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Smoke rises from a burning car after an explosion near a mosque in Baqouba, Iraq, Jan. 9. 2004.
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A vehicle burns near a Shiite mosque in Baqouba, Iraq, as two bodies are covered on the ground after a bomb exploded outside, in this image taken from television, Jan. 9, 2004. An unknown number of people died in the explosion.
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U.S. Army soldiers guard Iraqi detainees following one of a series of night raids, in Tikrit, Iraq, Jan. 9, 2004. U.S. forces in Tikrit detained 30 Iraqis, including a dozen suspected insurgents, in one of the biggest raids since the end of the American-led war to oust Saddam Hussein.
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A U.S Army soldier treats an injured Iraqi blindfolded detainee, following one of a series of night raids in Tikrit, Iraq, Jan. 9, 2004. U.S. forces arrested 13 Iraqis wanted in connection with planning funding and conducting attacks on coalition forces.
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A U.S Army soldier takes his position during a night raid in Tikrit, Iraq, Jan. 9, 2004. U.S. forces arrested 13 Iraqis wanted in connection with planning funding and conducting attacks on coalition forces.
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Iraqis wait outside Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison for prisoners to be released, Jan. 8, 2004. Hundreds of people waited in frustration for hours, hoping relatives would be among the first detainees that coalition officials said would be freed under a much-publicized amnesty.
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An Iraqi woman reacts while she waits outside Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison for her loved one to be released, Jan. 8 2004. Hundreds of people waited in frustration for hours, hoping relatives would be among the first detainees that coalition officials said would be freed under a much-publicized amnesty.
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A U.S. Army soldier of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division, walks on a foggy morning in Tikrit, Iraq, Jan. 7, 2004.
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A relative of Ahmed Hassan, 36, and his wife Suham Omar, 28, reacts as she walks through rubble of Hassan's home in Fallujah, 30 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 7, 2004. U.S. troops shelled a house after coming under fire in this hotbed of the anti-American insurgency, killing an Iraqi couple, witnesses said. They have five children aged between 1 and 12 years.
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Kurdish women greet the local baker while buying bread, Jan. 3, 2004, in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. This mountain-ringed city in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq is the country's most tranquil, prosperous and pro-American, a soothing contrast to the chaos of Baghdad and the Arab south.
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Iraqi children take a break in their search through a garbage dump for plastic bags, metal and other materials that can be sold to recycling factories in Baghdad's Al-Obeidi district, Jan. 6, 2004.
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An Iraqi woman and boy take a walk just after sunrise in Baghdad, Jan. 6, 2004.
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An Iraqi Civil Defense soldier stands guard at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Jan. 6, 2004. The 14th Ramadan Mosque is seen in the background.
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Syrian orthodox nuns pray in Baghdad's St. Peter and Paul cathedral, Jan. 6, 2004, as they celebrate the Orthodox Christmas.
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Iraqi police drive past protesters after a demonstration of some 5,000 former members of the Iraqi military turned violent in the city of Basra, south of Baghdad, Jan. 6, 2004.
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U.S. Army snipers of the 1-22 Infantry division (Task Force Iron Horse) sit on their Humvee as they leave their military base in Tikrit, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2004.
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Fourteen-year-old Ahmed Ateyah takes a lunch break at a metal factory where he works in Baghdad, Jan. 5, 2004. Ahmed makes one and a half U.S. dollars per day.
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U.S. Army Sfc. Christopher Jones, from Greenwood, Miss., sits inside a Humvee as he talks with Delshat Peerot Aziz, owner of the Iraqi company contracted to re-inforce about 100 of the vehicles with 8mm.-thick steel to protect them against roadside bombs and other attacks by Iraqi insurgents, in Tikrit, Iraq, Jan. 5, 2004.
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Iraqi police arrest a man in the city of Basra, Jan. 5 2004, after a protest over lack of jobs turned into a riot.
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U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 22nd Regimen, 4th Infantry Division, inspect rockets which were recently captured from Iraqi insurgents, in Tikrit, Iraq, Jan. 5, 2004.
