Young Iraqi artists work on the construction of a new statue, representing freedom in Saddam's Place, at Sahat al-Firdos, Paradise Square, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 10, 2003. One month ago, a statue of Saddam Hussein fell in Paradise Square, a symbol of televised triumph.
An Iraqi man on his motorcycle drives past a U.S. armored personal carrier at al-Rashid Street in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday May 10, 2003.
Iraqi Shiite Muslims hold pictures of Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, the leader of the largest Iraqi Muslim group opposed to Saddam Hussein, and wave Shiite flags as they arrive to greet their spiritual leader at the Iraq-Iran border crossing of Shalamjah, Iraq, Saturday, May 10, 2003.
Iraqi Shiite Muslim sacrifice sheep as a sign of celebration upon the arrival of Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, the leader of the largest Iraqi Muslim group opposed to Saddam Hussein, at the Iraq-Iran boder crossing of Shalamjah, Iraq, Saturday May 10, 2003.
Iraqi Shiite Muslims paste pictures of Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, the leader of the largest Iraqi Muslim group opposed to Saddam Hussein, on top of a defaced portrait of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein at the Iraq-Iran boder crossing of Shalamjah, Iraq Saturday May 10, 2003.
Iraqi Shiite Muslims follow the vehicle convoy carrying Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, the leader of the largest Iraqi Muslim group opposed to Saddam Hussein, surrounded by the dessert and minefields on the side of the road at the Iraq-Iran boder crossing of Shalamjah, Iraq, Saturday, May 10, 2003.
Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, the leader of the largest Iraqi Muslim group opposed to Saddam Hussein, speaks to his followers upon his arrival to the southern city of Basra, Iraq, Saturday May 10, 2003. Al-Hakim had been in exile in Iran and under protection of its Shiite religious leaders since 1980.
The crew of a U.S. Bradley Fighting Vehicle pass the day patrolling the perimeter of a camp for the armed Iranian resistance group in Iraq called the Mujahedeen Khalq, or MEK, near Baqubah, north central Iraq, Saturday, May 10, 2003.
U.S. troops arrive to salvage the debris of a U.S. Black Hawk helicopter outside Samarra, central Iraq, Saturday, May 10, 2003. It crashed Friday night in the Tigris river during the rescue of an Iraqi child wounded in an explosion. Three soldiers were killed and a fourth injured when the helicopter crashed after taking off.
An Iraqi street vendor holds video compact discs about Saddam Hussein in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday May 10, 2003. Brought to the Iraqi capital from Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, the compact discs read in Kurdish "Crimes of the dictator Saddam Hussein," and show the March 1988 bombing of Kurds with mustard gas in Halabja.
A US soldier puts his foot on a suspected Iraqi thief in Tikrit, Iraq, Saturday, May 10, 2003. Two men were arrested after they were suspected to have stolen an Iraqi army truck.
A US soldier puts a blindfold on a suspected Iraqi thief in Tikrit, Iraq, Saturday May 10, 2003. Two men were arrested after they were suspected to have stolen an Iraqi army truck.
Iraqi police officers wait for their turns to sign forms denouncing the Baath Party, at the police headquarters in Tikrit, Iraq, Saturday May 10, 2003. Most of the officers, who returned to work on Saturday, were former Baath Party members.
A defaced Saddam Hussein portrait is seen on the top of the Public Clinics Headquarters building in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday May 10, 2003. The slogan on the bottom of the portrait reads, "God bless Iraq and Saddam."
A British special forces soldier with no markings on his uniform, rides in the back of a pickup with a mounted machine gun, keeps watch, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 10, 2003.
An Iraqi man smokes as he walks at Souq al-Arabi, an Arabic market, in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 10, 2003.