Iraq Photos: <br>May 8 -- 14

Iraqis clean debris at a destroyed Shiite shrine near Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Sunday, May 14, 2006. Bombs planted in two shrines near Baqouba exploded Saturday, causing no casualties but heavily damaging both small buildings.

Iraqis rally in protest against the local governor in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, May 14, 2006.

An Iraqi soldier walks past a bus splattered with blood following a roadside bomb attack that missed a police patrol, but hit a civilian bus in Baghdad, May 14, 2006.

An Iraqi woman reacts at the scene of a roadside bomb attack that missed a police patrol, but hit a civilian bus in Baghdad, May 14, 2006.

Iraqis carry the body of one of the victims of a roadside bomb attack that missed a police patrol, but hit a civilian bus in Baghdad, May 14, 2006.

An Iraqi soldier mans a checkpoint in Baghdad, Saturday, May 13, 2006. On Friday, an armed confrontation between two Iraqi army units left one soldier and one civilian dead near Duluiyah, about 45 miles north of Baghdad. The clash raised questions about the U.S.-trained force's ability to maintain control at a time when sectarian and ethnic tensions are running high.

A Soviet-era helicopter sprays pesticides over date palm trees near Najaf, Iraq, May 12, 2006.

Baghdad residents look through the locked gate of a petrol station as others wait in line to get some fuel, May 11, 2006. The amount of fuel is limited to 8 gallons per person bi-weekly and due to recent electricity cuts petrol is mostly used for powering generators.

Baghdad residents wait in line to get some fuel, May 11, 2006. The amount of fuel is limited to 8 gallons per person bi-weekly and due to recent electricity cuts petrol is mostly used for powering generators.

Iraqi police recruits hold copies of Quran as they are sworn in during a graduation ceremony in Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, May 11, 2006. As part of a new security campaign, officials plan to restructure police forces in the capital under the newly formed National Police force.

Iraqis seen through a broken windshield of a minibus as they gather at the scene of a bomb blast on a street in central Baghdad, May 10, 2006. The bomb wounded two people.

Iraqi soldiers secure scene of an attack, in Tal Afar, northern Iraq, May 10, 2006. The suicide bombing 260 miles northwest of Baghdad which killed 20 people and wounded 70, occurred as shoppers were scurrying to finish their purchases before closing, police said. The attacker had attracted a crowd of people to his pickup truck by hawking flour at half-price, police said.

U.S. and Iraqi soldiers inspect the wreckage of a bus in Baqouba, Iraq, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, May 10, 2006. Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Iraqi civilians to work, then planted a bomb aboard the vehicle that exploded when rescue workers arrived, an official said.

A murdered Iraqi policeman sits in a car following an attack in central Baghdad, May 10, 2006. Unknown gunmen opened fire on two traffic police officers driving while off-duty, killing both in the Mansur area in western Baghdad.

An Iraqi woman reacts following a car bomb attack in Baghdad, May 8, 2006. A car bomb exploded near a police patrol on Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, killing two policemen and wounding 12 Iraqis.

A sand storm from across the Tigris river approaches blast walls and a check point in Baghdad, May 8, 2006. Bombs killed a U.S. soldier and seven Iraqis as politicians haggled over key posts in the new cabinet, officials said.

Iraqis gather at the scene following an explosion in central Baghdad, May 8, 2006.

Fargh al-Saadi sits next to his son Ali, who was injured in a market bomb blast, in Baghdad's Kindi hospital, May 8, 2006.

Iraqi police commandos sealing off the area are reflected in the broken windows of a shop following a car bomb attack, in Baghdad, May 8, 2006.

Iraqi police and U.S. soldiers secure the site following a car bomb attack in Baghdad, May 8, 2006. A car bomb exploded near a police patrol on Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, killing two policemen and wounding 12 Iraqis.

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