Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims pray at the Imam Hussein holy shrine in Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, April 22, 2003. For the first time in decades, Shiite Muslims in Iraq are able to gather en masse at the Shiite holy city of Karbala to mark the end of the 40-day mourning of the death of one of their most important saints, Imam Hussein. During the rule of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, such rituals were banned.
A gas mask left behind by Iraqi soldiers lies on the ground as U.S. soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division move into the headquarters of the 5th Corps of the Iraqi army in Mosul, Iraq, on Wednesday, April 23, 2003.
Throngs of Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims celebrate as they circle the Imam Hussein holy shrine in Karbala, Iraq, on Tuesday April 22, 2003. For the first time in decades, Shiite Muslims in Iraq are able to gather in the Shiite holy city of Karbala for the holy day.
Buildings opposite the Palestine hotel are illuminated in Baghdad on Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Power was restored in parts of the city as Baghdad celebrated the end of a devastating 3-week-old power outage. More than 80 percent of the city still remained in darkness and doctors reported the first suspected cases of feared epidemics of cholera and typhoid, with no clean water yet running.
An Iraqi woman balances a tub filled with water on her head after filling it from a tanker truck, right, in Basra, Iraq, Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Tankers continue to deliver water to neighborhoods in Basra as engineers work to solve problems with the cities' power grid.
An Iraqi counts his money, bearing the face of Saddam Hussein, before paying for gas at a filling station in Baghdad, Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Gas is available but few stations operate because of lack of electrical power, forcing motorists to wait in long lines. Gas cost around $0.15 per gallon. More and more small businesses reopen everyday as life slowly returns to normal in Baghdad.
Throngs of Iraqi Shiite pilgrims squeeze through the gate after arriving for mass celebrations inside the Imam Hussein holy shrine in Karbala, Iraq, on Tuesday, April 22, 2003. For the first time in decades, Shiite Muslims in Iraq are able to gather en masse at the Shiite holy city of Karbala to mark the end of the 40-day mourning of the death of one of their most important saints, Imam Hussein.
Kurdish soldiers stand guard as they watch the convoy of retired U.S. Lt. Gen. Jay Garner in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, on Tuesday April 22, 2003. Garner's visit to the autonomous Kurdish region in Northern Iraq was welcomed by the mostly pro-american Kurds. Garner, who is overseeing the postwar reconstruction of Iraq, was touring the country for a second day.
An unidentified U.S. Army soldier tells people to stay back as soldiers went looking for an individual who fired near a secure perimeter near the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad on Tuesday, April 22, 2003.
Satellite dishes are seen outside an electrical appliances store in central Baghdad, Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Satellite TV was strictly banned during Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime. Demand for satellite TV equipment has soared around the capital following the collapse of the regime.
Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims pray in the street in Karbala, Iraq, on Tuesday, April 22, 2003. For the first time in decades, Shiite Muslims in Iraq are allowed gather in Karbala to mark the end of the 40-day mourning of the death of one of their most important saints, Imam Hussein.
An Iraqi man smokes a cigarette given to him by a U.S. soldier in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday April 23, 2003.
Shiite Muslims conduct a religious procession to the mosque in Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Thousands of Shiite muslims congregate to attend the religious ceremony in their holy city for the first time in decades since the ceremony was banned under the Hussein rule.