Iraqi women worry and complain as a mortar landed on their residence area in Samawah, 370 kilometers (230 miles) south of Baghdad, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004. A mortar landed near a hotel housing Japanese journalists in the southern Iraqi town where Japanese troops have deployed, officials said. The blast shattered windows in a nearby building but caused no injuries.
Dutch soldiers secure the area where a mortar launched in Samawah, 230 south of Baghdad, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004. A mortar landed near a hotel housing Japanese journalists in the southern Iraqi town where Japanese troops have deployed, officials said. The blast shattered windows in a nearby building but caused no injuries.
An Iraqi girl lies in the Central Children's Hospital in Baghdad, capital of Iraq Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004. The hospital, the largest of its kind in the capital, offers free medical treatment for the poverty-ridden children.
Relatives weep against a wall after recognizing the body of a loved one lying in the parking lot of the over-flowing morgue at a hospital in central Baghdad, Wednesday Feb. 11, 2004.
U.S. troops investigate the scene of a vehicle bomb in central Baghdad Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004. A vehicle bomb exploded outside an army recruiting center in central Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 36 people, the second such attack in two days targeting Iraqis working with the U.S-led coalition.
Iraqi job seekers wait to be picked up at a construction site for a one- or two-day job at central market in Samawah, 230 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004. Troops of Japan's first overseas military mission since World War II will join in rebuilding schools and hospitals and in supplying Samawah and its surrounding areas with water.
U.S. troops stop an Iraqi ambulance to make a security check before allowing it to enter the scene of a vehicle bomb in central Baghdad Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004. A vehicle bomb exploded outside an army recruiting center in central Baghadad on Wednesday, killing around 25 Iraqis, the second such attack in two days targets Iraqis working with the U.S-led coalition.
U.S. troops block the road in front of a scene of an explosion at a police station in Iskandariyah, south of Baghdad, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004.
Shiite Muslims pray near the poster-clad compound wall of the Imam Ali Tomb, the holiest shrine for the Shiite division of Islam, during the annual Eid al-Ghadir festival, in Najaf, southern Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004. Thousands of people are said to have decended on Najaf in recognition of the holy day.
An Iraqi man searches for a loved one among the dead outside a hospital in Iskandariyah, south of Baghdad, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004.
Iraqis carry away the body of a family member after identifying him at a hospital in Iskandariyah, south of Baghdad, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004.
A crowd of Iraqis look over the scene of an explosion at a police station in Iskandariyah, south of Baghdad, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004.
Iraqis explore the scene of an explosion at a police station in Iskandariyah, south of Baghdad, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004.
U.S. soldiers take positions near the explosion site south of Baghdad Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004.
Iraqis check out destroyed cars south of Baghdad Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004.
A doctor examines Shihab Ahmed, 22, who was wounded by an explosion outside a police station, at the Al Yarmuk hospital in Baghdad Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004.
Iraqis walk around destroyed cars south of Baghdad Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004.
Relatives of victims cry over a body at the Iskedariya hospital south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004.
Iraqis walk around destroyed cars south of Baghdad Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004. A car bomb exploded Tuesday morning as dozens of would-be recruits lined up to apply for jobs. A hospital official said at least 50 people were killed and another 50 injured.
Hospital workers tend to a victim of the blast in Iskandariyah, Iraq, Tuesday Feb. 10, 2004.