Smoke billows from the Coalition Provisional Authority headquarters in Baghdad.
US Marines give first aid to a slightly wounded comrade on April 8 in the flashpoint town of Fallujah, 50 km west of Baghdad. Pictures of body bags and groups of US soldiers praying around dead comrades are creeping into American media coverage of Iraq
A U.S. soldier pulls an injured comrade away from a burning tank in Falluja, Iraq April 8, 2004. U.S. troops fought Sunni and Shi'ite rebels in Falluja and Kerbala on Thursday as hospital officials reported hundreds of casualties in the heaviest fighting since Saddam Hussein 's fall a year ago.
Laith Ibrahim Shehab (27), a security guard for Iraq 's electrical authority, chats with a friend in a Baghdad hospital, after being treated for his wounds. Shehab was among seven Iraqis injured when a roadside bomb exploded in central Baghdad during the morning rush hour.
Mourners carry the remains of Haider Jabar, 28, during an anti-American protest in Baghdad, Iraq , Sunday April 4 2004. Witnesses say Jabar was crushed by a US tank during overnight protests in Bahdad
A British Army soldier runs in flames from a petrol bomb thrown during a violent protest by job seekers, who say they were promised employment in the security services, in the southern Iraq city of Basra March 22, 2004.
A military member honors PFC John D. Adams II during a memorial service at Kirkuk Air Base on April 8, 2004 in Iraq .
U.S. President George Bush makes remarks on job training and the economy at South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado, Arkansas, April 6, 2004.
This was one of the last times AWOL was seen since the uprising began in Iraq. We all know he's too distracted down in Crawford prepping for the 9-11 Commission and juggling an absurd number of scandals, that Bu$Bushler and Co are too busy, to trouble their beautiful minds until it's too late and we are in the midst of another full blow crisis.