Iraq Photos: <br> Aug. 21-- 27

An Iraqi man calls for help to assist the injured following a bomb explosion, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2006. A bomb planted in a minivan detonated Sunday outside a hotel in downtown Baghdad, killing at least six people and injuring 16, police and witnesses said.

An Iraqi father carries his son, injured during a car-bomb explosion, as U.S. soldiers investigate the scene, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2006. A car bomb exploded in the parking lot of a government-run newspaper in the capital, killing at least one person and injuring 30, police said.

Members of Patriotic union of Kurdistan, or PUK, view their damaged building, in south of Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2006.

An Iraqi army soldier inspects the wreckage of a minibus, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2006. A bomb planted in a minivan detonated Sunday outside a hotel in downtown Baghdad, killing at least six people and injuring 16, police and witnesses said.

Iraqis call for help, following a bomb explosion, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2006.

Iraqi civil defense workers clear debris and rubble following a car-bomb explosion, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2006.

An Iraqi Shiite Muslim woman with her child waits for her injured family members, at a hospital in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 26, 2006. Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a fleeing Shiite family after the family received a death threat from insurgents. Police said four were killed and 11 injured.

Billboards featuring an Iraqi army soldier advising civilians to keeps distance from moving military vehicles, stand alone in a main course street in Baghdad Aug. 25, 2006, minutes before a vehicle curfew is imposed to avoid violence against people gathering in their mosques for Friday midday prayers.

An Iraqi motorcyclist shows his identity card to an Iraqi army soldier at a checkpoint, during the prayer day vehicle ban, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 25, 2006.

An Iraqi Shiite Muslim sits during Friday prayer, in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 25, 2006. A security operation in Baghdad was helping curb violence after a surge of bombings and shootings in recent months, America's two top generals in the Middle East said.

Children jump in a fountain to get respite from the heat, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 24, 2006. Residents in Baghdad suffered through another day of sweltering temperatures, made worse by power outages and fuel shortages as temperatures hovered around 120.20 Fahrenheit in the capital city.

Iraqi policemen question a child at the site of a car bomb explosion, in Baghdad, Iraq — AP Photo/Hadi Mizban

A U.S. soldier stands guard at the site of a car-bomb explosion, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 24, 2006. At least 14 Iraqis and two U.S. soldiers were killed in separate bombings and shootings, the latest casualties in the country's sectarian and political violence, officials said.

An Iraqi army soldier stands guard as authorities release prisoners, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 24, 2006. Iraqi and U.S. authorities released 55 prisoners under the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's national reconciliation efforts, after their cases were reviewed by a committee. The number of U.S.-held prisoners in Iraq is close to 10,000.

Iraqi policemen question a child at the site of a car-bomb explosion, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 24, 2006.

Witness Badiya Mustafa Mahmood describes the chemical attacks as she testifies to the court during day 3 of the Anfal Capmpaign trial in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, Aug. 23, 2006.

Iraqi drivers wait next to their vehicles, lined up over a mile for fuel, outside a gas station, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 23, 2006. Even though Iraq has the world's third-largest proven oil reserves, it is forced to depend on imports because of an acute shortage of refined products such as gasoline, kerosene and cooking gas. Sabotage of pipelines by insurgents, corruption and aging refineries have been blamed.

An Iraqi army soldier takes suspected insurgents to a police station, in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 23, 2006. The Iraqi army, supported by the American forces, raided a house on the outskirts of Baqouba Wednesday morning, and arrested 10 wanted insurgents, Iraqi Army media office said.

An Iraqi boy, injured during a mortar attack, lies in a hospital in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2006.

Iraqi Kurdish children kids play Aug. 21, 2006, in Dahuk Fortress, where the Iraqi Army allegedly interrogated and tortured Kurds during the 1980s.

Kurdish Iraqis gather at a cafe Aug. 21, 2006, in the northern Kurdish city of Dahuk, Iraq, to watch the broadcast of the first day of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's trial over the Anfal campaign of the late 1980s.

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