U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld eats breakfast with soldiers during a visit to a military base in Mosul, December 24, 2004. Rumsfeld paid a surprise Christmas visit on Friday to troops in Mosul, scene of the deadliest attack on Americans since last year's war to oust Saddam Hussein. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/HO/US Army/Spc. Blair Larson
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (R) speaks to soldiers with Brig. Gen. Carter Ham (C), commander of Task Force Olympia and Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz, commander of the multi-national forces in Iraq, at a military base in Mosul, December 24, 2004. Rumsfeld paid a surprise Christmas visit on Friday to troops in Mosul, scene of the deadliest attack on Americans since last year's war to oust Saddam Hussein. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/HO/US Army/Spc. Autumn Grimsley
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (R) speaks to soldiers with Brig. Gen. Carter Ham (C), commander of Task Force Olympia and Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz, commander of the multi-national forces in Iraq, at a military base in Mosul, December 24, 2004. Rumsfeld paid a surprise Christmas visit on Friday to troops in Mosul, scene of the deadliest attack on Americans since last year's war to oust Saddam Hussein. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/HO/US Army/Spc. Blair Larson
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld presents a purple heart medal to a soldier who was wounded on Tuesday in an attack on a U.S. military installation in Mosul, December 24, 2004. Rumsfeld paid a surprise Christmas visit on Friday to troops in Mosul, scene of the deadliest attack on Americans since last year's war to oust Saddam Hussein. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/HO/US Army/Spc. Blair Larson
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