Iraqi civilians look at the body of an Iraqi national guardsman killed by insurgents and left in the street of the Sadr city neighbourhood of Baghdad, Iraq Friday Aug. 13, 2004. Clashes in the Baghdad Shiite slum of Sadr City killed three Iraqis and wounded 33 others, health officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Uraibi)
An Iraqi Shiite woman kisses a poster with a picture of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr during a demonstration where thousands of al-Sadr supporters gathered outside the Green Zone, the fortified enclave housing most Iraqi government ministries, as well as the U.S. and British embassies in central Baghdad, Iraq Friday Aug. 13, 2004. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraqi women take part in a protest denouncing the U.S. assault on the sacred Shi'ite Muslim city of Najaf, in front of the U.S. administration headquarters in central Baghdad, August 13, 2004. Protests against the U.S.-led military campaign in the sacred Shi'ite Muslim city of Najaf broke out in five Iraqi cities on Friday, with some demonstrators calling for interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi to step down. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz
American troops stand guard as the charred remains of a vehicle allegedly belonging to the Fiji delegation of the multinational force is towed near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul where it was attacked, Friday Aug. 13, 2004. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ibrahimi)
A video grab taken from television footage released on August 13, 2004 shows journalist James Brandon in Iraq. Gunmen kidnapped the British journalist in the southern city of Basra on Friday and threatened to execute him within 24 hours if U.S. forces did not pull out of Najaf. The gunmen later said they would release Sunday Telegraph reporter Brandon after Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's office intervened. REUTERS/HO
video grab taken from Reuters television footage released on August 13, 2004, shows British journalist James Brandon (R) having a cloth wrapped around his head by a hooded militant in Iraq (news - web sites). Iraqi militants kidnapped the journalist in the southern city of Basra and threatened to kill him if U.S. Forces did not pull out from the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf in 24 hours. The video was shot by a freelance cameraman working for Reuters who was instructed by the kidnappers to take the video. Photo by Reuters Tv/Reuters
An Iraqi man waves as he returns to the city of Najaf August 13, 2004 after he fled to a safe area when U.S. troops raided the area on Thursday. Protests against the U.S.-led campaign in the sacred Shi'ite Muslim city broke out in five Iraqi cities on Friday, with some demonstrators calling for interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi to step down. (Ali Jasim/Reuters)
An Iraqi civilian walks past an armoured vehicle during a ceasefire in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq Aug. 13, 2004. Iraqi officials and aides to the radical Shiite cleric were trying to negotiate an end to nine days of fighting in Najaf Friday after U.S. forces suspended an offensive against Muqtada al-Sadr's militia, officials said. Aides said al-Sadr had been injured by shrapnel, though Iraqi officials disputed that. (AP Photo/KhalId Mohammed)
Iraqis pass a U.S. Abrams tank in the southern city of Najaf, August 13, 2004. U.S. Marines backed by aircraft and tanks captured the Najaf city center in a massive attack against the Mehdi Army on Thursday. REUTERS/Akram Saleh