A veiled Iraqi woman prays at the shrine of Imam Ali, the son-in-law of Prophet Muhammed, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, Monday, May 12, 2003.
Ayad Ibrahim, the brother of an Iraqi civilian killed by shrapnel when a missile hit their home while aiming at a group of Iraqi soldiers positioned in their neigborhood, looks at the unspent mortars left by the retreating Iraqi army near his house in Basra, Iraq, Tuesday, May 13, 2003.
Iraqi Shiites join hands as they listen to an address by the leader of the biggest anti-Saddam Hussein Shiite opposition group, Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, at the shrine of Imam Ali, the son-in-law of Prophet Muhammed, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, Monday, May 12, 2003.
Three clergymen pray at the shrine of Imam Ali, the son-in-law of Prophet Muhammed, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, Monday, May 12, 2003.
Iraqi Shiites pray as Baqir Nabil holds a picture of the leader of the biggest anti-Saddam Hussein Shiite opposition group, Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, at the shrine of Imam Ali, Monday, May 12, 2003.
A cigarette vendor takes dollars from a customer at his shop in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 12, 2003. Iraq's long-suffering currency is making a dramatic comeback against the dollar, though its growing strength has nothing to do with the usual economic factors.
An Iraqi man walks past soccer posters in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 13, 2003. Iraq's national soccer team will be reassembled and will begin training this week for upcoming international competitions, including qualifiers for next year's Olympic games.
Iraqi men in traditional dress gather in front of the main Presidental Palace, now a U.S. Army base, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 13, 2003, as U.S soldiers stand guard during a demonstration organized by the Iraqi Independent Movements.
Iraqi men holding banners pass by a burned vehicle as they march to the main Presidential Palace, now a U.S. Army base, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday May 13, 2003, during a demonstration organized by the Iraqi Independent Movements.
Um Ayad, the mother of an Iraqi civilian killed by shrapnel when a missile hit their home while aiming at a group of Iraqi soldiers positioned in their neigborhood, throws dirt from his grave on top of her head, Tuesday, May 13, 2003.
A veiled Iraqi woman peers through grillwork at the shrine of Imam Ali, the son-in-law of Prophet Muhammed, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, Monday, May 12, 2003.