Iraq Photos: <br>July 17 -- 23

Iraqi soldiers frisk two Iraqis and inspect their scooter as a vehicle curfew starts, July 21, 2006, in central Baghdad, Iraq. In an attempt to increase security, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered an extended vehicle curfew in Baghdad by four hours from 11am till 7pm.

Local residents stand in the rubble of a home hit by a U.S. airstrike during a raid, July 21, 2006, in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq.

Iraqi troops line up blindfolded suspects arrested during a raid, July 20, 2006, in Muqdadiyah, central Iraq. The 3rd Brigade, 3rd battalion of the Iraqi army conducted a raid campaign for the last two days in al-Dulab and Dalat Abbas villages in Muqdadiyah, about 60 miles north of Baghdad. Commander of Iraq's 3rd Brigade Col.

A shop owner tries to salvage anything of value from his shop destroyed in a bomb attack, July 20, 2006, in Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq.

A combined raid of U.S. and Iraqi troops touch down in a landing zone, Thursday, July 20, 2006, on the outskirts of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. — AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed

A combined raid of U.S. and Iraqi troops touch down in a landing zone, July 20, 2006, on the outskirts of Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq.

Iraqi police shoot in the air to honor a fellow officer killed in a restaurant grenade attack, July 20, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq.

A shop owner sits amid the damage left from a car bomb, July 19, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq. It was part of a string of early morning bombings near a technology university in downtown Baghdad.

Local Iraqis inspect the wreckage of a car bomb, July 19, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq.

Two women view the damage to their car from a morning car bomb, July 19, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq.

Visitors to a holy Shiite shrine are forced to leave their vehicles with their belongings because of a 24-hour driving ban imposed after the previous day's bomb attack, July 19, 2006, in Kufa, southern Baghdad, Iraq.

Local Iraqis gather around the wreckage of a car bomb attack, July 18, 2006, in the Shiite holy city of Kufa, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq. A suicide car bomber detonated explosives among a crowd of laborers across the street from a major Shiite shrine.

Iraqis gather around a car wrecked by a bomb explosion in Baghdad, July 19, 2006. Three policemen were hurt when a bomb exploded as a police patrol drove by the technology university in the central Baghdad district of Rusafa.

Iraqi boys pose in front of the entrance of a shop ruined by a bomb explosion in Baghdad, July 19, 2006.

A destroyed market remains empty after it was raided by armed gunmen, July 17, 2006, in Mahmoudiya, just south of Baghdad, Iraq. Dozens of heavily armed attackers raided the open air market, killing at least 41 people and wounding about 90, Iraqi and U.S. officials said. Most of the victims were believed to be Shiites.

Local Iraqis gather at a destroyed market after it was raided by armed gunmen, July 17, 2006, in Mahmoudiya, just south of Baghdad, Iraq.

Local residents look through the damage from a rocket attack on their home, July 17, 2006, in central Baghdad, Iraq. Two residents in the house were injured in the attack.

A destroyed market remains empty after being raided by armed gunmen, July 17, 2006, in Mahmoudiya, just south of Baghdad, Iraq.

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