Syrian Orthodox worshippers attend services at St. Peter and Paul's Cathedral in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 18, 2004. Christians are a minority in Baghdad, and even as secular Iraqis worry about the growing tide of Islamic fundamentalism, so long repressed under Saddam Hussein, their Christian compatriots are feeling the effects closer to home.
A stockpile of old Iraqi military weapons explodes in the desert in Basra, Iraq, July 18, 2004, during a controlled demolition by Iraqi National Guard troops.
Iraqi National Guardsmen aim their rifles at a convoy of oil tanker trucks after chasing them down on a highway south of Basra, Iraq, July 17, 2004. The soldiers said that the tanker trucks were trying to smuggle the oil to a private dock, where it was to be loaded onto boats and smuggled out of the country.
An Iraqi man rests on a plaza in Fallujah, Iraq, July 17, 2004. Two months after U.S. Marines pulled out, residents of Fallujah feel safe again, sleeping on their roofs to escape the heat without fear of the once-constant nighttime gunbattles, and traveling the streets without worrying they could be stopped or detained. Fallujah, they say, is savoring its most peaceful spell in more than a year.
Iraqi stock traders bid during a trading session at the well-guarded stock exchange building in the center of Baghdad, Iraq, July 18, 2004. At present, the Iraq stock exchange is open only on Wednesdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. until midday, but plans are under way to create a six-day trading week. It only has 27 listed companies with about 100 more due to go public in the coming months.
Top Baghdad representatives of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Sheikh Aws Al-Kafaji, right, and Sheikh Hssan All Ethari, center left, speak with other top clerics at Friday prayers in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, July 16, 2004. Al-Sadr's militia, who fought U.S. troops for two months, is quietly working to transform itself into a behind-the-scenes political power.
An American soldier clears brush from an area along the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 16, 2004. He said that Army engineers are clearing the zone to build a public park.
Iraqi Border Police officers examine damage to a key oil pipeline in the al-Askari district, 20 miles south of Basra, Iraq, Thursday, July 15, 2004. Saboteurs drilled holes into the pipeline and authorities suspected that the damage was caused by smugglers.
A vehicle sits upended next to a police station after an explosion in the eastern Iraqi city of Haditha, Thursday, July 15, 2004. The blast killed 10 people in a second day of violence.
An Iraqi policeman rides in front of an anti-Saddam Hussein march in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 15, 2004. About 300 people marched, demanding Saddam's execution and compensation for family members who were killed during Saddam's regime.
An anti-Saddam demonstrator chants "Death to Saddam," during a march in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 15, 2004. About 300 people marched, demanding Saddam's execution.
An American soldier secures the site of a car-bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 14, 2004. The massive car bomb exploded at a checkpoint near an area housing international offices and embassies in Baghdad.
Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi visits the scene of a car-bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, July 14, 2004. The car bomb exploded at a checkpoint near an area housing international offices and embassies, killing at least 10 people and injuring 40.
U.S. and Iraqi soldiers secure the site of a car-bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 14, 2004. The massive car bomb exploded at a checkpoint near an area housing international offices and embassies in Baghdad.
Smoke rises from the site of an explosion at the entrance of the so-called "Green Zone" in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 14, 2004. The area was once the headquarters of the U.S. occupation authorities, but now houses the U.S. and British embassies, with Al-Rashid Hotel in background. The building at left was used by the former ruler's military.
An American soldier and Iraqi police stop traffic as a U.S. military convoy passes through a busy intersection in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 13, 2004.
Vendors with bootleg DVDs, including "The Trial of the Century" featuring the July 1 video trial hearing of Saddam Hussein, sit at the roadside in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 13, 2004. There were selling fast at 78 cents each.
American and Iraqi troops evacuate a soldier from a U.S. Army Humvee, heavily damaged from an apparent roadside attack on the main route to the airport on the outskirts of the Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 13, 2004.
Iraqi citizens mob the Ministry of Interior passport office to apply for their travel documents in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 12, 2004. Ordinary citizens have been lining up daily for a week, but so far the bureau has only been granting passports to government officials.
Iraqi women line up for to apply for passports at the Iraqi Ministry of Interior passport office in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 12, 2004. Ordinary citizens have been lining up for a week, but so far the bureau has only been granting passports to government officials.