Iraq Photos: June 18-- June 24

U.S. soldiers patrol a street in the restive city of Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, Sunday, June 24, 2007.

Iraqi soldiers man a checkpoint at a bridge in the center of the restive city of Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, Saturday, June 23, 2007.

Members of Iraq's interior ministry's special forces carry the coffin of Tariq Jamil Mohammed, a high ranking officer in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 23, 2007. Mohammed was assassinated Friday near the city of Kufa in central Iraq.

A man holds an Iraqi flag in front of the Khulani mosque after prayers, in Baghdad, Friday, June 22, 2007. The mosque was heavily damaged in last weeks bombing that killed over 80 people and wounded over 200.

A soldier with U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division rests in a bombed-out hospital in Baqouba, Iraq, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Thursday, June 21, 2007. The U.S. military began another major campaign against Sunni insurgents Monday in the area surrounding Baqouba, the capital of Iraq, Diyala province.

U.S. and Iraqi soldiers are seen reflected in a mirror during a neighborhood canvas by the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division Thursday, June 21, 2007, in the tense Dora neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. The soldiers patrol their area almost daily in an effort to get to know the residents and find insurgents.

Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade, 23rd Infantry Regiment, stand guard in the Dora neighborhood in southern Baghdad, Iraq, early Thursday, June 21, 2007. The U.S. Army placed concrete barriers at the Dora market in an attempt to make it safer from car bomb attacks.

A Kurdistan PKK fighter prepares bullets of "Dorcka" early Wednesday, June 20, 2007, before a training session at Amedia area in Northern Iraq, about 6 miles from the Turkish border.

A U.S. soldier of the 2nd Brigade, 23rd Infantry Regiment is covered in sweat during a patrol in southern Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, June 20, 2007.

Soldiers with the 1st Squad, 4th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division (foreground) watch comrades warily approach them on a street they suspect a bomb has been planted in the tense Dora neighborhood Wednesday, June 20, 2007, in Baghdad, Iraq. The soldiers of 1-4 Cav patrol Dora, a neighborhood in south Baghdad that's mostly Sunni Muslim and has been a hotbed of the insurgency for years.

Iraqis gather outside the Shiite mosque of al-Khilani, damaged in a truck bomb explosion on June 19, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq. A truck bomb exploded outside Shiite mosque of al-Khilani killing 75 people and injuring many more according to the Iraqi police.

Iraqis gather at the site where a truck bomb exploded outside a Shiite mosque in central Baghdad, June 19, 2007.

Smoke billows from the site of an explosion in central Baghdad, June 19, 2007. A massive bomb went off today in the Iraqi capital, sending a spray of white dust and a cloud of billowing black smoke into the sky above downtown.

Iraqi soldier guards captured suspected militants in Baqouba, Iraq Tuesday, June 19, 2007. About 10,000 U.S. soldiers using heavily armored Stryker and Bradley fighting vehicles fought their way in Baqouba northeast of Baghdad early Tuesday. American and Iraqi forces, under cover of attack helicopters, killed at least 22 insurgents, the military said.

A U.S. soldier of the 2nd brigade, 23rd Infantry regiment patrols the area during a joint U.S and Iraqi forces operation in Rasheed neighborhood in southern of Baghdad, Iraq, early Tuesday, June 19, 2007.

Iraqi police walks by destroyed vehicles that were waiting in a queue for petrol before a twin car bombs exploded in al-Jawadain area in Baghdad, Monday, June 18, 2007. At least four people died and ten were wounded in the blasts.

Iraqi soldier guards arrested suspected al-Qaida members in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 18, 2007. In a dawn raid in Baqouba Iraqi army arrested 36 and killed four suspected al-Qaida members in Baqouba Monday.

An Iraqi girl watches as U.S. troops patrol the area June 18, 2007 in the tense Dora neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. The troops are building a database of neighborhood residents in an effort to fight the insurgency there. The unit patrols Dora, a mostly Sunni Muslim neighborhood in south Baghdad that has long been a hotbed of the insurgency.

Iraqi and US forces secure the area after a two car bombs exploded near an petrol station in al-Jawadain area in Baghdad, Monday, June 18, 2007. At least four people died and ten were wounded in the blasts.

Sun sets behind Wadi al-Salam or the Valley of Peace cemetery in Najaf, Iraq, Monday, June 18, 2007. Valley of Peace is the largest Islamic cemetery and one of the largest cemeteries in the world.

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