Palestinian youth protesters gather at Hyde Park, London where estimates of half a million to a million protesters came out to protest the war with Iraq. Protesters gather at Hyde Park in London where estimates of half a million to a million protesters came out to protest the war with Iraq. Abdul Hafeedh, 17, joins protesters in Hyde Park, London where estimates of half a million to a million protesters came out to protest the war with Iraq. US Army reservist Daniel Mckillop administers a smallpox vaccination on San Francisco Chronicle photojournalist Michael Macor at the Hilton Hotel in Kuwait during the embeding process on Thursday, March 6, 2003. The US Marines Amtrac maintenance crew goes for their trainning at Camp Matilda. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 construction company returns to Camp 93 after convoy trainning today, March 14, 2003, in the Kuwait desert. LT Chaplain Brandon Harding, takes poloraid photos of Iraqi youth while they wait for the photos to develop. NMCB4 Task Force Mike gets a day break to do their own things to keep up morale while getting protection from Marine tanks. NMCB4 Jeremy Miller from Ohio, aims his gun after security warned of sniper fire on camp Bridge Park in Northwest Iraq. An Iraqi man takes a puff while looking at NMCB4 doctors helping other Iraqis on bank of Saddam Canal in central Iraq. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB4) Soyla Cobert washes Nancy Smith's hair after the NMCB4 halted for the day, Tuesday, April 8, 2003, in Southern Iraq. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4's Olivo Gerrero, 19, of Santa Cruz, California, writes his daily journal to his girlfriend Diane from Iraq on Wednesday, March 26, 2003. Gerrero said, "That's the only way I talk to her," Gerrero said. "Otherwise, you go nuts out here because we have no communication out here whatsoever." Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) security and U.S. Marines cordon off a bridge in Iraq about 200 kilometers (124 miles) northwest of the Kuwait border while Iraqi farmers cross with their animals. U.S. Marines check an Iraqi resident before he crosses a secured bridge in Iraq 200 kilometers (approximately 124 miles) northwest of the Kuwait border on Thursday, March 27, 2003. Marines have been searching everyone since 20 Marines were ambushed in this area. An Iraqi family walks on one of the sand cliffs to look at the new bridge that Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB4) built in an undisclosed location between Nasiriyah and Baghdad, Iraq, April 1, 2003. The family said that they wanted this bridge built since 1994. "All we want is freedom and to live happy, have water and transportation for our herds (cattle goats and camels)," they said. SSGT Dale R. Beck smokes his first cigarette watching the sun rise at 5:25 a.m. at Camp Matilda in Kuwait. Marines are not allowed to smoke at night. Beck who has been in active duty for the Marines since 1988 said, "What keeps me focused during this time away from my family is the hope that we will do some good in this world." LCPL Johnny Nelson, 26, (far right) from Hampton, Tennessee, shaves his beard first thing in the morning at Camp Matilda in Kuwait, Sunday March 9, 2003. 3rd AABM Sgt. Brain Williams, left and Sgt. Justin Jankowski wash their clothes on their day off using 2 buckets and a liter of water at Camp Matilda in Kuwait, Sunday March 9, 2003. Soldiers of the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 Task Force Mike share cigarettes among each other while watching "Spy Games" movie on a DVD player in their truck April 5, 2003, in the Iraqi desert. Since they have not received mail for a month, they were running out of cigarettes, baby wipes, and other necessary things to keep themselves occupied. Most of them are desperate to tell their family that they are ok. Majid Hassan, 5, holds a IV bag while Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB4) Hospital Corpsman Chris Terry and Fernando Juarez checks an Iraqi man's eyes near Yashar Bin Jaber village, Iraq, April 2, 2003. The man had a throat infection and was so weak he was given an IV. Iraqi children wait for MREs that were given to them by the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB4) April 3, 2003, in Iraq. Marthaian Hussain, 5, holds crackers in his hand while observing U.S. Marines and the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB4) help some Iraqis with medical needs April 5, 2003, in Iraq. An Iraqi man shows his identification April 5, 2003, in Iraq. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB4), Charlie Company, Jason Wiese, from Iowa, takes a drink of water while looking at a oil well fire Tuesday, April 8, 2003, in southern Iraq. The NMCB4, Charlie Company, was going back to Kuwait to get more supplies for NMCB Task Force Mike. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB4), E5 Tim Norling, left and Master Sgt. 2 Maximo Perez get out from their truck for security in Southern Iraq, Tuesday, April 8, 2003. The NMCB4, Charlie Company, was going back to Kuwait to get more supplies for NMCB Task Force Mike. Hajia Ajedaba comforts her daughter Hadiea, 4, who was trying to walk on her crippled legs April 5, 2003, in Iraq. Hajia Ajedaba said, she can't wait for Americans to build a hospital so they don't have to make the difficult trip to Baghdad. Soldiers from Fort Bragg, N.C., play an aggressive game of water basketball at the recreational pool at Camp Anaconda. The pool was built for Saddam's troops and has been reactivated as one of the few pleasures on this austere base in Balad, Iraq. Maneuvering through a shadowy path cast by night lights, U.S. soilders pass in the exit path to a mess hall at Camp Anaconda, about 40 miles north of Baghdad. The camp of about 23,000 is located on an old Iraqi air base and includes a Pizza Hut and a Burger King. The base theater even debuted "Star Wars" Thursday. Tall concrete barriers, like those above, protect soldiers from mortar shrapnel, which occasionally is fired into the base by insurgents. Activities at Camp Anaconda in Balad, Iraq where 30th Engineering Brigade from N.C. is running the construction operation with other US Army units. A US Army soldier enjoys his luxury facial in a beauty salon at Camp Anaconda in Balad, Iraq where the 30th Engineering Brigade from N.C. is running the construction operation with other US Army units. US Army soilders pass through a bunker near the chow hall at Camp Anaconda in Balad, Iraq where the 30th Engineering Brigade from N.C. is running the construction operation with other US Army units. Referee Capt. Richard Ojeda, 34, of Logan County, W.Va., with HHC 20th Engineering Brigade, runs away from C7 Spc. Adam Mitaya (left) from Maine and Staff Sgt. Benjamin Evans from Ca., at Camp Victory, Baghdad, during kick boxing match on Friday afternoon. Ojeda said, boxing ring to let his men work off steam. "Clap lightning, talk thunder, walk through graveyards and make dead men wonder, 'cause we are somebody. We can't walk on water, but it'd take us a long doggone time to sink." Camp Victory is one of the largest base in Baghdad, Iraq. Portrait of Lt. Col Chaplin Gus, who serves with 30th Engineering Brigade, from NC says, most of the time you have to be a good listener because some soliders just want to talk about things while at Camp Anaconda in Balad, Iraq. An Iraqi uses a fishing net near Saddam Canal north of Basra, Iraq. While camp security forces keep watch over the perimeter, SFC. Kurt Bouie celebrates a home run Monday afternoon with his teammate, Spc. Marvin Barbour, at Camp Anaconda in Balad, Iraq. They are from the Army's 814 Engineering Unit out of Fort Polk, La., and won the game by 20 runs. Temperatures at the air base, about 40 miles north of Baghdad, run about 110 degrees during daytime this time of year, so teams schedule their games in late afternoon when the mercury is down to about 100. NMCB 4 battlion has some fun while putting a tube pipe back after finishing their project in Iraq. USAF medics move one of the injured soldiers in a C141 Star lifter bound for Germany at Camp Anaconda Air Base. USAF nurses and doctors wait for medical supplies to be put on the bus which will be sent out with injured soldiers at Camp Anaconda Hospital. LTC US ARMY Mark J. Ivey from Grand Haven, Mi., examines one of the soldiers who lost both his legs in a bomb explosion and suffered from bruised lungs while discussing the life support system from Nova Lung device (new techonology which is saving many lives in the war zone) at Camp Anaconda Hospital. Bearing shrapnel scars from metal that burrowed under his protective vest, US Marine, Lcpl, Bradley Garfield from Cherry Point, N.C., is being treated at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. His patrol was hit by a roadside bomb in Al Assad, Iraq. Landstuhl Regional Medical Center is the largest U.S. military hospital abroad and is the first stop for serious casualties evacuated from Iraq and Afghanistan. Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany where U.S. military personnel are treated. Pvt. Steve Morrissey of the Third Infantry Division of Fort Stewart Ga., is treated for injuries from a roadside bomb blast at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, Landstuhl is the largest U.S. military hospital abroad and the first stop for casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan. At Camp Bucca, Iraq, restraints are removed from a detainee by 105th MP Spc. Melanie Eckstadt from Burnsville , Nc., in the exercise pen of the isolation unit, where those who violate the rules are housed for up to 30 days for punishment. Camp Bucca is one of the largest prison in the world where over 6,000 prisoner of war are held at this remote facility. It is named after Ronald Bucca , a soldier with the 800th MP who died in 9/11 attack. Detainees hang their clothes on barb wire to dry while others walk around their Level 4 cells at Camp Bucca . This is one of the largest prisons in the world where 6,500 detainees are held. The sunset is framed by the main gate at Camp Bucca, near Umm Qasr, Iraq, where more than 6,000 suspected terrorists and insurgents are imprisoned. Fences and trenches surround the facility, but detainees have proven to be energetic tunnelers. Hamoud Rajab Mahl Al-Badri is upset that US soldiers took his son Mohammed Rajab to Camp Bucca as a detainee. Camp Bucca is named after Ronald Bucca , a soldier with the 800th MP who died in 9/11 attack. 052205 KRT Photo by Nick Oza<br />MP takes digital photograph of a woman to keep their ID which detainees they visit at Camp Bucca. MP said, before these visitors were visiting 2 to 3 detainees at the time .Camp Bucca is one of the largest prison in the world where 6,500 prisoner of war held at this remote facility. It is named after Ronald Bucca , a soldier with the 800th MP who died in 9/11 attack. 105th MP's check all detainees' visitors before they enter another security point at Camp Bucca . This is the largest prison in the world where 6,500 detainees are held. Men rejected for visits with relatives who are imprisoned at Camp Bucca sit outside the camp because they do not have appointments or proper identification.<br />Camp Bucca is one of the largest prisons in the world where 6,500 detainees are held. Jalila Younis Mohammed sits on the ground waits to see her detainee son Amer Sadek Mosa while in the background men sitting on benches wait to see their relatives at Camp Bucca. This is one of the largest prisons in the world where 6,500 prisoners of war are held.

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