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Sun Apr 6, 5:57 AM ET
U.S. Marines of the 3rd Batallion, 4th Regiment carry Iraqi automatic rifles past a damaged building after a search of a military barracks on the outskirts of Baghdad, Sunday, April 6, 2003. U.S. troops in tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles made a foray into Baghdad, taking out several Republic Guard positions before pulling out. The soldiers later destroyed the weapons. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Mon Apr 7, 7:30 AM ET
A U.S. Marine of the 3rd batallion, 4th regiment, walks past the dead body of an Iraqi soldier while securing a key bridge leading into Baghdad on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Monday, April 7, 2003. Four or five Marines were killed Monday when their Amtrack troop transporter was hit by an artillery shell at a bridge over a canal on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Thu Apr 17, 9:47 PM ET
Marine Cpl. Jason David Mileo, of Centreville, Md., is shown in an undated handout photo. Mileo was conducting operations in Baghdad with the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, Monday, April 14, 2003, when he was shot and killed after being mistaken for an enemy soldier. (AP Photo)

Mon Apr 14, 3:57 PM ET
Mindy Evnin, the mother of Marine Cpl. Mark Evnin, holds the flag from his casket at a graveside ceremony in South Burliington, Vt., Monday, April 14, 2003. Mark Asher Evnin, 21, was killed April 3 near Kut, Iraq (news - web sites), shortly after his unit, the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, crossed the Tigris River in a drive toward Baghdad.(AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

U.S. Marines put a Iraqi flag on the face of a statue of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), seen in this image from video, before the statue was toppled Wednesday, April 9, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/APTN)

A young Iraqi stands in front of a statue of Iraq (news - web sites)'s President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) with a noose around it neck in central Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled down the 20-foot (six metre) high statue of President Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad on Wednesday and Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years. In scenes reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Iraqis earlier took a sledgehammer to the marble plinth under the statue of Saddam. Youths had placed a noose around the statue's neck and attached the rope to a U.S. armoured recovery vehicle. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

A U.S. Marine covers the face of a statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) with a U.S. flag in Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops briefly draped an American flag over the face of a giant statue of President Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad on Wednesday as they prepared to topple it in front of a crowd of Iraqis. The gesture, likely to be highly provocative in much of the Arab world where the U.S. invasion of Iraq (news - web sites) has stirred widespread anger, was quickly reversed and an Iraqi flag was tied instead to the statue's neck. Local residents had earlier scaled the 20-foot (six meter) statue and slipped a noose around its neck to drag it down. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Wed Apr 9,12:02 PM ET
An Iraqi man throws stones at a statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) as it falls in central Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled down a 20-foothigh statue of Saddam and Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years. Photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Wed Apr 9,12:02 PM ET
An Iraqi man swings a hammer at the base of a statue of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) downtown Bagdhad Wednesday April 9, 2003. A crowd of Iraqis, with the help of U.S. Marines, toppled a 40-foot statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in a main square of the capital Wednesday, pelting it with garbage and shoes and dragging the head through the streets. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Wed Apr 9,12:02 PM ET
Iraqi civilians and U.S. soldiers pull down a statue of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) in downtown Baghdad Wednesday April 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Wed Apr 9,12:02 PM ET
A statue of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) falls as it is pulled down by a US armored vehicle in Baghdad's al-Fardous square.(AFP/Ramzi Haidar)

Wed Apr 9,12:02 PM ET
A statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) falls after it was pulled down by US Marines in Baghdad's al-Fardous square.(AFP/Ramzi Haidar)

Wed Apr 9,12:02 PM ET
U.S. marines wait for a statue of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) to be toppled in downtown Bagdhad Wednesday April 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Wed Apr 9,12:20 PM ET
A U.S. marine watches a statue of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) being toppled in downtown Bagdhad Wednesday April 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Wed Apr 9,12:28 PM ET
An Iraqi man, right, looks at a U.S. marine cover the face of a statue of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) with an American flag before toppling the statue downtown in Bagdhad Wednesday April 9, 2003. Moments later the American flag was removed. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Wed Apr 9, 6:51 PM ET
An Iraqi man hits the base of a statue of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) with a hammer in downtown Bagdhad, Iraq (news - web sites) Wednesday April 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Wed Apr 9, 6:57 PM ET
Iraqis use their shoes to hit the remains of a statue of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) in downtown Bagdhad, Iraq (news - web sites) Wednesday April 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Wed Apr 9, 5:20 PM ET
An Iraqi boy flashes the victory sign as he walks with U.S. soldiers shortly after they entered central Bagdhad, April 9, 2003. A senior U.S. commander said on Wednesday that U.S. forces had secured the center of Baghdad and said the combat phase of the Iraqi war would end in a few days' time, at least in the capital and in southern Iraq (news - web sites). Earlier, U.S. soldiers pulled down a huge statue of Saddam in central Baghdad and ecstatic Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years in scenes that recalled the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. JAPAN OUT, NO ARCHIVES, NO SALES REUTERS/Kyodo

Thu Apr 10, 1:07 PM ET
U.S. Marine Colonel Bryan McCoy, second from left, and an unidentified Marine (R) hold hands with Iraqi people as they celebrate the liberation in downtown Baghdad, April 9, 2003. Looting continues across Iraq (news - web sites) as the Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) regime comes to an end. IMAGE TAKEN APRIL 9 REUTERS/Handout/Kuni Takahashi/The Boston Herald NO SALES BOSTON OUT NEW ENGLAND OUT NO MAGAZINES NO INTERNET SALES MANDITORY CREDIT

Thu Apr 10,12:32 PM ET
Lance Cpl Nicholas Scyoc from McMinnville, Oregon, of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, talks to residents of Baghdad waiting at the gate of the Agriculture Ministry to loot the building in downtown Baghdad, Thursday, April 10, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Thu Apr 10, 8:34 AM ET
ADDS THE NAME OF THE MARINE PLACING FLAG**Cpl. Edward Chin, from New York, of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, covers the face of a statue of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) with an American flag before toppling the statue in downtown Baghdad Wednesday, April 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Wed Apr 9, 3:31 PM ET
Cpl Edward Chin from New York of the 3rd battalion, 4th Marines regiment, set up the star and stripes flag on the face of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s statue before to tear down it, in downtown Bagdad, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Wed Apr 9, 3:32 PM ET
U.S. Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Regiment take positions in a main crossroad in downtown Baghdad, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. The statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) is seen in the background. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Wed Apr 9, 3:32 PM ET
Iraqi civilians cheer the arrival of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment in downtown Bagdad , Wednesday, April 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Wed Apr 9,11:43 AM ET
Cpl. Edward Chin, from New York, of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, set up an Iraqi flag around the neck of a statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) before it was torn down in Bagdad, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Wed Apr 9,10:00 AM ET
Staff Sgt. Nick Popadich from Indianapolis, Ind., of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, enjoys a cigar standing on top of his tank, as he arrives at a main crossroad in downtown Baghdad, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. A statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) is in the background. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Wed Apr 9, 9:48 AM ET
Iraqi civilians cheer the arrival of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment in downtown Bagdad , Wednesday, April 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Wed Apr 9, 9:49 AM ET
Sgt. Roger Lima from Brush, Colo., of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment stands guard on top of a Humvee as he arrives in downtown Bagdad, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. A statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) is seen in the background. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Wed Apr 9, 9:35 AM ET
U.S. Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Regiment take positions in a main crossroad in downtown Baghdad, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. The statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) is seen in the background. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Wed Apr 9, 9:21 AM ET
Iraqi civilians cheer the arrival of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment in downtown Bagdad ,Wednesday, April 9, 2003. Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s government is no longer in control of Baghdad, but coalition forces are planning for resistance in other cities, a U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Wed Apr 9, 9:26 AM ET
An Iraqi civilian cheers the arrival of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment in downtown Bagdad, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. A statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) is seen in the background. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Tue Apr 8, 3:36 AM ET
A U.S. Marine of the 3rd batallion, 4th regiment, searches an Iraqi civilian while securing a main road leading into Baghdad in the southeast outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Tuesday, April 8, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Tue Apr 8, 3:39 AM ET
U.S. Marines of the 3rd batallion, 4th regiment, take position while securing a main road leading into Baghdad on the south-east outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Tuesday, April 8, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Tue Apr 8, 3:32 AM ET
Lcpl Thomas J. York, right, from Carthage, In, of the 3rd batallion, 4th Marines regiment, searches a house while securing the main road leading into Baghdad on the south-east outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Tuesday, April 8, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Mon Apr 7, 8:41 AM ET
U.S. Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Regiment take positions as they secure a key bridge leading into Baghdad in the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Monday, April 7, 2003. Two Marines were killed Monday when their Amtrack troop transporter was hit by an artillery shell at a bridge over a canal on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Lt. Col.B.P. McCoy said Monday. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)
Postscript: PFC Brian Outman of Santa Clara, CA in the foreground.

Mon Apr 7, 8:23 AM ET
U.S. Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Regiment smash a gate as they secure positions around a key bridge leading into Baghdad in the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Monday, April 7, 2003. Two Marines were killed Monday when their Amtrack troop transporter was hit by an artillery shell at a bridge over a canal on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Lt. Col.B.P. McCoy said Monday. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Sun Apr 6,12:18 PM ET
U.S. Marine Cpl. William Hanley of New York state with the 3rd battalion, 4th regiment, looks back at his platoon during fighting with Iraqi gunmen to secure a key bridge into Baghdad on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital Sunday, April 6, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Sun Apr 6,11:48 AM ET
US Marines of the 3rd battalion, 4th regiment, return fire at Iraqi gunmen during a fighting to secure a key bridge into Baghdad on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Sunday, April 6, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Sun Apr 6,10:47 AM ET
U.S. Marines from the 3rd battalion, 4th regiment, take positions during combat with Iraqi gunmen to secure a key bridge into Baghdad, on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Sunday, April 6, 2003. After 18 days since the war started, thousands of U.S.-led coalition troops are spread throughout Iraq, in small patrols and checkpoints. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Sun Apr 6,10:09 AM ET
U.S. Marines from the 3rd battalion, 4th regiment, return fire during combat with Iraqi gunmen to secure a key bridge into Baghdad, on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Sunday, April 6, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Sun Apr 6, 9:56 AM ET
A man identified as an Iraqi officer is detained by U.S. Marines from the 3rd battalion, 4th regiment, before being questioned by a Lebanese born U.S. Marine and an intelligence officer, on the outskirts Baghdad, Sunday, April 6, 2003. The man had reportedly just taken off his uniform and was changing into civilian clothes. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Sun Apr 6, 9:49 AM ET
U.S. Marines from the 3rd battalion, 4th regiment, return fire during combat with Iraqi gunmen to secure a key bridge into Baghdad, on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Sunday, April 6, 2003. After 18 days since the war started, thousands of U.S.-led coalition troops are spread throughout Iraq, in small patrols and checkpoints. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Sun Apr 6, 9:47 AM ET
U.S. Marines from the 3rd battalion, 4th regiment, take positions on a roof during combat with Iraqi gunmen to secure a key bridge - metal trusses visible at right - into Baghdad, on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Sunday, April 6, 2003. After 18 days since the war started, thousands of U.S.-led coalition troops are spread throughout Iraq, in small patrols and checkpoints. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Sun Apr 6, 8:34 AM ET
An unindentified U.S. Marine from the 3rd battalion, 4th regiment, runs for cover as he crosses a street during combat with Iraqi gunmen to secure a key bridge into Baghdad, on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Sunday, April 6, 2003. After 18 days since the war started, thousands of U.S.-led coalition troops are spread throughout Iraq, in small patrols and checkpoints. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Sun Apr 6, 8:31 AM ET
U.S. Cpl. Ward Williamson from Atlanta, GA., of the 3rd battalion, 4th Marines regiment, gives order to his platoon during combat with Iraqi gunmen to secure a key bridge into Baghdad, on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Sunday, April 6, 2003. After 18 days since the war started, thousands of U.S.-led coalition troops are spread throughout Iraq, in small patrols and checkpoints. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Sun Apr 6, 8:35 AM ET
Unidentified U.S. Marines of the 3rd battalion, 4th Marines regiment, return fire during combat with Iraqi gunmen to secure a key bridge into Baghdad, on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Sunday, April 6, 2003. After 18 days since the war started, thousands of U.S.-led coalition troops are spread throughout Iraq, in small patrols and checkpoints. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Sat Apr 5,10:02 AM ET
U.S. Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Regiment, take position after they were taking fire from an Iraqi sniper on the main road linking to Baghdad , about a half mile (10 km) from the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Saturday, April 5, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Sat Apr 5, 9:53 AM ET
U.S. Marine of the 3rd battalion, 4th regiment, fire mortar shells during fighting on the outskirts of Baghdad, Saturday, April 5, 2003 . (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Sat Apr 5, 9:42 AM ET
A U.S. Marine of the 3rd battalion, 4th regiment, cools off by dousing himself with his water bottle during fighting on the outskirts of Baghdad, Saturday, April 5, 2003 The Marines were firing mortars on Iraqi army positions, and spent mortar containers litter the streets of Baghdad's suburbs. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Fri Apr 4,11:34 AM ET
Staff Sgt. Jack Coughlin from Boston, Mass, of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, jokes with Iraqi villagers, seen in mirror on right, as its convoy moves toward Bagdad, Friday, April 4, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Fri Apr 4, 6:22 AM ET
Staff Sgt Jack Coughlin, left, from Boston, Mass, of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, is greeted by an Iraqi girl as Iraqi villqgers look on, as Coughlin's convoy moves towards Bagdad, Friday, April 4, 2003 outside Kut, southeast of Baghdad, on the main road linking Kut to Baghdad. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Fri Apr 4, 6:21 AM ET
Staff Sgt Jack Coughlin from Boston, Mass, left, of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, jokes with Iraqi villagers as his convoy moves towards Bagdad, Friday, April 4, 2003 outside Kut, southeast of Baghdad, on the main road linking Kut to Baghdad. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Thu Apr 3,11:57 AM ET
Two U.S. Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Regiment, walk past a bullet ridden mural of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in the town of Kut, central Iraq, Thursday, April 3, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Thu Apr 3,10:30 AM ET
U.S. Marines fire mortars at Iraqi positions in the town of Kut, central Iraq, Thursday, April 3, 2003. While some Marine units advanced toward Baghdad Thursday, others from the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines battled building to building with Iraqi fighters in Kut, a military town on the Tigris River. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Thu Apr 3, 7:34 AM ET
An unidentified Marine with India Co., 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, looks at a portrait of Saddam Hussein found in a school in Numaniyah, southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 3, 2003. Officers of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines are to meet on Thursday with local leaders in Numaniyah, worrying that destruction and confiscation of weapons will leave them unable to maintain security in the town. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)

Wed Apr 2,10:37 AM ET
U.S. Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 4th regiment, pass by the the dead bodies of three Iraqi soldiers as their convoy heads north, in south central Iraq, Wednesday, April 2, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Wed Apr 2,10:41 AM ET
U.S. Marines of the 3rd battalion, 4th regiment, wait to board their armored personnal carriers while the dead body of an Iraqi soldier lays on the ground in south central Iraq, Wednesday, April 2, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Wed Apr 2, 8:53 AM ET
U.S. Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Regiment, attend a memorial service Wednesday, April 2, 2003 for a Marine killed in a road accident, Monday March 31, 2003 near the town Diwaniyah in south central Iraq. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Tue Apr 1,11:24 AM ET
Lance Cpl. Santiago Ventura from Houston, Texas, of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, proudly displays an Iraqi brand of cigarettes he confiscated from a prisoner of war near Diwaniyah in south central Iraq, Tuesday, April 1, 2003. Marines, having been away from their supply camps in Kuwait are severely short of smokes while in Iraq. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Tue Apr 1,10:43 AM ET
A Marine of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Regiment, forces a handcuffed and blindfolded Iraqi soldier to the ground before searching him at a detention center near the town of Diwaniyah in south central Iraq, Tuesday, April 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Tue Apr 1,10:32 AM ET
A Marine of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Regiment, leads a handcuffed and blinfolded Iraqi to a detention center near the town of Diwaniyah in south central Iraq, Tuesday, April 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Tue Apr 1, 8:14 AM ET
Lance Cpl. Sean Enghauser from Phoenix, Az, of the 3rd battalion, 4th marines Regiment, guards Iraqi prisoners near the town of Diwaniyah in south central Iraq, Tuesday, April 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Mon Apr 7, 3:09 PM ET
A U.S. Marine of the 3rd batallion, 4th regiment, tends to a comrade in shock after an artillery shell hit an Amtrack troop transporter, during fighting with Iraqi gunmen, as Marines tried to secure a key bridge leading into Baghdad on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Monday, April 7, 2003. Two Marines were killed Monday when their Amtrack troop transporter was hit by an artillery shell at a bridge over a canal on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Lt.Col.B.P. McCoy said Monday. (AP Photo/LaurentRebours)

Mon Apr 7, 2:31 PM ET
U.S. Marines of the 3rd batallion, 4th regiment, escort a comrade in shock after an artillery shell hit an Amtrack troop transporter during fighting with Iraqi gunmen, as Marines tried to secure a key bridge leading into Baghdad on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Monday, April 7, 2003. Two Marines were killed Monday when their Amtrack troop transporter was hit by an artillery shell at a bridge over a canal on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Lt. Col.B.P. McCoy said Monday. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Mon Apr 7, 2:29 PM ET
First Lt. Paul B. Keener from San Diego, Calif., of the 3rd Batallion, 4th Marines regiment, holds an Iraqi girl, wounded in the foot, during fighting with Iraqi gunmen to secure a key bridge leading into Baghdad on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Monday, April 7, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Mon Apr 7, 9:53 AM ET
U.S. Marines of the 3rd batallion, 4th regiment, evacuate a dead comrade during fighting with Iraqi gunmen as they tried to secure a key bridge leading into Baghdad on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Monday, April 7, 2003. Four or five Marines were killed Monday when their Amtrack troop transporter was hit by an artillery shell at a bridge over a canal on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Mon Apr 7, 8:59 AM ET
Cpl Hector Ayala from Los Angeles, Ca, of the 3rd batallion, 4th Marines regiment, sharpens his knife while Marines secure a key bridge leading into Baghdad in the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Monday, April 7, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Mon Apr 7, 8:46 AM ET
U.S. Marine Christopher Brandon from Dedroit, Mi, of the 3rd Batallion, 4th regiment, fires his gun while securing a key bridge leading into Baghdad in the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Monday, April 7, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Mon Apr 7, 8:33 AM ET
U.S. Marines of the 3rd batallion, 4th regiment, walk past the body of a dead Iraqi, after they secured a key bridge leading into Baghdad in the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Monday, April 7, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Mon Apr 7, 8:23 AM ET
U.S. First Sgt. Calvin Smith Jr. from Oceanside, CA., of the 3rd batallion, 4th Marines regiment, studies the identification tags of two members of his platoon killed during combat while trying to secure a key bridge leading into Baghdad, Monday, April 7, 2003. The two Marines were killed when their Amtrack troop transporter was hit by an artillery shell on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Lt. Col.B.P. McCoy said Monday. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Mon Apr 7, 8:05 AM ET
A U.S. Marines of the 3rd batallion, 4th regiment, tends to a comrade in shock after an artillery shell hit an Amtrack troop transporter, during fighting with Iraqi gunmen, as Marines tried to secure a key bridge leading into Baghdad on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Monday, April 7, 2003. Two Marines were killed Monday when their Amtrack troop transporter was hit by an artillery shell at a bridge over a canal on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Lt. Col.B.P. McCoy said Monday. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Mon Apr 7, 7:22 AM ET
U.S. Marines of the 3rd batallion, 4th regiment, take position while securing a key bridge leading into Baghdad on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Monday, April 7, 2003. Four or five Marines were killed Monday when their Amtrack troop transporter was hit by an artillery shell at a bridge over a canal on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Sun Apr 6,12:26 PM ET
U.S. Marines of the 3rd Batallion, 4th regiment, receive their first mail since the beginning of the war in Iraq on the outskirts of Baghdad, Sunday, April 6, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Sun Apr 6, 3:42 AM ET
U.S. Marines from the 3rd Batallion, 4th Regiment, carrying Iraqi automatic rifles they found during a search of military barracks in the outskirts of Baghdad, walk past a damaged building on which the Iraqi flag is painted, , Sunday, April 6, 2003. U.S. troops in tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles made their first foray into Baghdad, taking out several Republic Guard positions before pulling out. The soldiers later destroyed the weapons. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Sun Apr 6, 3:46 AM ET
First Sgt Guy Rosbough, left, from Immokalee, Fla, of the 3rd Batallion, 4th Marines Regiment, looks at an Iraqi calendar showing a photo of Saddam Hussein during a search of a military barrack in the outskirts of Baghdad, Sunday, April 6, 2003. U.S. troops in tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles made their first foray into Baghdad, taking out several Republic Guard positions before pulling out. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Mon Mar 31,10:15 AM ET
Lance Cpl Ronald Miller from Jarrettsville, Md, of the 3rd Batallion, 4th Marines regiment, digs a machine gun trench while securing the main highway to Baghdad, near Diwaniyah in south-central Iraq, Monday, March 31, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Mon Mar 31,10:04 AM ET
Pfc Armando Moreno from San Fernando, Calif., of the 3rd Batallion, 4th Marines Regiment, prepares to establish a lookout post on the main highway to Bagdad, near Diwaniyah in south-central Iraq, Monday, March 31, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Mon Mar 31,10:06 AM ET
Cpl Frederick Ellis, from West Palm Beach, Fl, of the 3rd batallion, 4th marines regiment, bench presses a friend to stay in shape near Ad Diwaniyah in south central Iraq, Monday, March 31, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Mon Mar 31, 9:59 AM ET
U.S. marines of the 3rd batallion, 4th division, guard a bridge while military convoys head north on the main highway linking Bagdad and Ad Diwaniyah in south central Iraq, Monday, March 31, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Mon Mar 31, 9:37 AM ET
Lance Cpl Ronald Miller from Jarrettsville, Md, of the 3rd Batallion, 4th Marines regiment, digs a machine gun trench while securing the main highway to Bagdad, near Diwaniyah in south-central Iraq, Monday, March 31, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Sun Mar 30,10:46 AM ET
Pfc Omar Desoto from Glennville, Ca, of the 3rd batallion, 4th marines regiment, cleans his automatic rifle sitting in a fighting hole near the city of Ad Diwaniyah in south central Iraq, Sunday, March 30, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Sun Mar 30,10:45 AM ET
U.S. marine of the 3rd batallion, 4th regiment, Lance Cpl. Alfred Brooks from Tampa, Fla., looks at a medical helicopter flying over his fighting hole near the city of Ad Diwaniyah in south central Iraq, Sunday, March 30, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Fri Mar 28, 2:59 PM ET
Two Chinook helicopters pass over a U.S. Marines of the 3rd Batallion 4th Marines Regiment while flying to the north near the city of Ad Diwaniyah in central Iraq, Friday, March 28, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Fri Mar 28, 9:37 AM ET
Lance Cpl. Carlos A. Umana, from Norwalk, Calif., of the 3rd batallion, 4th marines regiment, checks his automatic rifle near the city of Ad Diwaniyah in central Iraq, Friday, March 28, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Fri Mar 28, 9:31 AM ET
Tank crew member, Lance Cpl. Shawn Hicks, from Kingman, Az., of the 3rd batallion 4th marines regiment uses his knife to clear branches that are blocking the view out of his tank on the road linking to Baghdad near the city of Ad Diwaniyah in central Iraq, Friday, March 28, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Fri Mar 28, 9:07 AM ET
Lt. Kealoha Stoiles, from Palms, Calif, gives a hair cut to Lance Cpl. Timothy Young, from Las Vegas, Nev., near the city of Ad Diwaniyah in central Iraq, Friday, March 28, 2003. Both men from the 3rd batallion 4th marines regiment. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Fri Mar 28, 9:02 AM ET
Lt. Kealoha Stoiles, from Palms, Calif., from the 3rd batallion, 4th marines regiment puts the final touches on his hair cut near the city of Ad Diwaniyah in central Iraq, Friday, March 28, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Fri Mar 28, 1:41 AM ET
A U.S. Marine of the 3rd Batallion, 4th Regiment, secures the road to Baghdad near the city of Ad Diwaniyah, central Iraq, Friday, March 28, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Fri Mar 28, 1:40 AM ET
U.S. Marines of the 3rd Batallion, 4th Regiment, are silhouetted at sunrise as they secure the road to Baghdad near the city of Ad Diwaniyah, central Iraq, Friday, March 28, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Fri Mar 28, 1:35 AM ET
Tank crew members of the U.S. Marines 3rd Batallion, 4th Regiment, are silouetted at sunrise on the road to Baghdad near the city of Ad Diwaniyah, central Iraq, Friday, March 28, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Thu Mar 27,10:37 AM ET
Lance Cpl Jose Miguel Garcia Gonzalez, left, from Houston, Tx, takes advantage of a satphone belonging to a journalist to call his mother while Pvt 1st Class Omar Desoto, from Glennville, Ga, looks on, along a road heading Bagdad, near Nasiriya in central Iraq, Thursday, March 27, 2003. They are with the 3rd Batallion, 4th Marines Regiment and have not been able to call their loved one for three months. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Wed Mar 26,12:44 PM ET
Stf. Sgt. John Coughlin from Waltham, MA, aims with his precision rifle with the help of pfc. Daniel Tracy, Mississipi - both of the U.S. Marines 3rd batallion 4th Regiment - during a patrol alongside the road used by U.S. led coalition forces in Central Iraq, to advance to Bagdad in central Iraq, Wednesday, March 26, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Wed Mar 26, 5:56 AM ET
Iraqi farmers look on as U.S. Marines of the 3rd Batallion 4th Regiment patrol alongside the main road used by the U.S.-led coalition on their way towards Baghdad, in central Iraq, Wednesday, March 26, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Wed Mar 26, 5:55 AM ET
Chemical warfare specialist Lcpl. Thomas Conroy from New York city, of the U.S. Msrines 3rd Batallion 4th Regiment takes care of his pigeon while Cpl. Buck Flowers from Dallas, TX, looks on in central Iraq, Wednesday, March 26, 2003. The pigeon called 'Devil bird' is used to detect any chemical weapons attack. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Wed Mar 26, 5:46 AM ET
U.S. Marines of 3rd batallion 4th Regiment on the move alongside the main road to Baghdad used by the U.S. led coalition in central Iraq, Wednesday, March 26, 2003. Sandstorms starting Tuesday thwarted air missions over Iraq and slowed to a crawl U.S.-led coalition forces edging for the capital. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Wed Mar 26, 5:44 AM ET
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt John Coughlin from Waltham, Ma, of the 3rd batallion 4th regiment, aims his sniper rifle as an Iraqi farmer looks on, during a patrol alongside the main road used by the U.S.-led coalition on their way towards Baghdad, in central Iraq, Wednesday, March 26, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Wed Mar 26, 5:36 AM ET
An interpretor with the 3rd batallion 4th Marines regiment, questions Iraqi farmers during a patrol alongside the main road used by the U.S.-led coalition on their way towards Bagdad, in central Iraq, Wednesday, March 26, 2003. Name and nationality of the interpretor were not available. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)