Iraqi policeman with his AK-47 Mon Jul 18, 2005

An Iraqi policeman gestures using his AK-47 machinegun as he guards bodies of nine bricklayers outside the morgue of a local hospital in Baghdad. The men, detained by security forces on suspicion of involvement with Iraqi insurgents suffocated to death while held for over 14 hours in a police van, an interior ministry official said.

(AFP/Karim Sahib)

Iraqi soldier with an AK-47 Mon Jul 18, 2005

An Iraqi soldier points an AK-47 at a driver as he orders him to get out of his car at a checkpoint in Baghdad. More than 110 Iraqis were killed and 300 wounded in a three day suicide bombing blitz as justice officials lifted the curtain on the trial of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein.

(AFP/Liu Jin)

Marines fire the AK-47 June 23

Marines from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment fired the AK-47 assault rifle during cross training at Range 206 here June 23. The training prepared the unit for a future return to Iraq.

Photo by: Sgt. Monroe Seigle.

Marines fire the AK-47 June 23

Marines from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment fired the AK-47 assault rifle during cross training at Range 206 here June 23. The training prepared the unit for a future return to Iraq.

Photo by: Sgt. Monroe Seigle.

Mourner carries an AK-47 June 29, 2005

A mourner carries a tribal gown as another holds up an AK-47 as they lead the coffin of assassinated Shi'ite Iraqi National Assembly member Dhari Ali al-Fayadh during his funeral in Baghdad June 29, 2005. al-Fayadh, his son and three of his bodyguards were killed yesterday in a car bomb attack on their vehicle.

REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Supporters of the Islamic group Hamas May 6, 2005

Supporters of the Islamic group Hamas, one of them holding an AK-47 rifle, chant Islamic slogans during a rally to celebrate the unofficial victory of their group in local elections in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah near the border with Egypt, in this May 6, 2005 file photo. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has invited Hamas militants to join his Cabinet to help ensure a peaceful handover of the Gaza Strip after Israel withdraws this summer, Abbas' office confirmed Saturday, July 2, 2005.

(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Palestinian militant brandishes AK-47 June 17, 2005

A Palestinian militant brandishes his AK-47 rifle during a rally of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus June 17, 2005. Israel plans to build a barrier that will extend out to sea from its border with Gaza to deter Palestinian infiltrators once it withdraws from the coastal strip in August, military officials said on Friday.

REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini

Child soldier June 16, 2003

A file photograph shows a child soldier patrolling with his machine gun in an ethnic Hema militia camp near Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo June 16, 2003.Foreign gold firms are exploiting reserves in Congo's lawless northeast while militia fighters massacre, torture and rape local people, Human Rights Watch said in a report released June 1, 2005. The report said the world's number two gold miner, AngloGold Ashanti, had given financial and logistical support to the Nationalist and Integrationalist Front, a militia suspected of gunning down nine U.N. peacekeepers in February. Picture taken June 16, 2003.

REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen

A gun for hire

Mohamed Sheikh Ali, 28, holds his AK-47, which has seen him through 10 years of fighting. He is a gun for hire and fought against the U.S. Rangers in 1993 in the Bakhara marketplace.

Philadelphia Newspapers

A teenager with an AK-47

A child reacts to American journalists in Mogadishu, while a teenager with an AK-47 on his shoulders stands behind him.

(Peter Tobia)  Philadelphia Newspapers

Palestinian policemen Friday June 24, 2005

Palestinian policemen ride on the back of a truck during an operation against militants in the West Bank town of Jenin Friday June 24, 2005. Gunbattles erupted as Palestinian security forces swept through the town, hunting for militants who killed an officer in an attack on a police station the day before. There were no reports of injuries and at least eight gunmen were arrested.

(AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas

Palestinian police officers hold their guns Friday June 24, 2005

Palestinian police officers hold their guns as they take cover during clashes with militants in the West Bank town of Jenin Friday June 24, 2005. Gunbattles erupted as Palestinian security forces swept through the town, hunting for militants who killed an officer in an attack on a police station the day before. There were no reports of injuries and at least eight gunmen were arrested.

(AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

Palestinian police officers aim their weapons Friday June 24, 2005

Palestinian police officers aim their weapons during clashes with militants in the West Bank town of Jenin Friday June 24, 2005. Gunbattles erupted as Palestinian security forces swept through the town , hunting for militants who killed an officer in an attack on a police station the day before. There were no reports of injuries an at least eight gunmen were arrested.

(AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

Gunman fires his weapon Sunday June 26, 2005

A gunman fires his weapon of a crowd gathering during Palestinians gather during a rally of the al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigades, a militia linked to Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement, in the West Bank town of Nablus Sunday June 26, 2005.

(AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)