An Iraqi soldier stands at checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 16, 2005, with posters in the background that include photos of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Iraqi Shiite Muslims attend weekly Friday prayers with a poster for their spiritual leaders Ayatollah Mohammed Sedeq al-Sadr, right, and Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr, seen in the background at Al-Sadr City east of Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 16, 2005.
An Iraqi shows his ink-stained finger as his wife casts her vote at a polling station in the restive city of Mosul, north of Baghdad, Dec. 15, 2005. Iraqis voted in a landmark poll to choose a four-year government that many hope will restore security to a nation wracked by violence and sectarian feuding since the toppling of Saddam Hussein.
Iraqi women cast their votes for the Iraqi election at a polling station in the town of Az Zubayr, in southern Iraq, Dec. 15, 2005.
A U.S. soldier guards Iraqi women waiting in line to cast their vote outside a polling station in Mosul, north of Baghdad, Dec. 15, 2005. Iraqis voted to choose a four-year government that many hope will restore security to a nation wracked by violence and sectarian feuding since the toppling of Saddam Hussein.
Two Iraqi men look through a hole caused by a mortar shell that hit a house in Al-Sadr city east of Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 15, 2005.
A soldier from Britain's 9th/12th Royal Lancers looks out from the tower of an Iraqi police station after stopping off during a patrol in the town of Az Zubayr in southern Iraq, Dec. 14, 2005.
Paradise Square and Ramadan 14th mosque in the center of Baghdad, Iraq, are deserted because of a pre-election traffic ban on Dec. 14, 2005.
Lt. Ed Lloyd Owen from C Squadron of Britain's 9th/12th Royal Lancers stands below posters for the Iraqi election as he patrols the town of Az Zubayr in southern Iraq on Dec. 14, 2005.
Iraqi soldiers guard an empty street in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 14, 2005. Campaigning came to a stop around Iraq to give the country's 15 million voters an opportunity to reflect before deciding who will govern their country for the next four years.
A supporter kisses the hand of Shiite cleric Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, left, leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq and head of the Shiite's United Iraqi Alliance during an election campaign rally in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 13, 2005.
U.S. soldiers patrol an area near a school Dec. 13, 2005, that will be used as a polling station in the area of Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad.
An Iraqi policeman stands guard near an election campaign poster of prominent Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani for the Shiite's United Iraqi Alliance in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 13, 2005.
An Iraqi policeman escorts an election committee official carrying a ballot box in Najaf, Iraq, Dec. 13, 2005. Iraqis living abroad began voting in the country's parliamentary elections, and election officials expressed satisfaction that early polling by soldiers, patients and prisoners was done without a hitch.
An Iraqi policeman wears an election pamphlet for the Shiite's United Iraqi Alliance with a picture of prominent Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 13, 2005. Iraqis living abroad began voting and election officials expressed satisfaction that early polling by soldiers, patients and prisoners was carried out around the country without any problems.
Captain Firas Al-Timimi of the Iraqi army displays his ink stained finger at Basra Palace in Basra, Iraq, after casting his vote in the country's election at a separate location earlier in the day, Dec. 12, 2005.
Iraqi policemen inspect the wreckage of an empty minibus that was loaded with explosives and detonated near a hospital, killing three people and injuring 13 in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 12, 2005.
An Iraqi patient is assisted by election committee workers as she dips her finger in an ink bottle prior to casting her vote at the central Yarmouk hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 12, 2005.
An Iraqi soldier, left, waits to cast his vote at a station in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 12, 2005.
An Iraqi patient casts his vote in a ballot box carried by Iraqi election committee workers at the Central Yarmouk Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 12, 2005.