Iraq Photos: Feb. 9

Ammar al-Hakim, center, the son of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, one of the most powerful Shiite leaders, is surrounded by bodyguards as he visits the holy city of Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009.

Karim Jabr, 80, lies in a hospital bed flanked by his sons after he was wounded in a roadside bomb blast in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009.

A woman reacts as she looks for a relative after a roadside bomb blast in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009.

A U.S. soldier inspects a minibus damaged in a roadside bomb blast in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009.

Shiite pilgrims mourn in the holy city of Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. Shiites are making their annual pilgrimage to Karbala to mark the end of 40 days of mourning following the anniversary of the seventh century death of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.

An Iraqi policeman, left, uses a device to detect explosives in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009, a day after a female suicide bomber struck a tent filled with women and children resting during a Shiite pilgrimage near Musayyib, killing 40 people and wounding about 80, police said.

Shiite pilgrims gather in front of the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009.

Shiite pilgrims beat themselves during a procession in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009.

An Iraqi soldier stands guard as Shiite pilgrims march in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009, a day after a female suicide bomber struck a tent filled with women and children resting during a Shiite pilgrimage near Musayyib.

Inaam Hamid, a candidate for provincial council is seen at her office in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. Hamid is one of about 3,900 women in a field of more than 14,400 candidates. Many of the women will win seats even without winning the vote because under Iraq law 25 percent of the 444 provincial council seats must be allotted to women.

A man stands at the scene of a car bombing at Bayaa neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009.

U.S. soldiers inspect the aftermath of a car bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009.

Detainees sit during a release ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009. Some 100 Iraqis were released from U.S. military custody Wednesday.

Mourners carry the coffin of award-winning Iraqi actor Abdul-Khaliq al-Mukhtar at his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009.

Actresses, including Asia Kamal, center, weep for award-winning Iraqi actor Abdul-Khaliq al-Mukhtar at his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009. Al-Mukhtar died on Sunday Feb. 8, and is best known for portraying the late Nouri Basha, the former Iraqi prime minister during the country's monarchist era.

Shiite pilgrims disembark from an airplane in Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009.

A U.S. soldier salutes during a handover ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009. The First Cavalry Division assumed control of Multinatinal Division-Baghdad on Tuesday as the Fourth Infantry Division heads home.

Iraqi tribal leaders watch as an Iraqi and U.S. Army color guard hold their country flags during a handover ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009.

Shiite pilgrims bed down for the night in Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad Iraq, Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. Shiites are making their annual trek to Karbala to mark the end of 40 days of mourning following the anniversary of the seventh century death of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.

Iraq Photos: Feb. 9 - Feb. 15

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