Iraq Photos: Nov. 17-Nov.23

Dr. Mazin Hameed, a veterinarian, uses poisoned meat to lure a stray dog in the Mansour neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. Baghdad authorities killed more than 200 stray dogs on Sunday, the opening day of a campaign to manage the dog packs that roam the capital after a spate of attacks on residents.

Iraqi men chant slogans during a demonstration in support of a U.S.-Iraqi security pact in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008.

Schoolchildren look at a picture of themselves on the camera of a U.S. Army soldier during the opening ceremony for the Nablus Primary School in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008.

Iraqi women gather at a demonstration in support of a U.S.-Iraqi security pact in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008.

Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burn the American flag as thousands converge at Firdous Square in central Baghdad, Iraq, for a mass prayer to protest a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact on Friday, Nov. 21, 2008.

A protester uses his shoe to strike an effigy of U.S. President George. W. Bush, in an expression of contempt, as thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr converged on Firdous Square in central Baghdad, Iraq, for a mass prayer to protest a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact on Friday, Nov. 21, 2008.

U.S. Army soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment leave a house as an Iraqi child holds a plastic rifle, during a routine house-to-house search patrol, in Masariyah neighborhood, northwestern Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008.

A U.S. Army soldier of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, searches a bedroom during a routine house-to-house search patrol, in Masariyah neighborhood, northwestern Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008.

Human skulls are seen at the site where the remains of at least eight people were unearthed in a mass grave in a mainly Shiite area on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008.

Human rights investigators from the Iraqi Ministry of Justice inspect the site where the remains of at least eight people were unearthed in a mass grave in a mainly Shiite area on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008.

Iraqis inspect the damage to a liquor store after two simultaneous roadside bombs in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008.

An Iraqi owner of a shop, which sells alcohol, cleans up damage from two simultaneous roadside bombs in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. Four civilians were injured in the attack, police said.

A U.S. Army soldier of Lightning Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment competes in arm wrestling with an Iraqi soldier as others cheer, at an Iraqi military base, northwestern Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008.

An Iraqi vendor cooks fish on an open flame in central Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008.

A U.S. Army soldier of Lightning Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, is seen during a routine U.S. Army Patrol in the Al Islah Al Serai neighborhood, northwestern Mosul, 224 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Nov. 17, 2008.

An Iraqi student looks out as an Iraqi army soldier is reflected on a window at secondary school, during distribution of school supplies by the U.S and Iraqi army in 17th Tammooz neighborhood, northwestern Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008.

U.S. Army Spc. Derrek Lucas from Dyer, Ind., of Lightning Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, is surrounded by children as Iraqi women walk past, during a U.S. Army patrol in the Al Islah Al Serai neighborhood, northwestern Mosul, 224 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Nov. 17, 2008.

An Iraqi girl looks on as the shadow of a U.S. Army soldier of Lightning Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, is seen on a wall which reads in Arabic "for sale" during a routine U.S. army patrol in the Al Islah Al Serai neighborhood, Iraq, on Monday, Nov. 17, 2008.

A U.S. soldier of Lightning Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, walks next to an Iraqi child during a patrol in 17th Tammooz neighborhood, northwestern Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008.

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, left, and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, right, shake hands after a signing ceremony for a security pact between the United States and Iraq in Baghdad on Monday, Nov. 17, 2008.

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