Iraq Photos: Dec. 22-Dec. 28

A U.S. marine and Iraqi police investigate the scene of car bombing just outside Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008. The car was parked at a lot where farmers sell their produce, and the blast killed two and wounded four, police said.

A Palestinian refugee shouts anti-Israel slogans as demonstrators protest Israel's military intervention in Gaza, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008. Note on the photograph reads "Gaza will not kneel down except for God" and below it reads "Palestinians are Samsonian, Titan people".

Iman Kadim lies in a hospital after being injured in a car bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. At least 22 people died in the blast. Another 54 were wounded, the Iraqi army said.

Iraqis stand at the site of a car bombing in the northern Baghdad Shiite neighborhood of Kazimiyah, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. At least 18 people were killed and 25 were wounded in the blast, the U.S. military said.

Followers of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burn copies of the U.S. flag after Friday prayers in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr city in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 26, 2008.

Iraqis burn images of U.S. President George W. Bush in Kufa, south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, as they demanded the release of Iraqi journalist Munthadar al-Zaidi, who threw his shoes at President Bush during a press conference in Baghdad.

Iraqi Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, leader of the ancient Chaldean Church, holds Christmas Day Mass at Mary's Daughters Monastery in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008.

Iraqi Christian children light candles at Saint Teriza church after Christmas Day Mass in Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008.

An Iraqi soldier stands guard at the site of car bomb explosion in Shula, Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008.

People stand at the site of car bomb explosion in Shula, Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. The bombing outside a restaurant frequented by police killed four people and wounded 25 others in the Shiite neighborhood of Shula.

From the left, Sgt Lance Richards, Cpt. A.J. Boyes, and 1st Sgt Conrad Gonzales smoke on Christmas morning at combat outpost Ford in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, on Christmas morning Thursday, Dec. 25 2008.

Iraqi policemen stand guard outside Mary's Daughters Monastery, as worshippers attend a Christmas Day Mass in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. This year, for the first time, Christmas Day was declared an official holiday in Iraq.

An Iraqi boy looks out of his gate as a U.S. soldier walks by during a routine patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008.

Family members sit at the home of Iraqi journalist Munthadar al-Zaidi. who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. The apology letter from the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at Bush was written against his will after he was tortured in detention, his brother said Monday.

Iraqi Christians gather around a fire during Christmas Eve Mass at The Great Virgin Mariam Church in Hamdaniya area, 19 miles east of the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008.

A grocer pushes a cart filled with vegetables through a flooded street following heavy rains, in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008.

An Iraqi woman touches a nativity scene during a Christmas Eve Mass at the Mar Yousif Chaldean Church in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. The Mass is usually held in the afternoon for security reasons and most Christians prefer to go to morning Mass on Christmas Day. Although the number of Christians has dropped in Iraq, Christmas is a national holiday.

Spc. Wade Sasheim of Baltimore, Md., of 4th Infantry Division, wears a Santa Claus mask during Christmas celebrations at combat outpost Ford in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 25 2008.

British soldiers decorate a Christmas tree in Basra, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. Britain will pull its troops out of Iraq next year.

A camel turns away as helicopters take off after the opening of a power plant in Samawah, 230 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008.

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