Iraqi fighters muster forces during a gun battle with U.S. forces in the streets of Karbala, 110 kilometers south of Baghdad Friday Oct. 17, 2003. A midnight clash with Shiite militants in the same location left three U.S. military policemen and nine Iraqis dead. [AP]

U.S. troops surround a municipal building in the Baghdad suburb of Al Sadr City to secure an area after a police raid October 16, 2003. At least 13 U.S. troops have committed suicide in Iraq, representing more than 10 percent of American noncombat deaths there. [Reuters]

A U.S. soldier gives a final salute to two fallen comrades during a memorial ceremony in Tikrit, Iraq, October 16, 2003. When the 100th U.S. soldier died in combat since President George W. Bush declared victory in Iraq nearly six months ago, the grim statistic laid bare how deadly Iraq has become even after the war. [Reuters]

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