Iraq Photos: <br>March 20 -- 26

An Iraqi hardware shopkeeper sells chain links, in Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, March 26, 2006.

Relatives carry the casket of an Iraqi boy for burial, in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, March 26, 2006. A 13-year-old Iraqi boy on his way to school was killed by a roadside bomb. Placed in front of the school, it went off in the morning as children were arriving for class in the center of Basra. He was among 20 victims of the violence in Iraq Sunday while political leaders remained deadlocked over a new government.

Empty bullet shells lie in the corner of a blood-stained floor in a Shiite mosque, in the Sadr City area of Baghdad, Iraq, March 26, 2006, in this image made available by the Associated Press Television News.

Two Iraqi school girls walk past a street shop selling watches with the photographs of Imam Hussein, grandson of prophet Muhammad, left, and Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, in Baghdad, Iraq, March 26, 2006. A 13-year-old Iraqi student was killed after a roadside bomb exploded in front of a school Sunday in the city of Basra in southeast Iraq.

An Iraqi artist sews a cloth wall hanging of Imam Hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, in Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, March 26, 2006. A mortar round slammed to earth 30 yards from firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's home in Najaf. The popular, anti-American Shiite leader was at home but not hurt, an aide said.

An Iraqi woman walks past Iraqis cleaning the debris of their house, following a bomb explosion, in Baghdad, Iraq, March 26, 2006.

The elderly father and mother of Sunni Imam Sheik Mustapha Abid Farhan cry after seeing the body of their son, right, in a hospital, in Baghdad, Iraq, March 25, 2006.

An Iraqi relative mourns over the coffins of two Iraqi boys, in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, March 25, 2006. A roadside bomb exploded near the entrance checkpoint of Baqouba, killing the two boys, aged 12 and 15, police said.

Iraqis look at the wreckage of car used as a car bomb, in Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, March 25, 2006. A car bomb targeting an Interior Ministry commando patrol exploded Saturday, injuring two commandos and one civilian. Some shops and a nearby house by the blast, police said.

A thick smoke is seen on the skyline of Baghdad as sun sets against the heavily fortified Green Zone area, Iraq, March 24, 2006. Drive-by shootings, roadside bombings and sectarian killings left 30 dead in Iraq. The smoke in the sky is of a burning car, but the cause of the fire was not confirmed, police said.

Thick, white smoke billows out following a car-bomb explosion outside a Shiite Muslim mosque, in Baghdad, Iraq, March 23, 2006. Two separate car bomb explosions in the capital killed at least 21 people and wounded more than 50, police said.

An Iraqi man throws water to douse a fire in his shop following a car-bomb explosion outside a Shiite Muslim mosque, in Baghdad, Iraq, March 23, 2006.

Iraqi soldiers stand guard as Iraqi Shiites shout anti-American and anti-terrorism slogans, during a protest march after Friday prayers, in Baghdad, Iraq, March 24, 2006.

Iraqi policemen block the entrance of the town of Moqdadiyeh, 60 miles northeast of Baghdad, March 21, 2006.

An Iraqi Kurd woman helps her child to climb at a play station on the occasion of Nawroz or the New Year, in Baghdad, March 21, 2006. Nawroz celebrations date back to Zoroastrian times, marking spring and the start of New Year festivities for Kurds all over the world.

U.S. armored vehicles enter the town of Moqdadiyeh, 60 miles northeast of Baghdad, March 21, 2006, after 18 policemen and 10 rebels died in the worst firefight this year in Iraq.

An Iraqi shows March 21, 2006, destruction inside a coffee shop that was bombed in Baghdad.

An Iraqi man watches the sunset over the river Tigris, in Baghdad, Iraq, March 20, 2006. Seven policemen were killed in a roadside bomb, as politicians deadlocked on the formation of next national government. Rampant lawlessness and the threat of civil war also marked the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion.

An Iraqi Shiite Muslim woman cries during a procession in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, March 20, 2006.

Iraqi Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves during a procession, in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, March 20, 2006.

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