Eyeballing the Iraq Kill Zone

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2 December 2004

1,309 US Military Dead During Iraq War: http://cryptome.org/mil-dead-iqw.htm

See also DoD tally: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf

Associated Press photos.

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A U.S. Army soldier photographs the bodies of three Iraqi National Guard soldeirs found murdered in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. Previously, at least 60 people had been murdered in Mosul in the past two weeks. Most of the victims are believed to have been supporters of Iraq's interim government or members of its fledgling security forces. The bodies of six men in civilian clothing were also found in Mosul Thursday. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
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The bodies of murdered Iraqi men lie together in a ditch in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. Nine bodies were recovered Thursday, including three uniformed Iraqi National Guard soldiers. Previously, at least 60 people had been murdered in Mosul in the past two weeks. Most of the victims are believed to have been supporters of Iraq's interim government or members of its fledgling security forces. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

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Iraqi and U.S. soldiers tie down body bags containing the remains of six men found murdered in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. Nine bodies were recovered altogether Thursday, including three uniformed Iraqi National Guard soldiers. Previously, at least 60 people had been murdered in Mosul in the past two weeks. Most of the victims are believed to have been supporters of Iraq's interim government or members of its fledgling security forces. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
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U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry soldiers look over the bodies of six men found murdered in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. Nine bodies were recovered Thursday, including three uniformed Iraqi National Guard soldiers. Previously, at least 60 people had been murdered in Mosul in the past two weeks. Most of the victims are believed to have been supporters of Iraq's interim government or members of its fledgling security forces. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

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A bloodied uniform cap lies among the bodies of three Iraqi National Guard soldiers found murdered in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. The bodies of six men in civilian clothing were also recovered nearby. Previously, at least 60 people had been murdered in Mosul in the past two weeks. Most of the victims are believed to have been supporters of Iraq's interim government or members of its fledgling security forces. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
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U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry soldiers look down at the bodies of six men found murdered in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. Nine bodies were recovered Thursday, including three uniformed Iraqi National Guard soldiers. Previously, at least 60 people had been murdered in Mosul in the past two weeks. Most of the victims are believed to have been supporters of Iraq's interim government or members of its fledgeling security forces. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

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A U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment soldier patrols in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
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U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment soldiers search for insurgents in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

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In this image from video made Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, a bloody hand print stains a wall in the basement of the Islamic Resistance Center, a building in the heart of Fallujah, Iraq. Maj. Alex Ray, an operations officer with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, said all evidence indicates the 15-foot-by-20-foot space was used by insurgents to imprison and torture their captives. (AP Photo/APTN)
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In this image from video made Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, smeared blood stains a wall in the basement of the Islamic Resistance Center, a building in the heart of Fallujah, Iraq. Maj. Alex Ray, an operations officer with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, said all evidence indicates the 15-foot-by-20-foot space was used by insurgents to imprison and torture their captives. (AP Photo/APTN)

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Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. greets family members of Marine Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel of Haverhill, Mass., during funeral services, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Gavriel was based at Camp LeJeune, N.C., and was killed last month during intense fighting outside Fallujah, Iraq. He was working as a broker on Wall Street when two of his friends died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. He quit his job and joined the Marines last year. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Sens. Edwrad Kennedy, D-Mass., left, and John Kerry, D-Mass. arrive for funeral services for Marine Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel of Haverhill, Mass., Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Gavriel was based at Camp LeJeune, N.C., and was killed last month during intense fighting outside Fallujah, Iraq. He was working as a broker on Wall Street when two of his friends died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. He quit his job and joined theMarines last year. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., places a bouquet on the casket of Marine Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel of Haverhill, Mass., during funeral services, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Gavriel was based at Camp LeJeune, N.C., and was killed in action last month outside Fallujah, Iraq. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., places a bouquet on the casket of Marine Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel of Haverhill, Mass. during funeral services, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Gavriel was based at Camp LeJeune, N.C., and was killed last month during intense fighting outside Fallujah, Iraq. He was working as a broker on Wall Street when two of his friends died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. He quit his job and joined the Marines last year. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., standing, second from left, and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., standing center, look on as Staff Sgt. Charles Dorsey presents an American flag to Penelope Gavriel, and family, during funeral services for her son Marine Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel of Haverhill, Mass., Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Gavriel was killed last month during intense fighting outside Fallujah, Iraq. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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US troops inspect a site after a mortar landed in central Baghdad Thursday Dec. 2 2004. At least five mortar rounds exploded in central Baghdad on Thursday, including two in the Green Zone, the enclave that houses Iraq's interim administration and several foreign embassies. Witnesses reported at least one person was killed and several wounded. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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US soldiers remove a body after a suicide attack on Baghdad's dangerous airport highway Wednesday Dec. 1, 2004. Insurgents frequently target the highway because multinational troops use it daily to commute between the huge military base at the airport and the city center. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Army Spc. Eric Hayes is shown in an undated image from video, provided by his family. Hayes, 24, was killed Monday, Nov. 29, 2004, when a bomb exploded as he rode through Baghdad in a military vehicle, according to his father, Douglas Hayes of Harney, Md .(AP Photo/Family Photo)

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The United States Congressional delegation, from left, Sen. Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I., Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del. and Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., sit during a press conference in Baghdad Thursday Dec. 2 2004. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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Iraqi firefighter sprays a vehicle damaged after a mortar landed on a parking lot in central Baghdad Thursday Dec. 2 2004. At least five mortar rounds exploded in central Baghdad on Thursday, including two in the Green Zone, the enclave that houses Iraq's interim administration and several foreign embassies. Witnesses reported at least one person was killed and several wounded. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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This undated photo released by the New York City Fire Department shows firefighter Christian P. Engeldrum. Engeldrum, 39, was killed in action Monday, Nov. 29, 2004, while on active duty while servig with the Army National Guard in Iraq. Engeldrum is the first firefighter, or city employee of any kind, to die in Iraq since the U.S.-led war began, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. (AP Photo/New York City Fire Department)
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Matt King, a friend of fallen soldier Bradley Arms, gives the closing prayer at a memorial service for Arms on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Ga.,Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. In the background is Victor Wilson, a University of Georgia associate vice president for student affairs. Bradley Arms, a 20-year-old University of Georgia student who took a break from school to fight the war in Iraq, was killed Nov. 19, 2004, in Al Anbar Province. His father, Bob Arms, said he was shot twice in the back during a fire fight. (AP Photo/The Athens Banner-Herald, Jeff Blake)

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Alice Collins of Crystal Lake, Ill., kisses the dog tags from Marines of the Second Battalion 4th Marines killed in action in Iraq during a memorial Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004, at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Collins' son, Lance Cpl. Jonathan W. Collins was member of the 2nd PLT, Fox Company deployed in Ramadi Iraq. (AP Photo/Valley Press, Ron Siddle)
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Kiona Monique Lightfoot Bryant, center with flag, wipes tears from her eye as she prepares to leave the grave site of her husband, Sgt. Jack Bryant at Arlington National Cemetery, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, in Arlington, Va. Sgt. Bryant died Nov. 20 in Muqdadiyah, Iraq. (AP Photo/The Potomac News, Donnie Biggs)

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** FILE ** This undated photo, released by the Fisher Family, shows Spc. David M. Fisher. The Albany Times-Union reported Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, that Fisher, 21, has been killed in Iraq where he had served for about a month. The military has not confirmed the death, and details surrounding it were sketchy. Fisher's mother has worked in the newpaper's circulation department for 10 years. (AP Photo/Fisher Family via the Times Union, File)
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi ponders a question during a Parliamentary committee in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. Koizumi said Japanese soldiers are carrying out vital humanitarian work in Iraq that should not be interrupted, showing his support for an extention of the mission. The mission for some 550 Japanese troops based in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah is set to expire Dec. 14. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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The Rev. Jack Bryant stands behind the coffin of his son, Sgt. Jack Bryant Jr., as he gives a speech about his son during a homecoming service at Star Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in Triangle, Va., on Wednesday, Dec. 1. Bryant, a Marine sergeant from Dale City, Va., was killed in Iraq by an explosive device on Nov. 20. (AP Photo/The Potomac News, Dylan Moore)
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Nancy Walker of Lancaster, Calif., mother of SSgt Allan K. Walker who was killed during combat in Iraq receives a hug from SSgt Jose Valerio after a memorial service for the 2nd Battalion 4th Marines Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004, at Camp Pendleton, Calif. (AP Photo/Valley Press, Ron Siddle)

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Lt. Col. Christopher Gibson, left, of 2/325th Airborne Infantry Regiment and Lt. Col. Thomas Hiebert, right, of the 3/325th Airborne Infantry Regiment at Fort Bragg, N.C., answer questions Wednesday evening, Dec. 1, 2004, about their units' deployment to Iraq. The mission is being described as security for the upcoming Iraqi elections. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Tracy Wilcox)
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In this picture released by Britain's Ministry of Defense soldiers of the Black Watch are on patrol with a Warrior armored vehicle during a search operation on the west side of the river Euphrates in the area of Camp Dogwood, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec.1, 2004. (AP Photo/MOD, Steve Lewis)

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This undated photo provided by family shows Daryl Davis, of Spencer, Iowa. Davis, 20, was Killed Monday, Nov. 29, 2004, in a motor vehicle accident in Iraq, the Department of Defense said. Davis was a former member of the 2168th Transportation Company of the Iowa National Guard. Lt. Col. Greg Hapgood, spokesman for the Guard, said he transferred to the Florida National Guard's 144th Transportation Company in the last year and was mobilized. (AP Photo/Family via Spencer Daily Reporter)
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This photo provided by the Christensen family shows Spec. Jeremy E. Christensen of the Portland, Ore. area. Christensen, 27, was killed on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2004, when a roadside bomb destroyed the Abrams M1 tank he was driving in Iraq, officials said Tuesday. He was assigned to A Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Armored Cavalry Division based in Schweinfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Christensen family via The Oregonian)

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This undated photo provided by family shows Daryl Davis, of Spencer, Iowa. Davis, 20, was Killed Monday, Nov. 29, 2004, in a motor vehicle accident in Iraq, the Department of Defense said. Davis was a former member of the 2168th Transportation Company of the Iowa National Guard. Lt. Col. Greg Hapgood, spokesman for the Guard, said he transferred to the Florida National Guard's 144th Transportation Company in the last year and was mobilized. (AP Photo/Family via Spencer Daily Reporter)
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** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, DEC. 4-5 ** Granco Industries Vice President Chad Waldo shows off a grenade launcher assembly tool Nov. 16, 2004, at the family-owned business in Grandview, Mo. The U.S. military efforts in the Middle East have been a boon to the company, which remains in the family. The Waldos have guided Granco Industries from a small machine shop to a 28,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. It recently expanded by 9,000 square feet. The company has grown from manufacturing tools for military and civilian use to making sophisticated tools used in Afghanistan and Iraq. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Joe Ledford)

A U.S. Army soldier photographs the bodies of three Iraqi National Guard soldeirs found murdered in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. Previously, at least 60 people had been murdered in Mosul in the past two weeks. Most of the victims are believed to have been supporters of Iraq's interim government or members of its fledgling security forces. The bodies of six men in civilian clothing were also found in Mosul Thursday. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)	The bodies of murdered Iraqi men lie together in a ditch in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. Nine bodies were recovered Thursday, including three uniformed Iraqi National Guard soldiers. Previously, at least 60 people had been murdered in Mosul in the past two weeks. Most of the victims are believed to have been supporters of Iraq's interim government or members of its fledgling security forces. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
Iraqi and U.S. soldiers tie down body bags containing the remains of six men found murdered in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. Nine bodies were recovered altogether Thursday, including three uniformed Iraqi National Guard soldiers. Previously, at least 60 people had been murdered in Mosul in the past two weeks. Most of the victims are believed to have been supporters of Iraq's interim government or members of its fledgling security forces. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)	U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry soldiers look over the bodies of six men found murdered in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. Nine bodies were recovered Thursday, including three uniformed Iraqi National Guard soldiers. Previously, at least 60 people had been murdered in Mosul in the past two weeks. Most of the victims are believed to have been supporters of Iraq's interim government or members of its fledgling security forces. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
A bloodied uniform cap lies among the bodies of three Iraqi National Guard soldiers found murdered in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. The bodies of six men in civilian clothing were also recovered nearby. Previously, at least 60 people had been murdered in Mosul in the past two weeks. Most of the victims are believed to have been supporters of Iraq's interim government or members of its fledgling security forces. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)	U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry soldiers look down at the bodies of six men found murdered in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. Nine bodies were recovered Thursday, including three uniformed Iraqi National Guard soldiers. Previously, at least 60 people had been murdered in Mosul in the past two weeks. Most of the victims are believed to have been supporters of Iraq's interim government or members of its fledgeling security forces. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
A U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment soldier patrols in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)	U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment soldiers search for insurgents in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
In this image from video made Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, a bloody hand print stains a wall in the basement of the Islamic Resistance Center, a building in the heart of Fallujah, Iraq. Maj. Alex Ray, an operations officer with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, said all evidence indicates the 15-foot-by-20-foot space was used by insurgents to imprison and torture their captives. (AP Photo/APTN)	In this image from video made Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, smeared blood stains a wall in the basement of the Islamic Resistance Center, a building in the heart of Fallujah, Iraq. Maj. Alex Ray, an operations officer with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, said all evidence indicates the 15-foot-by-20-foot space was used by insurgents to imprison and torture their captives. (AP Photo/APTN)
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. greets family members of Marine Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel of Haverhill, Mass., during funeral services, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Gavriel was based at Camp LeJeune, N.C., and was killed last month during intense fighting outside Fallujah, Iraq. He was working as a broker on Wall Street when two of his friends died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. He quit his job and joined the Marines last year. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)	Sens. Edwrad Kennedy, D-Mass., left, and John Kerry, D-Mass. arrive for funeral services for Marine Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel of Haverhill, Mass., Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Gavriel was based at Camp LeJeune, N.C., and was killed last month during intense fighting outside Fallujah, Iraq. He was working as a broker on Wall Street when two of his friends died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. He quit his job and joined theMarines last year. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., places a bouquet on the casket of Marine Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel of Haverhill, Mass., during funeral services, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Gavriel was based at Camp LeJeune, N.C., and was killed in action last month outside Fallujah, Iraq. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)	Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., places a bouquet on the casket of Marine Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel of Haverhill, Mass. during funeral services, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Gavriel was based at Camp LeJeune, N.C., and was killed last month during intense fighting outside Fallujah, Iraq. He was working as a broker on Wall Street when two of his friends died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. He quit his job and joined the Marines last year. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., standing, second from left, and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., standing center, look on as Staff Sgt. Charles Dorsey presents an American flag to Penelope Gavriel, and family, during funeral services for her son Marine Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel of Haverhill, Mass., Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Gavriel was killed last month during intense fighting outside Fallujah, Iraq. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)	US troops inspect a site after a mortar landed in central Baghdad Thursday Dec. 2 2004. At least five mortar rounds exploded in central Baghdad on Thursday, including two in the Green Zone, the enclave that houses Iraq's interim administration and several foreign embassies. Witnesses reported at least one person was killed and several wounded. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
US soldiers remove a body after a suicide attack on Baghdad's dangerous airport highway Wednesday Dec. 1, 2004. Insurgents frequently target the highway because multinational troops use it daily to commute between the huge military base at the airport and the city center. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)	Army Spc. Eric Hayes is shown in an undated image from video, provided by his family. Hayes, 24, was killed Monday, Nov. 29, 2004, when a bomb exploded as he rode through Baghdad in a military vehicle, according to his father, Douglas Hayes of Harney, Md .(AP Photo/Family Photo)
The United States Congressional delegation, from left, Sen. Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I., Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del. and Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., sit during a press conference in Baghdad Thursday Dec. 2 2004. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)	Iraqi firefighter sprays a vehicle damaged after a mortar landed on a parking lot in central Baghdad Thursday Dec. 2 2004. At least five mortar rounds exploded in central Baghdad on Thursday, including two in the Green Zone, the enclave that houses Iraq's interim administration and several foreign embassies. Witnesses reported at least one person was killed and several wounded. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
This undated photo released by the New York City Fire Department shows firefighter Christian P. Engeldrum. Engeldrum, 39, was killed in action Monday, Nov. 29, 2004, while on active duty while servig with the Army National Guard in Iraq. Engeldrum is the first firefighter, or city employee of any kind, to die in Iraq since the U.S.-led war began, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. (AP Photo/New York City Fire Department)	Matt King, a friend of fallen soldier Bradley Arms, gives the closing prayer at a memorial service for Arms on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Ga.,Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. In the background is Victor Wilson, a University of Georgia associate vice president for student affairs. Bradley Arms, a 20-year-old University of Georgia student who took a break from school to fight the war in Iraq, was killed Nov. 19, 2004, in Al Anbar Province. His father, Bob Arms, said he was shot twice in the back during a fire fight. (AP Photo/The Athens Banner-Herald, Jeff Blake)
Alice Collins of Crystal Lake, Ill., kisses the dog tags from Marines of the Second Battalion 4th Marines killed in action in Iraq during a memorial Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004, at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Collins' son, Lance Cpl. Jonathan W. Collins was member of the 2nd PLT, Fox Company deployed in Ramadi Iraq. (AP Photo/Valley Press, Ron Siddle)	Kiona Monique Lightfoot Bryant, center with flag, wipes tears from her eye as she prepares to leave the grave site of her husband, Sgt. Jack Bryant at Arlington National Cemetery, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, in Arlington, Va. Sgt. Bryant died Nov. 20 in Muqdadiyah, Iraq. (AP Photo/The Potomac News, Donnie Biggs)
FILE This undated photo, released by the Fisher Family, shows Spc. David M. Fisher. The Albany Times-Union reported Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, that Fisher, 21, has been killed in Iraq where he had served for about a month. The military has not confirmed the death, and details surrounding it were sketchy. Fisher's mother has worked in the newpaper's circulation department for 10 years. (AP Photo/Fisher Family via the Times Union, File)	Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi ponders a question during a Parliamentary committee in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. Koizumi said Japanese soldiers are carrying out vital humanitarian work in Iraq that should not be interrupted, showing his support for an extention of the mission. The mission for some 550 Japanese troops based in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah is set to expire Dec. 14. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
The Rev. Jack Bryant stands behind the coffin of his son, Sgt. Jack Bryant Jr., as he gives a speech about his son during a homecoming service at Star Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in Triangle, Va., on Wednesday, Dec. 1. Bryant, a Marine sergeant from Dale City, Va., was killed in Iraq by an explosive device on Nov. 20. (AP Photo/The Potomac News, Dylan Moore)	Nancy Walker of Lancaster, Calif., mother of SSgt Allan K. Walker who was killed during combat in Iraq receives a hug from SSgt Jose Valerio after a memorial service for the 2nd Battalion 4th Marines Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004, at Camp Pendleton, Calif. (AP Photo/Valley Press, Ron Siddle)
Lt. Col. Christopher Gibson, left, of 2/325th Airborne Infantry Regiment and Lt. Col. Thomas Hiebert, right, of the 3/325th Airborne Infantry Regiment at Fort Bragg, N.C., answer questions Wednesday evening, Dec. 1, 2004, about their units' deployment to Iraq. The mission is being described as security for the upcoming Iraqi elections. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Tracy Wilcox)	In this picture released by Britain's Ministry of Defense soldiers of the Black Watch are on patrol with a Warrior armored vehicle during a search operation on the west side of the river Euphrates in the area of Camp Dogwood, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec.1, 2004. (AP Photo/MOD, Steve Lewis)
This undated photo provided by family shows Daryl Davis, of Spencer, Iowa. Davis, 20, was Killed Monday, Nov. 29, 2004, in a motor vehicle accident in Iraq, the Department of Defense said. Davis was a former member of the 2168th Transportation Company of the Iowa National Guard. Lt. Col. Greg Hapgood, spokesman for the Guard, said he transferred to the Florida National Guard's 144th Transportation Company in the last year and was mobilized. (AP Photo/Family via Spencer Daily Reporter)	This photo provided by the Christensen family shows Spec. Jeremy E. Christensen of the Portland, Ore. area. Christensen, 27, was killed on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2004, when a roadside bomb destroyed the Abrams M1 tank he was driving in Iraq, officials said Tuesday. He was assigned to A Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Armored Cavalry Division based in Schweinfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Christensen family via The Oregonian)
This undated photo provided by family shows Daryl Davis, of Spencer, Iowa. Davis, 20, was Killed Monday, Nov. 29, 2004, in a motor vehicle accident in Iraq, the Department of Defense said. Davis was a former member of the 2168th Transportation Company of the Iowa National Guard. Lt. Col. Greg Hapgood, spokesman for the Guard, said he transferred to the Florida National Guard's 144th Transportation Company in the last year and was mobilized. (AP Photo/Family via Spencer Daily Reporter)	ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, DEC. 4-5 Granco Industries Vice President Chad Waldo shows off a grenade launcher assembly tool Nov. 16, 2004, at the family-owned business in Grandview, Mo. The U.S. military efforts in the Middle East have been a boon to the company, which remains in the family. The Waldos have guided Granco Industries from a small machine shop to a 28,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. It recently expanded by 9,000 square feet. The company has grown from manufacturing tools for military and civilian use to making sophisticated tools used in Afghanistan and Iraq. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Joe Ledford)