'Iraq, rich in oil on the one hand and internally torn on the other, is guaranteed as a candidate for Israel's targets. Its dissolution is even more important for us (Jews) than that of Syria. Iraq is stronger than Syria. In the short run it is Iraqi power which constitutes the greatest threat to Israel."

"A Strategy for Israel in the Nineteen Eighties" By Oded Yinon

A must read and a must memorize document!

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

A policeman uses a mobile phone to take the picture of a detainee for record purposes during his release at a police station in Baghdad's Doura District October 21, 2008. About 25 prisoners were released from a U.S. military prison camp in Bucca on Tuesday, the U.S. military said. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz (IRAQ)

A U.S. soldier scans the face of a resident as part of reconciliation processing in Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad October 13, 2008. About 79 former insurgents, criminals who wanted to clear their names have come and joined a reconciliation processing organized by the U.S. military and the local government of Samarra, U.S. military said. REUTERS/Sabah al-Bazee (IRAQ)

Blindfolded suspects sit facing the wall after their arrest, in a police station in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad October 14, 2008. About nine suspected gunmen were arrested by the Iraqi security forces during a raid in Kirkuk on Tuesday, police said. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (IRAQ)

A policeman stands guard near blindfolded suspects sitting facing the wall after their arrest, in a police station in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad October 14, 2008. About nine suspected gunmen were arrested by the Iraqi security forces during a raid in Kirkuk on Tuesday, police said. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (IRAQ)

Iraqi Army Special Forces break into a house after receiving a tip on possible presence of weapons in the Al-Taliaa village near Diwaniyah, 150 km (95 miles) south of Baghdad. Iraq's top leaders were meeting late Sunday to review a controversial security pact with the US that will determine American troop deployments beyond this year, a parliamentary official told AFP. (AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)

Iraqi troops enter a suspected insurgent's house during a routine patrol in the village of Talia'ah, 30 kilometers (20 miles) north-west of Diwaniyah, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (IRAQ)

Handcuffed detainees get off from a U.S. military truck before their release in a police station in Baghdad's Doura District October 21, 2008. About 25 prisoners were released from a U.S. military prison camp in Bucca on Tuesday, the U.S. military said. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz (IRAQ)

An Iraqi detainee jumps from an army Vehicle as he wears plastic handcuffs, before being released, in south Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008. The U.S. military on Tuesday released from custody 25 residents of Dora who were suspected of terrorist activities, the Iraqi army said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

U.S. soldiers remove the handcuffs of detainees during their release in a police station in Baghdad's Doura District October 21, 2008. About 25 prisoners were released from a U.S. military prison camp in Bucca on Tuesday, the U.S. military said. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz (IRAQ)

A U.S soldier cuts plastic handcuffs off an Iraqi detainee, in Baghdad's southern Dora neighborhood, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008. The U.S. military on Tuesday released from custody 25 residents of Dora who were suspected of terrorist activities, Iraqi army said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

A U.S. soldier distributes leaflets urging peace to detainees while waiting for their release in a police station in Baghdad's Doura District October 21, 2008. (Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters)

A U.S. soldier removes the handcuffs of a detainee on a wheelchair during his release in a police station in Baghdad's Doura District October 21, 2008. About 25 prisoners were released from a U.S. military prison camp in Bucca on Tuesday, the U.S. military said. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz (IRAQ)

A policeman pushes a detainee on a wheelchair ahead of his release with other detainees in a police station in Baghdad's Doura District October 21, 2008. About 25 prisoners were released from a U.S. military prison camp in Bucca on Tuesday, the U.S. military said. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz (IRAQ)

Detainees walk out from a police station after their release in Baghdad's Doura District October 21, 2008. About 25 prisoners were released from a U.S. military prison camp in Bucca on Tuesday, the U.S. military said. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)

A woman throws sweets as she greets her son after his release from the detention facility, in Baghdad's Doura District October 21, 2008. About 25 prisoners were released from a U.S. military prison camp in Bucca on Tuesday, the U.S. military said. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)

An Iraq detainee, second left, is embraced by his brother after being released from U.S. military custody in Baghdad's southern Dora neighborhood, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008. The U.S. military on Tuesday released from custody 25 residents of Dora who were suspected of terrorist activities, Iraqi army said. (AP Photo/ Loay Hameed)

A U.S. soldier of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) team walks through munitions at a joint U.S.-Iraqi army base in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008. The munitions were seized by the U.S. army and Iraqi security forces during recent operations in the Shiite enclave of Sadr city. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

A new Iraqi flag is plastered on a wall as US soldiers secure the entrance of a building in the province of Babil. At least 15 men have been killed and 14 more wounded in fierce early-morning clashes between insurgents and Sunni tribes in the central Iraq Shiite province of Babil, police and a medic have said. (AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)

An Iraqi boy stands next to a machinegun and a bullet-riddled door in Barwanah al-Saghira, 60 kms northeast of Baghdad. At least 15 men have been killed and 14 more wounded in fierce early-morning clashes between insurgents and Sunni tribes in the central Iraq Shiite province of Babil, police and a medic have said. (AFP/File/Patrick Baz)

An Iraqi boy looks as U.S soldiers patrol Baquba, in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad October 19, 2008. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

U.S. soldiers stand at attention during the handover ceremony of a military base from U.S. forces to the Iraqi army in Yusufiya, south of Baghdad, October 20, 2008. (Bassim Shati/Reuters)

An Iraqi soldier looks at a U.S. soldier carrying a sniffing dog after the handover ceremony of a military base from U.S. forces to the Iraqi army in Yusufiya, south of Baghdad, October 20, 2008. (Bassim Shati/Reuters)

U.S soldiers patrol Baquba, in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, October 18, 2008. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

An Iraqi soldier stands at attention during the handover ceremony of a military base from U.S. forces to the Iraqi army in Yusufiya, south of Baghdad, October 20, 2008. (Bassim Shati/Reuters)

Angry Shiites chanted anti-US slogans and burnt effigies of American leaders at a mass rally in Baghdad last weekend. The Iraqi cabinet is seeking changes to a planned security pact with Washington despite a warning from the US military chief that time is running out for Baghdad to approve the deal. (AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

US military chief Michael Mullen, seen here addressing Iraqi troops in Mosul in July. The Iraqi cabinet is mulling a contentious security pact with Washington as the top US military chief warns that time is running out for Baghdad to back the deal. (AFP/HO/File/Chad J. Mcneeley)

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks at the inauguration of the new parliament building in Baghdad in August. The Iraqi cabinet is mulling a contentious security pact with Washington as the top US military chief warns that time is running out for Baghdad to back the deal. (AFP/HO/File/null)

US troops in the Sunni town of Jurf al-Sakhr which lies in between the Sunni Anbar province and the Shiite Babil province in 2007. Iraqi forces will take control of the central Shiite province of Babil from US troops later this week, making it the 12th of Iraq's 18 governates to be handed over by US-led forces, officials have said. (AFP/File/Ali Yussef)

Iraqi soldiers march at the end of the handover ceremony of a military base from U.S. forces to the Iraqi army in Yusufiya, 20 km (12 miles) south of Baghdad, October 20, 2008. Picture taken October 20, 2008. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)

A U.S. officer and Iraqi soldiers attend the handover ceremony of a military base from U.S. forces to the Iraqi army in Yusufiya, 20 km (12 miles) south of Baghdad, October 20, 2008. Picture taken October 20, 2008. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)

U.S. soldiers fold the flag of their Brigade during the handover ceremony of a military base from U.S. forces to the Iraqi army in Yusufiya, 20 km (12 miles) south of Baghdad, October 20, 2008. Picture taken October 20, 2008. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)

A V-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft taxies after a mission at Asad air base in western Iraqi desert Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. With its revolutionary design and to date near perfect record in Iraq, the V-22 Osprey looks very much the part of America's next great advance in military aviation. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

British soldiers demonstrate stretching to Iraqi soldiers during a military training by British forces to Iraqi forces at a joint military base in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, October 20, 2008. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ)

Iraqi policemen take up position during a raid south of the city of Hilla, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, October 19, 2008. Picture taken October 19, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ)

Iraqi policemen patrol during a raid south of the city of Hilla, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, October 19 , 2008. Picture taken October 19 , 2008. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ)

Iraqi policemen take up position during a raid south of the city of Hilla, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, October 19, 2008. Picture taken October 19, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ

U.S. Brigadier General David Perkins, Spokesman for MNF-I and Iraqi Dr. Tahseen Al-Sheikhly, Spokesman for Operation Fardh al-Qanoon (not in picture) discuss the Government of Iraq and Coalition force's reconstruction activities in Sadr city during a news conference in Baghdad October 19, 2008. REUTERS/Sabah Arar/Pool (IRAQ)

Iraqi defence ministry spokesman Major General Mohammed al-Askari speaks during a press conference in Baghdad in June 2008. Iraqi security forces on Sunday killed a Saudi Arabian who was a fighter belonging to the Al-Qaeda in Iraq group, al-Askari told AFP. (AFP/POOL/File/Mohammed Ameen)

A US soldier jokes with an Iraqi child during a routine patrol in the village of Talia'ah, 30 kilometers (20 miles) north-west of Diwaniyah, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjan

An Iraqi woman peeps inside a blood stained car of two women allegedly shot dead by private security guards in central Baghdad in 2007. Iraq's top leaders were to meet late on Sunday to review a controversial security pact with the US that will determine American troop deployments beyond this year, a parliamentary official told AFP. (AFP/File/Ali Yussef)

Iraqi and American soldiers stand around an Iraqi flag during a ceremony that marked the reopening of al-Rasheed Street in central Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008. The street was reopened to traffic for the first time in four years. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi soldier stands guard during a ceremony that marked the reopening of al-Rasheed Street in central Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008. The street was reopened to traffic for the first time in four years. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

A convoy of British armoured vehicles pulling out from Basra Palace in southern Iraq last year. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has said Baghdad and London will begin negotiating a security deal to decide the future of British forces in the country beyond 2008. (AFP/HO/File/British Ministry Of Defence)

Iraqi children gather as British soliders patrol Khor al-Zubar village, five miles southeast of the southern city of Basra. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has said Baghdad and London will begin negotiating a security deal to decide the future of British forces in the country beyond 2008. (AFP/Essam al-Sudani)

REFILE - CORRECTING DATE An Iraqi woman gestures as U.S soldiers patrol Baquba, in Diyala province some 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad October 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)

Iraqi troops on a routine patrol in the village of Talia'ah, 30 kilometers (20 miles) north-west of Diwaniyah, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)

Demonstrators carry banners and Iraqi national flags during a protest march in Baghdad's Sadr City October 18, 2008. Thousands of followers of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets on Saturday in a demonstration against a pact that would allow U.S. forces to stay in Iraq for three more years. (Kareem Raheem/Reuters)

Demonstrators wear Iraqi national flags during a protest march in Baghdad's Sadr City October 18, 2008. Thousands of followers of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets on Saturday in a demonstration against a pact that would allow U.S. forces to stay in Iraq for three more years. (Kareem Raheem/Reuters)

Demonstrators wave Iraqi national flags during a protest march in Baghdad's Sadr City October 18, 2008. Thousands of followers of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets on Saturday in a demonstration against a pact that would allow U.S. forces to stay in Iraq for three more years. (Kareem Raheem/Reuters)

An Iraqi boy looks at a U.S. soldier patrolling a village near Baquba in Diyala province, some 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad October 18, 2008. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (IRAQ)

U.S. soldiers patrol a village near Baquba in Diyala province, some 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad October 18, 2008. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (IRAQ)

A U.S. soldier stands near an Iraqi man in a village near Baquba in Diyala province, some 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad October 18, 2008. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (IRAQ)

An Iraqi boy looks at a U.S. soldier as he patrols a village near Baquba in Diyala province, some 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad October 18, 2008. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (IRAQ)

Iraqis look at a U.S. soldier as he patrols a village near Baquba in Diyala province, some 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad October 18, 2008. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (IRAQ)

Residents grieve near the body of a relative who was killed by gunmen outside a hospital morgue in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, October 18, 2008. Gunmen shot dead a returning displaced man in Baquba on Saturday, police said. REUTERS/Helmiy al-Azawi (IRAQ)

An Iraqi demonstrator holds a poster of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Angry Shiites chanted anti-US slogans and burnt effigies of American leaders at a mass rally in Baghdad called by radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who has urged Iraqi lawmakers to reject a planned US-Iraq security deal. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burn effigies of U.S. President George W. Bush,and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, during a rally in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, to protest a draft U.S.-Iraqi security agreement. The mass show of opposition comes as the United States and Iraqi leaders try to build support for the accord that would extend the presence of American forces in Iraq beyond the end of this year. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Scores of supporters of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave green flags, the colour of Islam, as they march on October 18 through the streets of Baghdad in protest against the US occupation in Iraq. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr take part in a rally in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Oct. 18,2008, to protest a draft U.S.-Iraqi security agreement. The mass show of opposition comes as the United States and Iraqi leaders try to build support for the accord that would extend the presence of American forces in Iraq beyond the end of this year. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Demonstrators carry a banner with Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr during a rally in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Oct. 18,2008, to protest a draft U.S.-Iraqi security agreement. The mass show of opposition comes as the United States and Iraqi leaders try to build support for the accord that would extend the presence of American forces in Iraq beyond the end of this year. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr take part in a rally in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Oct. 18,2008, to protest a draft U.S.-Iraqi security agreement. The mass show of opposition comes as the United States and Iraqi leaders try to build support for an accord that would extend the presence of American forces in Iraq beyond the end of this year. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr take part in a rally in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Oct. 18,2008, to protest a draft U.S.-Iraqi security agreement. The mass show of opposition comes as the United States and Iraqi leaders try to build support for an accord that would extend the presence of American forces in Iraq beyond the end of this year. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)/p>

Thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr carry two huge Iraqi flags as they take part in a rally in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Oct. 18,2008, to protest a draft U.S.-Iraqi security agreement. The mass show of opposition comes as the United States and Iraqi leaders try to build support for an accord that would extend the presence of American forces in Iraq beyond the end of this year. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burn effigies of U.S. President George W. Bush, right and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, during a rally in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, to protest a draft U.S.-Iraqi security agreement. The mass show of opposition comes as the United States and Iraqi leaders try to build support for the accord that would extend the presence of American forces in Iraq beyond the end of this year. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr followers burn the effigies of U.S. President George W. Bush, right and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, during a rally in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Oct. 18,2008, to protest a draft U.S.-Iraqi security agreement. The mass show of opposition comes as the United States and Iraqi leaders try to build support for the accord that would extend the presence of American forces in Iraq beyond the end of this year. (AP Photo/Karim Kadi

Two Iraqi protesters place a poster with Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on a huge Iraqi flag during a rally in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, to protest a draft U.S.- Iraqi security agreement. The mass show of opposition comes as the United States and Iraqi leaders try to build support for the accord that would extend the presence of American forces in Iraq beyond the end of this year. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr take part in a rally in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, to protest a draft U.S.-Iraqi security agreement. The mass show of opposition comes as the United States and Iraqi leaders try to build support for the accord that would extend the presence of American forces in Iraq beyond the end of this year. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

A picture released by the US Army shows Army Chief Warrant Officer Bernd Knox and Capt. David Hnyda, seen in 2004, conducting an inspection on a OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter in Iraq.The US Army cancelled a 9.2-billion-dollar contract with Bell Helicopter to build hundreds of armed reconnaissance helicopters because of ballooning cost overruns and delivery delays, officials said Friday. (AFP/US ARMY/File/Staff Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

A US army OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter hovers above southern Baghdad in 2004. The US Army cancelled a 9.2-billion-dollar contract with Bell Helicopter to build hundreds of armed reconnaissance helicopters because of ballooning cost overruns and delivery delays, officials said Friday.The army's fleet of OH-58 Kiowa helicopters will be upgraded at a cost of 800 million dollars instead. (AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)

An American soldier stands guard during a routine patrol in the neighborhood of Dora in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday,Oct. 16, 2008. (AP Photo / Karim Kadim)

An American soldier stands guard watched by a dog during a routine patrol in the neighborhood of Dora in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008. Yellow haze is caused by a heavy dust storm. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim

An American soldier watches over kids as troops visited a school to donate school supplies in the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday,Oct. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

US troops prepare to go out on a patrol in front of a monument that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein built to mark the end of the war between Iraq and Iran at 1980s, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008. Yellow haze caused by dust storm. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

A US soldier faces a youngster, as he stands guard during a ceremony marking reopening of a renovated primary school in Karaghol, 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)

U.S. soldiers patrol Baquba, in Diyala province some 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad October 16, 2008. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (IRAQ)

An Iraqi shepherd passes by a U.S. soldier patrolling the town of Baquba, in Diyala province some 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad October 16, 2008. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (IRAQ)

U.S. soldiers perform during a concert as part of the opening ceremony for an amusement park in Tikrit, about 150 km (95 miles) north of Baghdad, October 15, 2008. Picture taken October 15, 2008. REUTERS/Sabah al-Bazee (IRAQ)

U.S soldiers take a break between missions in Baquba, in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, October 15, 2008. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

Iraqi schoolchildren watch as U.S soldiers patrol the town of Baquba, in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, October 15, 2008. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

An Iraqi boy watches as U.S soldiers patrol town of Baquba, in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, October 15, 2008. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

This photo released by the U.S. Army at Fort Hood, Texas, shows Spc. Geoffrey G. Johnson, 28, of Lubbock, Texas, who died on Oct. 12, 2008 of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Division Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Hood. (AP Photo/U.S. Army at Fort Hood, Texas)

US military spokesman Rear Admiral Patrick Driscoll speaks during a news conference at the Green Zone area in Baghdad, Iraq. The US military said on Wednesday that a foreign insurgent killed in the main northern Iraqi city of Mosul this month has been identified as Abu Qaswarah, Al-Qaeda's number two in Iraq. (AFP/POOL/Ali Abbas)

A British soldier holds an Iraqi national flag during a training session by British forces to Iraqi military members at a camp in Basra, about 420 km (261 miles) southeast of Baghdad October 15, 2008. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ)

Iraqi schoolchildren watch as U.S soldiers patrol the town of Baquba, in Diyala province some 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad October 15, 2008. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (IRAQ)

A woman cries while waiting to claim the remains of her son found in a mass grave, outside a hospital morgue in Kerbala, 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad October 15, 2008. Police have discovered the decomposing bodies of 22 men dumped in a mass grave west of the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala, police and hospital sources said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed (IRAQ)/p>

A woman cries as she holds a baby while waiting to claim the remains of her husband's body found in a mass grave, outside a hospital morgue in Kerbala, 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad October 15, 2008. Police have discovered the decomposing bodies of 22 men dumped in a mass grave in west of the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala, police and hospital sources said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed (IRAQ)

US marine mourns the loss of a comrade during a memorial service in Fallujah, west of Baghdad. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have increased the number of US soldiers suffering post-traumatic stress disorder leading to higher rates of suicides and divorce, according to recent military reports. (AFP/HO/File/Cpl. Brian Reimers)

Children smile as they look at a U.S. army soldier on a patrol with the Iraqi police in Baghdad's Ameen district, October 14, 2008. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)

A U.S. soldier patrols the town of Baquba in the Diyala province, some 65km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad October 14, 2008. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

Children smile as they look at a U.S. army soldier on a patrol with the Iraqi police in Baghdad's Ameen district October 14, 2008. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)

A U.S. soldier stands guard during a patrol with the Iraqi police in Baghdad's Ameen district October 14, 2008. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)

A U.S. soldier stands guard on a road during a joint patrol with Iraqi police in Baghdad's Ameen district October 14, 2008. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)

An Iraqi soldier talks to residents during a patrol in Baghdad's Ameen district October 14, 2008. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)

A U.S. soldier talks to children during a patrol in Baghdad's Ameen district October 14, 2008. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)

U.S. soldiers search a house during a raid and military search operation in Baghdad's Ameen district October 14, 2008. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)

Iraqi women walk past a U.S. soldier on a patrol with the Iraqi police in Baghdad's Ameen district October 14, 2008. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)

An Iraqi woman walks past U.S. soldiers on a patrol with the Iraqi police in Baghdad's Ameen district October14, 2008. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)

An Iraqi security guard stands in front of the Syrian Catholic church in Baghdad. The United States on Tuesday condemned attacks on Iraqis, including those against Christians in the northern city of Mosul, where a surge in violence against the community has provoked a mass exodus. (AFP/Sabah Arar)

An Iraqi boy cries as U.S. soldiers search his family home for weapons in the town of Baquba in the Diyala province, some 65km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad October 14, 2008. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (IRAQ)

U.S. soldiers patrol the town of Baquba in the Diyala province, some 65km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad October 14, 2008. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (IRAQ)

A Christian boy looks on as he sits at the back of his family car after leaving Mosul, at a checkpoint of Qaraqosh area about 30 kilometers (18 miles) east of Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Oct 13, 2008.Thousands of Christians have abandoned their homes in Mosul in recent days to seek refuge in churches and with relatives in neighboring villages or in relatively safe Kurdish-controlled areas nearby.Fears have been raised after at least 10 Christians were killed in separate attacks this month. (AP Photo/Emad Mat

General Ray Odierno, who commands US forces in Iraq, seen here, has accused Iran of trying to bribe Iraqi lawmakers in the hope of undermining an agreement that would allow US troops to remain in Iraq after the end of this year, The Washington Post has reported. (AFP/POOL/File/Dusan Vranic)

A girl cries while embracing her father during the funeral of her brother, who was killed in a bomb attack, in Baghdad October 13, 2008. A bomb planted in a parked car killed nine people and wounded 13 when it exploded in a busy commercial street in the Bayaa district of southern Baghdad on Sunday, police said. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)

An Iraqi woman clears debris of a destroyed shop after a car bomb explosion in the predominantly Shiite Bayaa district, southwestern Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. The bomb exploded Sunday in a commercial street of Baghdad killing seven people and wounding nine others, police said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

School girls walk past the wreckage of a car after a car bomb explosion in the predominantly Shiite Bayaa district, southwestern Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. A car bomb exploded Sunday in a commercial street of southwestern Baghdad, killing seven people and wounding nine others, police said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

A man clears debris in his shop after a car bomb explosion in the predominantly Shiite Bayaa district, southwestern Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. A car bomb exploded Sunday in a commercial street of southwestern Baghdad, killing seven people and wounding nine others, police said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

A man walks past a destroyed shop after a car bomb explosion in the predominantly Shiite Bayaa district, southwestern Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. A car bomb exploded Sunday in a commercial street of southwestern Baghdad, killing seven people and wounding nine others, police said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

A U.S. soldier gives school supplies to students of Dhat Sawary primary school in al Adil neighborhood western Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

People inspect the area in the aftermath of Friday's bombing in Abu Dshir district in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. A car bomb exploded in the main outdoor market in Abu Dshir Friday killing 13 and wounding 27, police said. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)

Firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire after a car bomb blast in Abu Dshir in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. A parked car bomb killed 13 people in a market in Abu Dshir Friday. At least 27 people were wounded. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)

Men try to put fire out after a car bomb blast in Abu Dshir in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. A parked car bomb killed 13 people in a market in Abu Dshir Friday. At least 27 people were wounded. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)

Sharlow Majik, 8, bottom left , reacts during the funeral of her brother, Mandaean student Saif Majik, in the predominantly Shiite Bayaa district, southwestern Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. Saif, 26, was one of seven people killed Sunday by a car bomb explosion in a commercial street in the Bayaa district. The Mandaeans are a pre-Christian sect that follow the teachings of John the Baptist. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)/p>

A U.S. soldier stands guard during a patrol in Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad October 9, 2008. Picture taken October 9, 2008. REUTERS/Sabah al-Bazee (IRAQ)

A U.S. soldier shakes hands with a boy as a resident looks on during a patrol in Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad October 9, 2008. Picture taken October 9, 2008. REUTERS/Sabah al-Bazee (IRAQ)

Relatives cry during the funeral of Iraqi parliament member Saleh al-Ugaili during his funeral in Baghdad's Sadr City October 10, 2008. Ugaili, a member of parliament from anti-American cleric Moqtada al Sadr's bloc, was killed by a bomb in Baghdad on Thursday, in an attack that some feared may herald a wave of assassinations before provincial elections. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ)

Iraqi parliament members Ghufran al-Sa'idi, left, and Zainab Karim, react, during the funeral of Iraqi lawmaker and member of Muqtada al-Sadr's political movement Saleh al-Auqaeilir, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. al-Auqaeili was killed Thursday when a bomb struck his convoy in Baghdad, officials said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)