(AFP/File) - Iraq's parliament speaker Mahmud Mashhadani held talks with Jordan's King Abdullah II, seen here in August 2008, a Baghdad-Washington military pact a few days before Iraqi MPs vote on the controversial deal.(AFP/File/Eric Piermont)

(AFP/File) - US soldiers secure the area along with Iraqi troops following a road side bomb in Mosul on November 16. Iraq's Finance Minister Baqer Jabr Solagh warned that parliament's rejection of a divisive US security pact could endanger the country's finances and hamper reconstruction efforts.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)

(Reuters) - Demonstrators march during a rally in Khalis, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, November 23, 2008. More than 1000 people took to the streets of Khalis on Sunday to support the Iraqi government's security pact with the U.S. military. REUTERS/Helmiy al-Azawi (IRAQ)

(Reuters) - A resident wounded in a roadside bomb attack receives treatment in a hospital in Baghdad November 23, 2008. A roadside bomb attack in Karrada district killed one person and wounded six others on Sunday, according to the police. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ)

(Reuters) - A pupil offers candy to U.S. soldiers of 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery guarding the opening of a new primary school in central Baghdad's Yarmouk district November 23, 2008. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)

(Reuters) - A pupil talks to a U.S. soldier of 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery guarding the opening of a new primary school in central Baghdad's Yarmouk district November 23, 2008. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)

(AP) - Iraqi army soldiers stand guard a demonstration in support of a U.S.-Iraqi security pact in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

(AP) - A child holds a poster of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, during a demonstration in support of a U.S.-Iraqi security pact in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

(AP) - Maura Connelly, left, the top U.S. diplomat in Damascus, attends the opening session of a two-day meeting of Iraq's neighbors to discuss security , in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday Nov. 23, 2008. The two-day gathering of the Security Committee for Coordination and Cooperation on Iraq comes only days before Iraq's parliament will vote on a proposed pact that would allow American troops to stay in Iraq for three more years. Syria's interior minister Bassam Abdul-Majid said a meeting on Iraq's security being held in Damascus must come up with an assertion that Iraq will not be used to launch hostile acts against its neighbors. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

(AP) - The chair of the Saudi Arabian delegation are seen empty during the opening session of a two-day meeting of Iraq's neighbors to discuss security , in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday Nov. 23, 2008. The two-day gathering of the Security Committee for Coordination and Cooperation on Iraq comes only days before Iraq's parliament will vote on a proposed pact that would allow American troops to stay in Iraq for three more years. Syria's interior minister Bassam Abdul-Majid said a meeting on Iraq's security being held in Damascus must come up with an assertion that Iraq will not be used to launch hostile acts against its neighbors. (AP Photo/Ola al-Rifai)

(AP) - Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Labid Abbawi, right, shakes hands with Jalal Fayrouznya, left, the head of the Middle East department at the Iranian Foreign Ministry, during the opening session of a two-day meeting of Iraq's neighbors to discuss security , in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday Nov. 23, 2008. The two-day gathering of the Security Committee for Coordination and Cooperation on Iraq comes only days before Iraq's parliament will vote on a proposed pact that would allow American troops to stay in Iraq for three more years. Syria's interior minister Bassam Abdul-Majid said a meeting on Iraq's security being held in Damascus must come up with an assertion that Iraq will not be used to launch hostile acts against its neighbors. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

(AFP) - Syrian Interior Minister Bassam Abdel Majid speaks during a meeting of the Iraqi Neighbours Border Security Working Group in Damascus. A high-level meeting to discuss security in Iraq opened in Damascus less than a month after US soldiers raided a Syrian village in a hunt for a "facilitator" of foreign fighters entering Iraq.(AFP/null)

(AFP/File) - File photo shows a US soldier in a watch tower in a patrol base in al-Adwaniyah on the southern outskirts of Baghdad. Dismantling the sprawling US military presence in Iraq will be a huge and complex undertaking, US military officials say, even in the three years allowed for the withdrawal of all US forces.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A soldier greets his wife after a homecoming ceremony in Fort Lewis, Washington in mid-November. Dismantling the sprawling US military presence in Iraq will be a huge and complex undertaking, US military officials say, even in the three years allowed for the withdrawal of all US forces.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Brashear)

(AFP/File) - US soldiers stand guard in the northern city of Mosul. Dismantling the sprawling US military presence in Iraq will be a huge and complex undertaking, US military officials say, even in the three years allowed for the withdrawal of all US forces.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)

(AFP/File) - Iraqi and US soldiers in the northern city of Mosul. Dismantling the sprawling US military presence in Iraq will be a huge and complex undertaking, US military officials say, even in the three years allowed for the withdrawal of all US forces.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)

(AP) - Sharri Regalado holds her 3-month-old daughter Jaimie, who, at Sharri's request, is presented a flag that covered the casket of Sharri's late husband, Jose Regalado, at funeral services at Holy Cross Cemetery in Pomona, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. The Department of Defense reported that Sgt. Jose Regalado, 23, of Los Angeles, was one of two soldiers killed in Mosul, Iraq, when an Iraqi Army soldier wearing a uniform approached the men and opened fire on Nov. 12. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

(AP) - The funeral procession for Jose Regalado heads east on the San Bernardino Freeway in West Covina, Calif., enroute to burial at Holy Cross Cemetery in Pomona, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. The Department of Defense reported that Sgt. Jose Regalado, 23, of Los Angeles, was one of two soldiers killed in Mosul, Iraq, when an Iraqi Army soldier wearing a uniform approached the men and opened fire on Nov. 12. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

(AP) - Sharri Regalado adds a flower to those left by many others on the grave of her husband, Jose Regalado, after funeral services and burial at Holy Cross Cemetery in Pomona, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. The Department of Defense reported that Sgt. Jose Regalado, 23, of Los Angeles, was one of two soldiers killed in Mosul, Iraq, when an Iraqi Army soldier wearing a uniform approached the men and opened fire on Nov. 12. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

(AP) - Sharri Regalado touches the casket of her late husband, Jose Regalado, at funeral services at Holy Cross Cemetery in Pomona, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. The Department of Defense reported that Sgt. Jose Regalado, 23, of Los Angeles, was one of two soldiers killed in Mosul, Iraq, when an Iraqi Army soldier wearing a uniform approached the men and opened fire on Nov. 12. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

(AFP/File) - Iraqi Defence Minister Abdel Qader Jassim al-Obeidi, seen here in 2007, warned on Saturday that the Gulf would be infested by pirates and Iraq left at risk of attack by its neighbours if US forces leave the country too soon.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)

(AP) - A guard escorts suspected terrorists at the Iraqi National Police headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

(AFP) - A US soldier jokes with an Iraqi infant during a joint security operation by Iraqi and US soldiers in Mosul. Iraq's parliament is to vote on Wednesday on a pact that will see US forces leave the war-torn country by the end of 2011.(AFP/Mujahed Mohammed)

(AFP/File) - Purple smoke rises from a grenade as two helicopters arrive for waiting US soldiers on the outskirts of Baghdad in May 2008. The Iraqi parliament will vote on November 26 on a controversial pact that will see US forces leave the war-torn country by the end of 2011.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)

(AFP/File) - A PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) militant at a guerilla training camp in the Haqourki mountains near Diana, Iraq. The PKK has claimed responsibility for an explosion at an oil pipeline linking Iraq with southern Turkey.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)

(AP) - Iraqi police and civilians examine human remains found in mass grave near Latifiyah, 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Iraqi police say they have discovered a mass grave containing the remains of at least 10 people south of Baghdad. The victims' hands were bound and they had been shot in the head, execution-style. Authorities believe the people were killed about two years ago by al-Qaida in Iraq. (AP Photo/ Loay Hameed)

(AP) - Iraqi police and civilians examine human remains found in mass grave near Latifiyah, 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Iraqi police say they have discovered a mass grave containing the remains of at least 10 people south of Baghdad. The victims' hands were bound and they had been shot in the head, execution-style. Authorities believe the people were killed about two-years ago. (AP Photo/ Loay Hameed)

(AP) - Iraqi police and civilians stand at the site of a mass grave near Latifiyah, 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Iraqi police say they have discovered a mass grave containing the remains of at least 10 people south of Baghdad. The victims' hands were bound and they had been shot in the head, execution-style. Authorities believe the people were killed about two years ago. (AP Photo/ Loay Hameed)

(AP) - An Iraqi boy plays with a stray puppy dog in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Baghdad authorities announced a campaign on Thursday to kill stray dogs who roam the Iraqi capital in packs, after a spate of fatal dog attacks left children in some neighborhoods fearful of going outside.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

(AP) - An Iraqi policeman and a civilian carry away human remains found in mass grave near Latifiyah, 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Iraqi police say they have discovered a mass grave containing the remains of at least 10 people south of Baghdad. The victims' hands were bound and they had been shot in the head, execution-style. Authorities believe the people were killed about two years-ago. (AP Photo/ Loay Hameed)

(AP) - Iraqis watch a session of parliament as it debates a U.S.-Iraqi security pact on television in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Saturday's session is being shown live on national television and has been orderly so far. Chaotic scenes marred debate earlier this week when opposition lawmakers loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr disrupted the proceedings. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

(AP) - Iraqis watch a session of parliament as it debates a U.S.-Iraqi security pact on television in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Saturday's session is being shown live on national television and has been orderly so far. Chaotic scenes marred debate earlier this week when opposition lawmakers loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr disrupted the proceedings. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

(Reuters) - Iraqi policemen carry a body bag containing a decomposing body found in a shallow grave in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, November 22, 2008. According to an Iraqi police officer, 10 decomposing bodies with bullet holes in their heads and hands bound were exhumed from a shallow mass grave in Iskandariya on Saturday. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ)

(Reuters) - Iraqi policemen carry a body bag containing a decomposing body found in a shallow grave in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, November 22, 2008. According to an Iraqi police officer, 10 decomposing bodies with bullet holes in their heads and hands bound, were exhumed from a shallow mass grave in Iskandariya on Saturday. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ)

(Reuters) - U.S. soldiers give chewing gum to children during a patrol in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, November 22, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ)

(Reuters) - Demonstrators take to the streets to support the Iraqi government's security pact with the U.S. military during a rally in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, November 22, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ)

(Reuters) - A U.S. soldier takes photograph of a colleague and a local tribal leader during the opening of a local city council office in Abu Ghraib west of Baghdad, November 22, 2008. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud (IRAQ)

(Reuters) - A U.S. soldier stands guard in front of an Iraqi national flag painted on a wall during the opening of a local city council office in Abu Ghraib west of Baghdad, November 22, 2008. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud (IRAQ)

(AFP) - Kurds hold a demonstration against violent attacks against women in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah on November 21. Parliament in Iraq's northern autonomous region of Kurdistan is preparing to outlaw female circumcision, according to a woman MP and doctor who has long battled to halt the widespread practice.(AFP/Shwan Mohammed)

(Reuters) - A boy looks at a police officer during a raid in southwestern Baghdad's Amil district November 22, 2008. Two suspected insurgents were arrested by Iraqi police and 20 weapons were recovered during raids and weapons search operations in southwestern Baghdad on Saturday, police said. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)

(Reuters) - An Iraqi soldier searches a house during a raid in southwestern Baghdad's Amil district November 22, 2008. Two suspected insurgents were arrested by Iraqi police and 20 weapons were recovered during raids and weapons search operations in southwestern Baghdad on Saturday, police said. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)

(AP) - U.S. Army soldier of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment walk near an Iraqi old man during a joint U.S.-Iraqi army patrol, in Taharir neighborhood, northeastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

(AP) - U.S. Army soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment secure the area from the top floor of a house during a joint U.S.-Iraqi army patrol, in Taharir neighborhood, northeastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

(AP) - A U.S. Army soldier of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment stands as two Iraqi boys look on during a joint U.S.-Iraqi army patrol, in Taharir neighborhood, northeastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

(AP) - A U.S. Army soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment secures the area as Iraqi women with their kids pass by during a joint U.S.-Iraqi army patrol, in Taharir neighborhood, northeastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

(AP) - U.S Army soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment search a motorcycle during a joint U.S.-Iraqi army patrol, in Taharir neighborhood, northeastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

(AP) - A U.S. Army soldier of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment body searches an Iraqi man during a joint U.S.-Iraqi army patrol, in Taharir neighborhood, northeastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)