Iraq Photos: March 2 -- March 8

Relatives carry a coffin with the body of a policeman killed in a suicide bombing outside the police academy in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 8, 2009.

U.S. and Iraqi forces go on a foot patrol in the neighborhood of Azemiyah as thousands gathered around the holy Sunni shrine of Abu Hanifa to mark the Prophet Mohammed's birthday in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 8, 2009.

Iraqi tribal leaders are searched by the Iraqi security forces as they arrive for a national reconciliation meeting in the village of Rashidiyah, 12 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 8, 2009.

Iraqi Sunni tribal leaders are greeted by a Shiite leader, second right, as they arrive for a national reconciliation meeting in the village of Rashidiyah, some 12 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 8, 2009.

A relative of a policeman killed in a suicide bombing cries outside a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 8, 2009.

Relatives drive away with a coffin containing the body of a policeman killed in a suicide bombing outside the police academy in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 8, 2009. A suicide bomber struck police lined up at the entrance of the main police academy in Baghdad on Sunday, killing some 30 people and wounding dozens of others, officials said.

An Iraqi woman cries as she sits amid the rubble of her home in the village of al-Mjma'a, some 30 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, March 7, 2009. The woman and her family have returned today for the first time since 2006, when they fled from their home because of sectarian violence.

A man offers sweets in the neighborhood of Azemiyah as thousands gathered around the holy Sunni shrine of Abu Hanifa to mark the Prophet Mohammed's birthday in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 8, 2009.

An Iraqi policeman stands guard at the site of a car-bomb attack on a crowded cattle market in Hillah, 60 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 5, 2009.

Sheep vendor Alaa Saad, right, is treated for wounds after a car bomb attack on a crowded cattle market in Hillah, 95 kilometers south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 5, 2009. The blast killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens, Iraqi police and medical officials said.

A coffin containing the victim of a car bombing is loaded onto a car in Hillah, 95 kilometers south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 5, 2009. The blast killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens, Iraqi police and medical officials said. The parked car exploded at the height of the morning buying and selling at the market, said Iraqi police Maj. Muthana Khalid.

Employees work in a private tailor shop that specializes in making military and police uniforms and insignia in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 5, 2009.

An employee works in a private tailor shop that specializes in making military and police uniforms and insignia in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 5, 2009.

Amir Hussein kisses his son after he spent 18 months in the U.S. military custody, as he is released in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Amir Hussein was among 20 prisoners released Wednesday.

A U.S. soldier cuts flexi cuffs from the wrists of Nadim Abdul-Zahra, who spent one year in US military custody, as he is released in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. He was among twenty prisoners released Wednesday.

Qais Risan, seen from the back, is greeted by his brother Laith after spending two years in the U.S. military custody, as he is released in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. He was among 20 prisoners released Wednesday.

Relatives of Wirya Fateh mourn over his body in Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Fateh was killed in a drive-by shooting by unidentified gunmen, police said. Fateh was one of the senior figures of a large Kurdish tribe called Kakaei.

U.S. Army soldiers pose for a photo after their naturalization ceremony at al-Faw Palace at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. 251 troops from 65 countries became U.S. citizens at the ceremony.

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