A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18D Hornet jet with All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, loaded with laser-guided bombs, banks away into the clouds after refueling from a KC-130 tanker aircraft near Fallujah November 9, 2004. Air strikes, artillery shelling and mortar fire shook the Sunni Muslim city during intense clashes interspersed with periods of relative calm, a Reuters reporter in Falluja said. Picture taken November 9, 2004. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/HO/Cpl. Paul Leicht
Crewmen assigned to the 'Jolly Rogers' of Fighter Squadron 103, supporting ground operations in the Iraqi city of Falluja, load Mk-83 1,000 pound general purpose bombs fitted with proximity-fuses onto an F-14B Tomcat jet aboard the aircraft U.S. Navy (news - web sites) aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy steaming in the Arabian Gulf November 8, 2004. Picture taken November 8, 2004. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/HO/Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Karsten
U.S. Marines from Charlie Company, second tank battalion reload their tanks with shells during battle in the Sunni Muslim city of Falluja, November 10, 2004. U.S. Marines backed by air strikes battled through a rebel stronghold in Falluja on Wednesday, as officials said kidnappers had seized three relatives of Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. Photo by Eliana Aponte/Reuters
A US soldier performs a bore site on the main gun of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle at Camp Fallujah. US troops have taken control of 70 percent of the city of Fallujah, a senior US military officer said, the second full day of battle for the rebel enclave.(AFP/HO-MNF-I)
