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Fri Sep 15, 11:31 AM ET - Iraqi troops stop a motorist at a checkpoint in Baghdad.Iraq has said it will ring Baghdad with trenches and seal off dozens of roads leading in to the capital in a bid to restrict movements of insurgents. (AFP/Mustapha Ahmad)

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton delivers a report about conditions in Iraq during a meeting of the Security Council at the United Nations in New York September 14, 2006. (REUTERS/Chip East)

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (L) speaks with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an official meeting in Tehran September 13, 2006. (REUTERS/Stringer) (IRAN)

Tue Sep 12, 11:38 AM ET - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad(R) meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki(L) in Tehran. The United States reacted warily to Iran's pledge of unequivocal support in restoring security to Iraq, suggesting that Tehran was "part of the problem" in the war-wracked country. (AFP/MEHR NEWS)

U.S. soldiers show their flag with Sept. 11 written to mark the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday Sept.11, 2006. Five years after Sept. 11, the United States is winning the war against terrorism, but any let-up in the fight now would only embolden terrorists such as al-Qaida, said U.S. officials Monday. (AP Photo/Samir Mizban)

Thousands of U.S. flags with tags bearing the names and home towns of those who died on Sept. 11, 2001, blanket the lawn in front of Halifax Middle-Senior High School in Halifax, Pa., Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006. The flags are part of the ''9/11: Never Forget Project.'' This flag is to remember American Airlines Flight 11 that crashed into the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

SOLDIERS PAUSE — U.S. Army soldiers from Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, pause at the end of a patrol near Wynot, Iraq. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

Iraqi Shi'ites pray during weekly Friday noon prayers at the Imam Hussein shrine in the holy city of Kerbala, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, September 8, 2006. Hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims are expected to gather in Kerbala during the weekend religious celebration marking the birthday of a Shi'ite Saint. (REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammad) (IRAQ)

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki , second left, takes a pen from top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. George Casey, after signing a document which puts the Iraqi prime minister in direct control of the country's military, at a ceremony, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday Sept.7, 2006. Coalition forces handed over control of Iraq's armed forces command to the government on Thursday, a move U.S. officials have hailed as a crucial milestone on the country's difficult road to independence. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

U.S. military spokesman Major General William Caldwell speaks during a news conference at the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, September 6, 2006. Caldwell said the U.S. commander would formally hand over command of Iraqi troops to Iraq's government on Thursday. (REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani) (IRAQ)

U.S. President George W. Bush makes remarks on the global war on terror to the Military Officers Association of America in Washington September 5, 2006. (REUTERS/Jim Young) (UNITED STATES)

LIVE-FIRE RANGE – Marines serving with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's (Special Operations Capable) MEU Service Support Group 24 participate in an enhanced marksmanship program and crew-served weapon live-fire range while training in Dijibouti, Africa, Aug. 26, 2006. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeffrey A. Cosola)

Sun Sep 3, 1:21 PM ET - Iraq's national security advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie, seen here in July 2006, has said that Hamed Jumaa al-Saedi -- Al-Qaeda's number two in Iraq -- has been arrested. Saedi is accused of masterminding an attack on a revered Shiite shrine that triggered a brutal wave of sectarian killings. (AFP/File/Ali Al-Saadi)

Head of the Iraqi Accordance Front, the largest Sunni block with 44 seats in parliament, Adnan al-Dulaimi addresses a press conference, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday Sept. 2, 2006. Al-Dulaimi urged all militia groups to stop the killings and kidnappings of Iraqis especially in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Samir Mizban)

An Iraqi soldier stands guard while a colleague checks a motorist on an empty street during a four-hour vehicle curfew for Friday prayers in Baghdad September 1, 2006. (REUTERS/Faleh Kheiber) (IRAQ)

Thu Aug 31, 5:58 PM ET - US President George W. Bush waves after speaking to the 88th annual American Legion National Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. Bush predicted an apocalyptic future if the United States hastily quits Iraq, and warned Iran would pay a price for not freezing sensitive nuclear work. (AFP/Tim Sloan)

Wed Aug 30, 1:36 PM ET - General George Casey, seen here in June 2006, has predicted that Iraq's dreaded militias will lay down their arms once local security forces gain the necessary strength to secure the war-torn country. (AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

Iraqi special police commandos attend target practice in Baghdad August 29, 2006. The training is aimed at providing tighter security to high Iraqi government officials and other VIPs. (REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud) (IRAQ)

New graduates from the Iraq Military Academy embrace relatives and fellow new officers after their graduation ceremony in Baghdad August 28, 2006. (Faleh Kheiber/Reuters)

The top U.S. commander in Iraq George Casey, center front, leaves after a visit to an Iraqi army camp in Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday Aug. 27, 2006. A series of bomb explosions left at least 18 people dead and dozens were wounded Sunday as Iraq's relentless violence remained unabated despite an appeal from Shiite prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for reconciliation and an end to sectarian fighting. (AP Photo/Adam Hadei)