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An Iraqi guard provides security at the Al-Shiaaba oil refinery and pipeline near the southern Iraqi city of Basra, Aug. 21, 2005.
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Ali Nasir Jabur, 10, sits on the back of a truck loaded with the bodies of his family members, outside Tikrit hospital, north of Baghdad, Aug. 21, 2005.
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U.S. troops patrol the road in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 21, 2005. Gen. Peter Schoomaker, the Army's top general, said the previous day that the U.S. Army is planning for the possibility of keeping the current number of U.S. soldiers in Iraq for four more years.
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Iraqi children refresh themselves in a fountain in Baghdad, Aug. 20, 2005. Temperatures in Iraq are reaching over 114 F.
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An unidentified woman looks from a shrapnel-riddled gate of her damaged home after a rocket exploded outside the house, in Monsur district of Baghdad, Aug. 20, 2005. The women who refused to give her name was slightly injured in the explosion.
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Murtadha Mohammed mourns over the coffin holding the body of his brother Ali, outside the morgue of Yarmouk hospital in Baghdad, Aug. 20, 2005. Ali Mohammed and Sabah Farhan, two cousins, were killed by unidentified gunmen in Hai Al-Amil, south west of Baghdad the previous night.
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Iraqis read newspapers and smoke water pipes in Shahbandar coffee shop in downtown Baghdad, Aug. 20, 2005.
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Residents gather around a house damaged in a rocket attack in Al-Tameen near Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, Aug. 19, 2005. The home was hit by a rocket while the family was away and nobody was injured.
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Residents of Baghdad's Sadr City, seen through a broken window, participate in Friday prayer, Aug. 19, 2005.
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Iraqi soldiers inspect a car damaged from a roadside bomb attack, Aug. 18, 2005, in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Three people were wounded in the attack.
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Friends and relatives mourn over the coffins of three brothers killed during an early morning raid, Aug. 18, 2005, in Baghdad, Iraq. The three brothers were killed in crossfire during a joint U.S.-Iraqi troop raid on a suspected insurgent hideout in the Amiriyah area of Baghdad, Iraq.
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Iraqi soldiers and police officers secure the area around one of the two massive car bombs that exploded at a main bus station, Aug. 17, 2005, in Baghdad, Iraq. Two car bombs driven by suicide attackers exploded at the al-Nahda bus station in central Baghdad. A third went off near the hospital where victims were being taken.
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An Iraqi mother screams after learning her son was killed in one of the three massive car bombs that exploded at a main bus station and a hospital, Aug. 17, 2005, in Baghdad, Iraq.
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Ahmed Tahir, 12, screams in pain as a doctor removes bone fragments from a bullet wound to his leg, Aug. 16, 2005, in the Alaawi al-Hilla area of Baghdad, Iraq. Tahir was among a handful of people who were mistakenly hit by gunfire during an Iraqi police raid on the homes of suspected insurgents.
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Iraqi military intelligence officers, right, detain suspected insurgents, Aug. 16. 2005, in Khan Bani Saad, on the outskirts Baqouba, 35 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq.
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Iraqi police inspect the remains of a suicide bomber in front of a restaurant, Aug. 15, 2005, in Baghdad, Iraq. A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt detonated himself on a motorcycle in front of a restaurant popular among police officers in the Karradah neighborhood in downtown Baghdad.
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The coffin of Abass Ali is carried by relatives from the Yarmouk hospital, Aug. 15, 2005, in Baghdad. Ali was returning by road from Syria when his vehicle was fired upon and killed by unknown gunmen west of Ramadi, central Iraq.
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In an image released by the U.S. military, Aug. 15, 2005, a display of rifles and helmets honor four U.S. soldiers during a ceremony, July 29, 2005, at an undisclosed location in Iraq.
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A doctor explains the terminal status of an Iraqi soldier dying from wounds sustained in a gun attack, Aug. 15, 2005, in the Amiriyah area of Baghdad, Iraq. Two plainclothed Iraqi soldiers were traveling in an unmarked vehicle when ambushed by unknown gunmen who opened fire on the vehicle. Both soldiers were killed in the attack.
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A young boy plays with posters handed out by Iraq election commission officials explaining the Oct. 15 constitution election process, Aug. 15, 2005, on the outskirts of the holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq.
