeks of preparation, with whole turkeys, cranberry sauce and spices imported from the United States then flown into Kuwait. From there, it was loaded into seven trucks and brought into Iraq under heavy military escort. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)  American soldiers from the 101st Airborne division (Air Assault) wash their hands in outdoor washbasins before a Thanksgiving's lunch in the northern city of Mosul November 27, 2003. About 5,500 soldiers serving in northern Iraq celebrated Thanksgiving. REUTERS/ Zohra Bensemra  US President George W. Bush. Bush went on a surprise visit to Iraq to see US troops there, US media reports said.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)
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