A woman who lives nearby walks through the rubble of a local government building that was destroyed by a bomb which was detonated overnight in the Saydiya section of Baghdad, Iraq, March 20, 2005.
Iraqi Kurds celebrate on the eve of Norwuz, the Kurdish New Year, in Kirkuk, Iraq, March 20, 2005. The six-day holiday ends March 26. An Iraqi Kurdistan flag is in the background.
Iraqis rally against Jordan, demanding the closure of the Jordanian embassy in Iraq and the withdrawal of the Iraqi ambassador in Jordan, during a gathering in the Sadr City section of Baghdad, Iraq, March 18, 2005.
An Iraqi woman and boy look over a damaged vehicle after a roadside bomb targeted an Iraqi police patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, March 18, 2005.
Iraqi Shiites gather for Friday prayers in Basra, Iraq, March 18, 2005.
Baghdad University students protest, demanding that Iraq close the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad, on their campus in Baghdad, Iraq, March 17, 2005. Demonstrations have followed Monday's Iraqi government condemnation of celebrations allegedly held by the family of a Jordanian man suspected of carrying out the Hillah terrorist attack.
Iraqis look over a car that was damaged after U.S. troops came under fire in Ramadi, Iraq, March 17, 2005, according to witnesses. A young girl standing nearby was injured and rushed to a local hospital, witnesses said.
A woman pauses in the cemetery in Halabja, Iraq, March 16, 2005. That date marks the anniversary of the 1988 chemical attack by Saddam Hussein's regime that killed some 5,000 Kurds in the northern Iraqi town.
An Iraqi police official, center, looks over the aftermath of a mortar strike that set fire to a car and building in central Baghdad, Iraq, March 16, 2005. Iraq's first freely elected parliament in half a century began its opening session Wednesday after a series of explosions targeted the gathering. The session marked a major milestone on the road to forming a new government in the insurgent-wracked country.
U.S. Army troops recover debris after their convoy was struck by a car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, March 16, 2005, injuring one soldier. In Baghdad's Green Zone, Iraq's first freely elected parliament in half a century began its opening session after a series of explosions targeted the gathering.
A wounded Iraqi man awaits hospital treatment after their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, March 16, 2005. A separate series of explosions struck near a building where Iraq's new National Assembly was about to convene.
A medical evacuation helicopter takes off after two car bombs targeted U.S. troops near the international airport in Baghdad, Iraq, March 15, 2005. Four civilians were killed and seven others, including two police officers, were wounded, police said. U.S. troops were also wounded. One Humvee was destroyed and two civilian cars were in flames, according to witnesses.
An Iraqi police officer examines the wreckage after a suicide car bomb exploded, killing one child and wounding at least four people, including a police officer, in Baghdad, Iraq, March 15, 2005.
Iraqis look over a burning truck in Youssifiyah, south of Baghdad, Iraq, March 15, 2005. Witnesses reported that a rocket-propelled grenade struck the truck while it was traveling with a U.S. military convoy. Two casualties were evacuated.
Iraqi students burn a Jordanian flag during a protest outside of the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, March 14, 2005, in condemnation of the suicide attack that killed at least 125 people in Hillah, Iraq, on Feb. 28. An Internet statement purportedly by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al-Qaida group in Iraq claimed responsibility for the bombing.
Burning truck are seen after insurgents attacked a U.S. supply convoy, Beiji, Iraq, March 14, 2005.
A security officer guards the scene of a roadside bomb attack that wounded five bodyguards of Sa'ad al-Amily, the Iraqi Health Ministry's director general in Baghdad, Iraq, March 14, 2005. The guards were heading to al-Amily's home to pick him up at the time, police said.
An Iraqi man looks into a vehicle in which two people were injured when a suicide car bomb in another vehicle exploded in Youssifiyah, south of Baghdad, Iraq, March 14, 2005.
A vehicle with a shattered windshield remains at the scene after a roadside bomb attack that wounded five bodyguards of Sa'ad al-Amily, the Iraqi Health Ministry's director general in Baghdad, Iraq, March 14, 2005.
U.S. Army troops secure the area near the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, March 14, 2005, following Sunday night protests in condemnation of the Feb. 28 suicide attack that killed 125 people in Hillah, Iraq. An Internet statement, purportedly by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al-Qaida in Iraq group, claimed responsibility.