A massive bust of Saddam Hussein gazes out from the roof of a presidential palace as U.S. Army soldiers from A Company 3rd Battalion 7th Infantry Regiment stormed the complex in Baghdad, Iraq , Tuesday, April 8, 2003. The palace was the second the army secured in as many days, both lavish buildings heavily damaged by previous U.S. Air Force bombings.(AP Photo/John Moore) 

A U.S. Marine with the Fox Company 'Raiders' patrols in Nassiriya, southern Iraq  April 8, 2003. U.S. forces tightened their hold on central Baghdad on Tuesday, advancing street by street and blitzing targets with planes and tanks as Iraqi defenders fought an unequal battle with anti-tank weapons and assault rifles. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan 

A US Marine with Fox Company 'Raiders' patrols in the city of Nassiriya in southern Iraq, April 8, 2003. U.S. forces tightened their hold on central Baghdad on Tuesday, advancing street by street and blitzing targets with planes and tanks as Iraqi defenders fought an unequal battle with anti-tank weapons and assault rifles. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan 

U.S. Army Spc. Gary Techur, 22, from Palau admires a ping-pong paddle fellow soldiers gave him from one of Saddam Hussein palaces in Baghdad, Iraq Tuesday, April 8, 2003. The palace was the second that troops had secured in as many days, both lavish buildings heavily damaged by previous Air Force bombing. The bust on top of the palace is of Saddam. (AP Photo/John Moore) 

A British Mark 7 Lynx Helicopter of the 3 Regular Army Air Corps, 16 Air Assault Brigade, loaded with TOW anti-tank guided missiles, flies past destroyed Iraqi tanks on a patrol above the city of Basra in southern Iraq , April 8, 2003. British officials said a local 'sheikh' would form the leadership in Basra province, as residents no longer under the yoke of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein loyalists complained of lawlessness and want. REUTERS/POOL/Ian Jones