A U.S. marine doctor holds an Iraqi girl in central Iraq March 29, 2003. Confused front line crossfire ripped apart an Iraqi family after local soldiers appeared to force civilians towards U.S. marines positions. 29 Mar 2003 REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
A U.S. marine carries a wounded Iraqi girl from a shooting scene in central Iraq March 29, 2003. Confused front line crossfire ripped apart an Iraqi family after local soldiers appeared to force civilians towards U.S. marines positions. 29 Mar 2003 REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
A U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Fox Company "Raiders" truck makes its way from the port of Umm-Qasr in southern Iraq to a port facility in near the town Az-Zubayr, south of Basra as two camels walk across the road March 24, 2003. A defiant President Saddam Hussein said invaders sent to topple him were trapped in Iraq after five days of war, but the U.S. commander of the invasion said his forces were closing in fast on Baghdad. 24 Mar 2003 REUTERS/Desmond Boylan
A U.S. marine holds his weapon in the desert in southern Iraq early March 22, 2003. U.S. Marine tanks battled Iraqi forces on the western outskirts of Basra on Saturday, a U.S. Marine captain said. 22 Mar 2003 REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
A U.S. Marine from CSSC 117, part of the 3rd Marine Battalion, takes cover as a fire fight erupted around two hundred metres from their military convoy in southern Iraq on March 22, 2003. U.S. Marine tanks battled Iraqi forces on the western outskirts of Basra, a U.S. Marine captain said. 22 Mar 2003 REUTERS/Oleg Popov
U.S. Marine Pfc. Andrew Multen from Glasgow, Kentucky takes aim with his squad automatic weapon in the Kuwaiti desert February 1, 2003. Tens of thousands of Marines are trained daily close to the Kuwait-Iraq border as the possibility of war against Iraq hightened. 01 Feb 2003 REUTERS/Stephanie Mcgehee
A Marines of the U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Fox Company "Raiders" mans a machine gun and takes cover from Iraqi fire as British artillery rounds explode during the early stage of the push into southern Iraq take control over the main port of Umm Qasr in Southern Iraq on March 21, 2003. U.S. Marines briefly raised the Stars and Stripes flag over the new port area of Umm Qasr after facing tougher than expected resistance in and around the southern Iraq port. 21 Mar 2003 REUTERS/Desmond Boylan
U.S. marines carry their combat gear during an exercise at a desert military base in northern Kuwait near the border with Iraq March 12, 2003. Britain said it would stand by the United States if it came to war on Iraq, but set out six tough conditions for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein if he wanted to avert a conflict. 12 Mar 2003 REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
U.S. marines sit under the strong desert sun as the anti-tank weapon is being tested in the northern Kuwait near the border with Iraq, March 13, 2003. Iraq's Foreign Minister Naji Sabri dismissed British proposals for a revised United Nations resolution on Iraqi disarmament, saying they amounted to a plan for war. 13 Mar 2003 REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
U.S. marines exercise under the strong desert sun in the northern Kuwait near the border with Iraq March 17, 2003. U.N. observers monitoring the Iraq-Kuwait border said they expected to leave the demilitarized zone on the frontier at about 8 a.m. EST Monday under a security plan amid U.S. preparations for an attack on Iraq. 17 Mar 2003 REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
U.S. marines from 7 Battalion, a part of the Marine Corp. sing hymns during a Catholic mass in the camp in the desert, some 150-km north of the town of Nassiriya on March 30, 2003. 30 Mar 2003 REUTERS/Oleg Popov
A United States Marine Corps colour guard is draped by flags during a visit by the Corps commandant at Camp Coyote in the north Kuwait desert February 5, 2003. The commander of the U.S Marine Corps, General Michael Hagee, told troops in the Kuwaiti desert that they were better prepared for military action against Iraqi forces than their counterparts in the 1991 Gulf War. 05 Feb 2003 REUTERS/Chris Helgren
