US Marines of the 1st Division get first aid lessons at their base outside Fallujah, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2004. US forces are prepairing for a possible attack on the rebel stronghold of Fallujah. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
US Marines of the 1st Division carry mattresses as they move into a base outside Fallujah, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2004. Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said on Wednesday that whatever the outcome of the U.S. presidential elections will be, his country will remain a friend to the United States and appreciate its support. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
A U.S. Marine from Charlie Company, second tank battalion, cuts the hair of a comrade at base near city of Falluja, in western Iraq, November 3, 2004. U.S. warplanes bombed targets in Falluja overnight, destroying an arms cache and an insurgent command post, the military said on Wednesday. The Marines are preparing for an expected full-scale assault on Falluja and Ramadi, another rebel-held Sunni Muslim city west of Baghdad. The offensive is part of a drive by Iraq's U.S.-backed interim government to pacify the country and enable nationwide elections to take place on schedule in January. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte
U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Michael R. Hibbard, a 19 year old fire team leader with from Louisville, Texas with 3rd Platoon, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, peers over the shoulder of his team leader during advanced urban combat tactics training at Falluja's Camp Baharia November 1, 2004. U.S. artillery shelled Falluja on Thursday after overnight air and tank attacks killed five people in Iraq's most rebellious city, braced for an all-out offensive now the U.S. presidential election is over. Picture taken November 1, 2004. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Sgt. Luis R. Agostini-USMC
US Marines of the 1st Division leave for a mission outside Fallujah, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004. U.S. forces are preparing for a major offensive in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, and other Sunni militant strongholds in hopes of curbing the insurgency ahead of January's election. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
US Marines of the 1st Division train in a former Iraqi army barrack outside Fallujah, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 4, 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 train next to a wall painting of an Iraqi Army soldier in a former Iraqi army barrack outside Fallujah, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 4, 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)