U.S. Soldier Killed in Blast Near Tikrit
A U.S. Army soldier from the 720th Military Police Battalion , right, waits as an elderly Iraqi mam gets out of a car before searching the vehicle on Highway 1 outside of Tikrit, 193 km (120 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 3, 2003. The battalion, asssited by Iraqi police was searching for contraband weapons that could be used by guerrillas, a routine operation that has taken on added urgency since insurgents shot down a Chinook helicopter with a missile, killing 16 soldiers and wounding 20 others. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
