A local Iraqi pet-bird vendor removes a bird for sale at an open-air market, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq. The Iraqi government is attempting to prevent an outbreak of avian flu by banning poultry imports from at least 20 countries, including neighbors, such as Kuwait and Turkey, that have reported cases over the last few months.
Iraqi men held in various prisons around the Baghdad area are released at the main bus station, Jan. 15, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq. More than 500 inmates and detainees were released on Sunday.
An Iraqi grandmother enjoys a ride at an amusement park during a sunny day, Jan. 14, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq. Residents of Iraq's capital enjoyed a violence-free Eid al-Adha four-day holiday.
Investigators search the scene of a roadside attack on an Iraqi police patrol, Jan. 14, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq. The midday attack injured two police officers.
Shiite Muslims gather during the last day of Eid al-Adha in an outdoor lot to pray, Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq. Muslims around the world Friday are celebrating the last day of Eid al-Adha, a four-day Muslim feast of sacrifice to commemorate the prophet Abraham's offering of his son to God.
The crumpled wreckage of a U.S. military OH-58D Kiowa helicopter lies on its side, Jan. 13, 2006, in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. The reconnaissance helicopter went down in the afternoon, killing its two pilots. Military officials say that there were indications the crash was due to hostile ground fire.
Iraqis gather in the courtyard of the Kazemiya Shiite Muslim mosque in Baghdad, during Friday noon prayers Jan. 13, 2006.
An elderly Iraq vindor makes a sale at an outdoor market while local citizens enjoy clear weather on the last day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Jan. 13, 2006,in Baghdad, Iraq.
A Sunni Muslim man prays at the shrine of Abdul Kader al-Gilani in central Baghdad, Jan. 13, 2006.
An Iraqi boy is rushed into the local hospital following a car bomb that detonated in the western town of Fallujah, 35 miles from Baghdad, Jan. 13, 2006.
Friends and relatives grieve as they walk in a funeral procession behind the coffin holding the body of translator Ziyad Hamdi, Jan. 12, 2006, in Kirkuk, 124 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq. Hamdi, working as a translator for the U.S. military, was shot dead and found south of the city.
A young boy and his mother line up for a ride on the ferris wheel at a local amusement park during the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival, Jan. 11, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq.
Iraqi children in Najaf, about 100 miles south of Baghdad, wave from the back of a car as they go to visit relatives during the Eid al-Adha festival, Jan. 11, 2006. Eid al-Adha is a four-day Muslim feast.
A Muslim prays on the first day of Eid al-Adha, Jan. 10, 2006, in the Sadr City area of Baghdad.
A Sunni Muslim woman cries at the grave of a relative on the first day of Eid al-Adha, Jan. 10, 2006, in the southern city of Basra.
Sunni men and women walk past security as they arrive at the Um al-Qura mosque on the first day of Eid al-Adha, Jan. 10, 2006, in central Baghdad.
Holding up the holy Koran book and banners, Sunni Muslim Iraqis protest against a raid on their mosque two days ago by U.S. and Iraqi troops, following early morning prayers in the Umm al-Qura mosque in Baghdad, Jan. 10, 2006, to mark Eid al-Adha, the end of the Hajj or pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, in Saudi Arabia.
An Iraqi soldier mans a security checkpoint in central Baghdad, Jan. 10, 2006, as the war-torn nation celebrates the start of the three-day Eid al-Adha or Feast of the Sacrifice festivities, marking the climax of the Hajj, or pilgrimage, taking place in the holy city of Mecca, in Saudi Arabia.
A Shiite Muslim man shows off ammunition used by U.S. troops during a joint dawn raid with Iraqi troops in which they entered the home and arrested two men in Sadr City, in northern Baghdad, Jan. 10, 2006.
Workers at a family-owned bakery make Eid cookies for the Eid al-Adha holiday, Jan. 9, 2006, in Baghdad.