Iraqi army soldiers secure a street in the Azamiyah neighborhood in Baghdad on Saturday. Authorities announced a partial lifting of a curfew imposed on the Sunni neighborhood. (Associated Press)
An Iraqi army soldier on top of an armored vehicle stands guard at the scene of an attack on a checkpoint in Baghdad on Tuesday, Aug 3, 2010. Suspected al-Qaida militants killed 5 Iraqi soldiers in the brazen dawn attack and planted the terror group's black banner before fleeing the scene, officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
A girl offers tea to Iraqi army soldiers and a federal police commander as they begin a search for bomb makers in a warehouse district in western Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Lara Jakes)
Iraqi army soldiers stand near a massive crater outside the office of the Al-Arabiya television channel after a suicide bomber driving a minibus struck in Baghdad on Monday, July 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
**FILE** An Iraqi soldier is seen near an Iraqi Army tank, which was destroyed in the U.S.-led invasion, in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, on April 9. (Associated Press)