U.S. Army engineer, Sergeant First Class Russel, consults his compass to find direction between the cities of Najaf and Karbala as another sandstorm turns the daylight orange, March 26, 2003. As a second day of sandstorms buffeted U.S. armour pushing north across the Iraqi desert towards the capital, reports of the Iraqi death toll in late Tuesday's ferocious battle between U.S. tanks and Iraqi infantry near the Shi'ite Muslim holy city of Najaf ranged from scores to hundreds.