US marines battle insurgents as they protect a convoy driving through the center of the city of Ramadi. An Iraqi cameraman working for Reuters was shot dead during clashes in the rebel-held townm while a US war plane bombed nearby Fallujah(AFP/Patrick Baz)
US Marines of the 1st Division take cover in Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq, following an explosion and gunfire, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 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 arrest Iraqi council chairman Taha Rasheed following a raid in the Abu Ghraib district of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004. The Marines arrested the city council chairman of Nasar Wa Sulaan and other council members following the raid. 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 US Marine of the 1st Division take scarfs away after arresting a city council chairman in the Abu Ghraib district of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004. The Marines arrested the city council chairman of Nasar Wa Sulaan, Baghdad, Taha Rasheed, and other council members following a raid. 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)
U.S. Army soldiers drive their Humvee vehicle past the burning wreckage of a car bomb in the west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, November 2, 2004. A suspected car bomb, parked outside Abu-Ghraib prison, was blown up by U.S. Army explosive ordinance experts on early Tuesday causing no casualties, residents of the area said. REUTERS/Ali Jasim
An Iraqi youth stands near the burning wreckage of a car bomb after it was blown up by U.S. troops, in the west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, November 2, 2004. There were no casualties reported. REUTERS/Ali Jasim