A Marine watches for insurgent activity in Falluja, November 10, 2004. U.S. forces expect to be positioned throughout the last remaining guerrilla stronghold in Falluja by Tuesday, a Marine officer said on November 13. Taking the area they have called 'Queens,' the Shuhada district in the south of the city, would give U.S.-led forces near total control of Falluja. (USMC/Reuters)



U.S. Marines and Iraqi Security Force soldiers with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, prepare to clear a building in Falluja November 10, 2004. An Iraqi Red Crescent convoy entered Falluja on Saturday with the first supplies of aid to reach the city since U.S.-led forces began to blast their way in five days ago. Picture taken November 10, 2004. REUTERS/Sgt. Luis R. Agostini/USMC









An Iraqi man lifts his Galbiya (Arab style dress) to show US marines from the 3/5 Lima company that he has no hidden arms as they conduct a house-to-house search in the Jolan district of the restive city of Fallujah. Iraq (news - web sites) said that the battle to retake the Sunni rebel bastion of Fallujah was over, with more than 1,000 insurgents killed, but that the country's most wanted man, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, had fled.(AFP/Patrick Baz)



Iraqi soldiers search a mosque in he western part of Fallujah, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004. Iraq's national security adviser Qassem Dawoud said Saturday the massive military operation to retake Fallujah 'is accomplished' with about 1,000 insurgents killed and 200 captured.However Dawoud said that Jordanian terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Fallujah insurgent leader Abdullah al-Janabi 'have escaped.' (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)





US Marines of the first division call for support after coming under fire in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004. Iraq's national security adviser Qassem Dawoud said Saturday the massive military operation to retake Fallujah 'is accomplished' with about 1,000 insurgents killed and 200 captured.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Iraqi soldiers take off their boots before searching a mosque in he western part of Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004. Iraq's national security adviser Qassem Dawoud said Saturday the massive military operation to retake Fallujah 'is accomplished' with about 1,000 insurgents killed and 200 captured.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)



US Marines of the 1st Division take position overlooking the western part of Fallujah, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004. Iraq's national security adviser Qassem Dawoud said Saturday the massive military operation to retake Fallujah 'is accomplished' with about 1,000 insurgents killed and 200 captured.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)



Nov. 12, 2004: U.S. Marines lead away a captured Iraqi man in the center of Fallujah.



US Marines enter a building to search it in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)



US Marines advance in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004. Iraq's national security adviser Qassem Dawoud said Saturday the massive military operation to retake Fallujah 'is accomplished' with about 1,000 insurgents killed and 200 captured. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)



Egyptian men get food and water after US Marines of the first Division entered a building in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq , Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004. The three men say they could not flee the city as one of them fell ill. The US Marines took them out of the city. Iraq's national security adviser Qassem Dawoud said Saturday the massive military operation to retake Fallujah 'is accomplished' with about 1,000 insurgents killed and 200 captured.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)









U.S. military says major Fallujah offensive over - MSNBC



A US Marine arrests Iraqi men in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004. About 80 percent of the city was said to be under U.S. control, with insurgents pushed into a narrow corner. But the battle has claimed at least 24 American lives and wounded about 170 U.S. troops, and violence has now spread to other Sunni Muslim areas of Iraq.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)





Deserted street in western Fallujah Saturday, showing scars of war (Photo: AP)





Egyptian men plead for help as US Marines of the first Division enter a building in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004. The three men claimed could not flee the city as one of them fell ill. The US Marines gave them food and water and took them out of the city.Iraq's national security adviser Qassem Dawoud said Saturday the massive military operation to retake Fallujah "is accomplished" with about 1,000 insurgents killed and 200 captured.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)