Over 50% of Iraqis are under the age of 20
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Chris Hughes shares some time with an Iraqi girl while U.S. Marines distribute food and water to Iraqi citizens.
Iraqi children, one holding a white flag, smile at passing by journalists on the main highway leading to Baghdad from the western border with Jordan, in the outskirts of Baghdad on Friday April 11, 2003.
Spc. Donald Dennis from Task Force 2-69 Armor, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Benning Georgia, waves at children running beside his M1A1 Abrams tank in Baghdad on Friday, April 11, 2003.
United States Marines Lance Cpl. Josh Carbajal takes a sip of some tea offered to him by Iraqi civilians while setting up a defensive perimeter during a patrol of a neighborhood in Baghdad Friday, April 11, 2003.
An Iraqi boy offers some water to a United States Marine of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, while he was out on patrol Friday, April 11, 2003 in a neighborhood near central Baghdad.
United States Marines of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines sign their autographs for some Iraqi children who approached them while on patrol through a neighborhood of Baghdad Friday, April 11, 2003.
Tank Commander Staff Sgt. Terry Brake from Somerset, KY., listens patiently as college student Sama Samira, 21, says that U.S. troops have hurt Iraq by invading it and creating chaos in the streets. She said she supported Saddam Hussein and refused to accept that his government had been toppled.
Sgt. Javier Vila, from Miami, FLa., right, and fellow soldiers cry as they pay their respects at a memorial service for Cpl. Henry Brown in Baghdad Friday, April 11, 2003.
Gen. Tommy Franks talks with Sgt. Lucas Goddard and Sgt. James Ward of the 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, before giving them Bronze Stars for valor in combat. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Joshua Hutcheson