Two US soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003, watch over suspected Saddam loyalists after raids were conducted in the early hours of Wednesday morning. More than a dozen men were taken into custody and a large cache of weapons explosives and home made bomb detonators were found during the raid which 1/22 infantry regiment conducted after receiving reports from local sources and military intelligence.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

US soldier Lt.Col Steven Russell left, commander of the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division and Unit executive officer Maj. Luke in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003, examine remote control bomb devices and other ordinance found during a the raid early Wednesday morning. More than a dozen men were taken into custody and a large cache of weapons explosives and home made bomb detonators were found during the raid which 1/22 infantry regiment conducted after receiving reports from local sources and military intelligence.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

US soldiers from right, Sgt. 1st Class Gilbert Nail of Clayton Oklahoma, Sgt.Maj. Salvador Martinez, Sgt.Maj. Cesar Castro of New York, and Sgt.1st Class Milton Benson of Crystal Springs, Mississippi from the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003, examines ordinance and Iraqi cash found after raids were conducted in the early hours of Wednesday morning. More than a dozen men were taken into custody and a large cache of weapons explosives and home made bomb detonators were found during the raid which 1/22 infantry regiment conducted after receiving reports from local sources and military intelligence.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

US soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003, depart for a raid on suspected Saddam loyalist houses after raids were conducted in the early hours of Wednesday morning. More than a dozen men were taken into custody and a large cache of weapons explosives and home made bomb detonators were found during the raid which 1/22 infantry regiment conducted after receiving reports from local sources and military intelligence.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)