Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki sits during an opening ceremony for a new bridge in the town of Hindiya, 20 miles east of Karbala, Iraq, Friday, May 15, 2009.
Shiite believers protect themselves from the sun during prayers in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Iraq, Friday, May 15, 2009.
An Iraqi detainee, center, is embraced by his relatives as he is released at a Shiite neighborhood of Kazimiyah in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 14, 2009. A total of nine people were released from U.S. military custody Thursday.
An Iraqi national policeman passes by weapons seized by Iraqi security forces in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 14, 2009. The Iraqi National Police displayed various weapons seized during recent operations in southwest Baghdad's Sadiyah neighborhood.
A Christian believer prays in a church in south Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Iraq has lost more than half the Christians that once called it home, mostly since the war began, and few who fled the chaos have plans to never return.
U.S. army soldiers walk down the Great Ziggurat of Ur, a temple at the ancient city of Ur and an archaeological site on the outskirts of Nasiriyah, about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. The Iraqi authorities have taken over control of the archeological site of Ur from the U.S. military on Wednesday.
Iraqi police officers remove a dead body from the scene of a suicide car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 12, 2009.
A man goes through food products destroyed in a fire at a warehouse in Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 11, 2009. A huge fire erupted at a wholesale market in central Basra Sunday night, damaging as many as 20 different warehouses.
An Iraqi army tank speeds during a military exercise in Latifiyah, about 20 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 11, 2009. The fall in oil prices is threatening Iraq's efforts to build a military capable of defending the country, raising the possibility that the Iraqis will need substantial U.S. help for years after the Americans leave by 2012.
An Iraqi police truck burns after a suicide car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. A suicide bomber rammed his car into an Iraqi police truck Tuesday, killing five policemen and three civilians in the northern oil rich city of Kirkuk, said police.