Anti-war protestors stand in silence amid wooden crosses to mark the death of each US soldier in Iraq , at Arlington West, on the beach in Santa Barbara, California, 10 December 2006. US President George W. Bush pursued high-profile consultations on changing course in Iraq, but new polls showed most of the US public does not think that he can turn the war around.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)
An anti-war protestor holds a sign noting the number of US soldiers dead in Iraq during a demonstration in Santa Barbara, California on 10 December 2006. Americans' pessimism about events in Iraq appears to be deepening, according to opinion polls, despite plans by US President George W. Bush to unveil some policy shift there.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)
Karin Hofman, of New York City, right, signs an anti-Iraq war petition as Beverly Rice, center, and Arnold Gore watch Monday, Dec. 11, 2006 in New York. The petition was later delivered to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations by peace activist Cindy Sheehan who, earlier in the day, had been convicted of trespassing after trying to deliver the same petition last March. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
