Iraq Photos: Jan. 19

Barbed wire is seen at the site of a campaign rally for candidates in the upcoming provincial elections in the Shiite city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009.

A woman holds the Iraqi flag at a campaign rally for candidates in the upcoming provincial elections in the Shiite city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009.

A carrier pigeon fitted with a campaign leaflet for a candidate in the upcoming provincial election is seen in Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. Iraqis head to the polls Saturday.

Children attend soccer practice in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009.

Iraqi police officers stand guard near a vehicle destroyed by a car bomb in the former insurgent stronghold of Karmah, 50 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009.

Iraqi tribal leaders listen to a discussion at a conference attended by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Samawah, on the Euphrates River, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009.

A boy calls out to protest recent Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip, after Friday prayers in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr city in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009.

A Palestinian flag flies over worshippers attending Friday prayers in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr city in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009.

An Iraqi security guard is seen near boxes of ballots to be used in the upcoming provincial elections at Baghdad airport, Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009.

An Iraqi man stands in the ruins of a building destroyed in 2006 during clashes between coalition forces and al-Qaida in the Dora neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009.

Ali Hassan, 10, walks past raw sewage in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009.

Iraqi men reads a newspaper featuring the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009.

An Iraqi watches televised coverage of the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama at a cafe in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009.

US Army Command Sgt. Maj. Julia Kelley, left, of the 229th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, weeps as she watches the inauguration of US President Barack Obama at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009.

U.S. soldiers secure the area where a roadside bomb exploded in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. Senior Iraqi education official Ammar Aziz Mohammed Ali escaped unharmed after a roadside bomb hit his convoy while traveling through central Baghdad.

Displaced people look for their names on a voter registration list to find their polling center for the upcoming provincial elections in Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009.

U.S. soldiers secure the area where a roadside bomb exploded in Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. Senior Iraqi education official Ammar Aziz Mohammed Ali escaped assassination while traveling through central Baghdad, but two civilians and three guards were injured police said.

A man stands near a destroyed vehicle after Iraqi border patrol commander Col. Abdul Majeed Mohammed was killed by a bomb placed under his truck near Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009.

Iraqi election committee workers demonstrate procedures, during a training session for poll workers in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 19, 2009. Iraq's provincial elections are scheduled for January 31, 2009.

Akeel Jawad, seven, left, and Alaa Abass, 11, count cans collected from the streets of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 19, 2009. The two start their day at 4 AM, collecting cans to redeem to help their families to make ends meet.

Iraq Photos: Jan. 19 - Jan. 25

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