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US Marines of the 1st Division leave for a mission outside Fallujah, Iraq, on Thursday, November 4, 2004 in preparation of a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swath of Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital ahead of crucial national elections. (Anja Niedringhaus, AP)

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US Marines of the 1st Division clean their weapons at their base outside Fallujah, Iraq, Thursday, November 4, 2004. (Anja Niedringhaus, AP)

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American soldiers close a road leading into the insurgent-held city of Fallujah, Iraq, Friday, November 5, 2004. In multiple airstrikes that continued through early Friday, US warplanes struck several targets in Fallujah, including a system of barriers rigged with bombs in the southeastern part of the city. They also hit a command post, suspected fighting positions and a weapons cache, said Lt Nathan Braden, of 1st Marine Division. (Khalid Mohammed, AP)

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Iraqi government spokesperson Thair Hassan al-Naqeeb announces a state of emergency during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, November 7, 2004. The Iraqi government on Sunday declared a state of emergency for 60 days throughout the country except for Kurdish-run areas of the north as US and Iraqi forces prepare for an expected all-out assault on rebels in Fallujah. Heavy explosions were heard in Baghdad as the announcement was being made. (Hadi Mizban, AP)

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Iraqi men survey the damage after an air strike in Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, November 7, 2004. (Bilal Hussein, AP)

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A nightscope image made from TV of US soldiers outside Fallujah hospital, Iraq, Monday, November 8, 2004. US forces stormed into western districts of Fallujah early on Monday, seizing the main city hospital and securing two key bridges over the Euphrates River in what appeared to be the first stage of the long-expected assault on the rebel stronghold. (APTN, AP)

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Image made from TV of a US soldier moving a captured man by the leg after US troops entered Fallujah hospital, in Iraq, Monday, November 8, 2004. (APTN, AP)

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US Marines of the 1st Division take position on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq, Monday, November 8, 2004. (Anja Niedringhaus, AP)

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The headquarters company of the 1st Battalion The Black Watch dig in at Camp Dogwood, 40km south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday November 8, 2004. (Maurice McDonald, AP)

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Iraqis prepare graves for seven others killed by an air strike in Fallujah, Iraq, early on Monday, November 8, 2004. (Bilal Hussein, AP)

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US Marines of the 1st Division take position on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq, Monday, November 8, 2004. (Anja Niedringhaus, AP)

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Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi speaks at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, November 8, 2004. Allawi announced that he has authorised the Fallujah offensive by international and Iraqi forces, and that emergency measures would be imposed on the insurgent strongholds of Fallujah and Ramadi. (Hadi Mizban, AP)

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Insurgents, using small arms and mortars, launch an attack on US forces in Fallujah, Iraq, Monday, November 8, 2004. (Bilal Hussein, AP)

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US Army doctors try to stabilise a four-year-old child with shrapnel wounds to the head who was brought from Fallujah to a military hospital in Baghdad, Iraq Monday, November 8, 2004. The 31st Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad's Green zone is preparing for the possibility of high casualties from this week's Fallujah offensive. (John Moore, AP)

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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi smiles as he meets Iraqi soldiers near Fallujah, Iraq in this image taken from TV Monday November 8, 2004. Allawi told the troop that the country and neighbouring countries were behind them as they prepared for battle in the insurgent held city of Fallujah. (APTN, AP)

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Defence Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld tells reporters at the Pentagon that he believes Iraqi civilians would not be killed in large numbers by US forces during the siege to retake Fallujah, Monday, November 8, 2004. Rumsfeld also deflected questions about whether he would be leaving President Bush's Cabinet during his second term. (J Scott Applewhite, AP)

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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi listens during a visit to see Iraqi troops at Camp Fallujah, on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq, Monday, November 8, 2004. The top US commander in Iraq on Monday predicted a "major confrontation" on the streets of Fallujah as Iraqi and US forces, of as many as 15 000 troops pressed to retake control of the Sunni Muslim city. (Pool, AP)

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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi smiles during a visit with Iraqi troops at Camp Fallujah, on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq, Monday, November 8. (Pool, AP)

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Defence Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld enters the briefing room at the Pentagon to update reporters on the US-led operation against insurgents in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, Monday, November 8, 2004. (J Scott Applewhite, AP)

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Iraqis flee the village of Saqlawiya on the northern outskirts of restive Sunni Muslim city of Fallujah, West of Baghdad, November 8, 2004. Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, announcing his authorisation for an assault on the rebel stronghold of Fallujah, imposed a curfew and other emergency measures on the insurgent enclave. (Patrick Baz, AFP)

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Iraqi males argue with US soldiers with 1/5 Cavalry after they were stuck at a roadblock outside the village of Saqlawiya on the northern outskirts of restive Sunni Muslim city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, November 8, 2004. (Patrick Baz, AFP)

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Iraqis wait near a US Army roadblock in Saqlawiya on the northern outskirts of the restive Sunni Muslim city of Fallujah, West of Baghdad November 8, 2004. (Patrick Baz, AFP)

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Iraqi women cross a road close to a US Army vehicle with the 1/5 Cavalry on the outskirts of the village of Saqlawiya on the northern outskirts of the restive Sunni Muslim city of Fallujah, 50km west of Baghdad, November 8, 2004. (Patrick Baz, AFP)

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A young Iraqi girl hides behind her sister in the yard of a house her and her family are living in after fleeing from the restive city of Fallujah, 50km from Baghdad, 8 November 2004. (Sabah Arar, AFP)

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A night scope vision image taken early Tuesday morning, November 9, 2004, from just outside the northeast sector of Fallujah, showing a barrage of fire on the city as US troops launched an offensive to destroy key rebel strongholds in the beleaguered Iraqi city. The images were shot by embedded reporters accompanying Army Task Force 22. (APTN, AP)

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Smoke bellows from the railroad station in Fallujah, Iraq, as US Army and Marine pounded the city with airstrike and artillery early morning, Tuesday, November 9, 2004. US Army and Marine units roared into the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah through a breach near the railroad station at dawn on Tuesday. (Anja Niedringhaus, AP)

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US Army and Marines move towards the railroad station in Fallujah, Iraq, early morning, Tuesday, November 9, 2004. (Anja Niedringhaus, AP)

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US Marines guard the railroad station in Fallujah, Iraq, early morning, Tuesday, November 9, 2004. (Anja Niedringhaus, AP)

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An Iraqi soldier guards the railroad station in Fallujah, Iraq, as US Army and Marine pounded the city with airstrike and artillery early morning, on Tuesday, November 9, 2004. (Anja Niedringhaus, AP)

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US Army soldiers arrive at the railroad station in Fallujah, Iraq, as US Army and Marines pounded the city with airstrike and artillery early morning, Tuesday, November 9, 2004. (Anja Niedringhaus, AP)

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An old Iraqi Muslim Sunni walks in front of US soldiers securing the entrance of the Sunni Muslim Umm al-Qura mosque in the outskirts of Baghdad, November 9, 2004. The US military blocked off all roads leading into the mosque where clerics and members of the Association of Muslim Scholars were meeting to discuss the situation in the nearby restive city of Fallujah and the upcoming national elections. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye, AFP)

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