Iraq in pictures, April, 2009

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Iraq in pictures, April, 2009

Funny! No "Al-Qaeda" in Iraq during the reign of Saddam, right? Saddam and his country became a threat to the stolen Arab land that goes by 'Israel' and exactly per 'the Zionist Plan for the Middle East' written by Oded Yinon, Iraq was shocked&awed and the AIPAC's nor do the ADL's speak of Iraq any more. Now they speak only of Iran. When is the world going to wake up that all the horrors in the world today have to do with the little malignant tumor that world Jewry erected in the heart of the Arab world.

A supporter of anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr chants slogans, during a rally marking the sixth anniversary of the fall of the Iraqi capital to American troops in Firdous Square in central Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Supporters of anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gather in central Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 9, 2009, for a rally marking the sixth anniversary of the fall of the Iraqi capital to American troops. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Supporters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protest during a rally at Firdos square in Baghdad April 9, 2009. Tens of thousands of followers of anti-American al-Sadr thronged Baghdad on Thursday to mark the sixth anniversary of the city's fall to U.S. troops, and to demand they leave immediately. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS ANNIVERSARY IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

A demonstrator holds a picture of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr while greeting an Iraqi policeman during a protest in Baghdad April 9, 2009. Tens of thousands of followers of anti-American al-Sadr thronged Baghdad on Thursday to mark the sixth anniversary of the city's fall to U.S. troops, and to demand they leave immediately. REUTERS/Sattar al-Rubaie (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS ANNIVERSARY

An Iraqi soldier is seen near an Iraqi Army tank, which was destroyed in the U.S.-led invasion, in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 9, 2009. Tens of thousands rallied Thursday to protest the U.S. military presence and mark the sixth anniversary of the fall of the Iraqi capital to American forces. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Protesters symbolically re-enact the mistreatment of detainees at the U.S.-run prison at Abu Ghraib, an incident that sparked worldwide outrage, during a rally marking the sixth anniversary of the fall of the Iraqi capital to American troops in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed

Protesters re-enact the mistreatment of detainees at the U.S.-run prison at Abu Ghraib, an incident that sparked worldwide outrage, during a rally marking the sixth anniversary of the fall of the Iraqi capital to American troops in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Women supporters of anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gather in Firdous Square in central Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 9, 2009, for a rally marking the sixth anniversary of the fall of the Iraqi capital to American troops. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

An Iraqi supporter of Shiite radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr flashs a paper reading "No No America" in Baghdad. Thousands of supporters of the anti-US cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protested the occupation of Iraq, six years after the toppling of a Saddam Hussein statue symbolised the fall of his regime. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

Iraqi supporters of Shiite radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr march in Baghdad. Thousands of supporters of the anti-US cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protested the occupation of Iraq, six years after the toppling of a Saddam Hussein statue symbolised the fall of his regime. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

Iraqi Army soldiers stand guard as supporters of anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr march in central Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 9, 2009, marking the sixth anniversary of the fall of the Iraqi capital to American troops. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

A US military adviser and soldiers from the 17th Iraqi army brigade duck as they fire a mortar round during a live fire drill in Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad, on April 6, 2009. Iraq on Wednesday said it is reviewing the files of thousands of prisoners freed by US forces, in the wake of unrest which left seven people dead in a third straight day of attacks in Baghdad. (AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

US President Barack Obama speaks during a visit to Camp Victory in Baghdad on April 7, 2009. Iraq on Wednesday said it is reviewing the files of thousands of prisoners freed by US forces, in the wake of unrest which left seven people dead in a third straight day of attacks in Baghdad. (AFP/File/Mandel Ngan

Iraqis clean the debris of their shop at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad. Iraq on Wednesday said it is reviewing the files of thousands of prisoners freed by US forces, in the wake of unrest which left seven people dead in a third straight day of attacks in Baghdad. (AFP/Ali Yussef)

A US soldier inspects the site of a car bomb attack in a Shiite district of Baghdad just hours before a surprise visit by Barack Obama. Iraq is reviewing the files of prisoners freed by US forces, following a string of deadly and coordinated attacks that both nations have blamed on Al-Qaeda, [YEA?]a senior official has said. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

Iraqi women run past an Iraqi soldier patrolling a street in Baghdad. A bomb hidden in a plastic bag near a Shiite shrine has killed seven people and wounded 23, including women and children, in the third straight day of attacks in Baghdad, officials have said. (AFP/Ali Yussef)

Iraqis gather at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad. A bomb hidden in a plastic bag near a Shiite shrine has killed seven people and wounded 23, including women and children, in the third straight day of attacks in Baghdad, officials have said. (AFP/Ali Yussef)

Mourners carry the coffin of a bomb attack victim, who was killed in Baghdad, during a funeral in the holy city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, April 8, 2009. REUTERS/Ali Abu Shish (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS

A policeman uses a metal detector to scan the coffin of a bomb attack victim, who was killed in Baghdad, during a funeral in the holy city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, April 8, 2009. REUTERS/Ali Abu Shish (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS)

An injured man is treated for his wounds from a bombing in the neighborhood of Kazimiyah in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. A bomb left in a plastic bag exploded near the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad, police said. (AP Photo/Adil al-Khazali)

An injured man rests in a hospital after being wounded in a bombing in the neighborhood of Kazimiyah in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. A bomb left in a plastic bag exploded near the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad, police said. (AP Photo/Adil al-Khazali)

An Iraqi policeman stands guard at the site of a bombing in the northern Baghdad neighborhood of Kazimiyah, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. A bomb left in a plastic bag exploded near the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad, police said. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)

A woman, who was wounded in a bomb attack, receives treatment at a hospital in Baghdad April 8, 2009. A roadside bomb in northwest Baghdad's Shi'ite Kadhimiya district killed seven people and wounded 23 others on Wednesday, police said, a day after another bomb in the area killed nine. REUTERS/Ahmed Malik (IRAQ CONFLICT)

A woman asks the police about her son at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad April 8, 2009. A roadside bomb in northwest Baghdad's Shi'ite Kadhimiya district killed seven people and wounded 23 others on Wednesday, police said, a day after another bomb in the area killed nine. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ CONFLICT IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

A doctor attends to a boy who was wounded in a bomb attack at a hospital in Baghdad April 8, 2009. A roadside bomb in northwest Baghdad's Shi'ite Kadhimiya district killed seven people and wounded 23 others on Wednesday, police said, a day after another bomb in the area killed nine. REUTERS/Ahmed Malik (IRAQ CONFLICT)

Residents remove debris from the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad April 8, 2009. A roadside bomb in northwest Baghdad's Shi'ite Kadhimiya district killed seven people and wounded 23 others on Wednesday, police said, a day after another bomb in the area killed nine. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ CONFLICT)

Members of Iraqi security forces escort a blindfolded suspected insurgent into Iraqi special forces headquarters in Anbar province April 7, 2009. The man was arrested during a raid conducted by the Iraqi and U.S. forces in Kirkuk during the past days, Iraqi forces said. Picture taken April 7, 2009. REUTERS/Ali al-Mashhdani (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS

U.S. President Barack Obama greets troops at Camp Victory in Baghdad, April 7, 2009. Picture taken April 7, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young (IRAQ POLITICS MILITARY)

Relatives of a former prisoner react as they meet him upon his release in Anbar province April 7, 2009. About 16 detainees were released from the U.S. detention facility at Camp Bucca on Tuesday, a U.S. military source said. Picture taken April 7, 2009. REUTERS/Ali al-Mashhdani(IRAQ) (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS)

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki at Camp Victory in Baghdad April 7, 2009. Picture taken April 7. REUTERS/Jim Young (IRAQ POLITIC

U.S. President Barack Obama greets troops at Camp Victory in Baghdad April 7, 2009. Picture taken April 7. REUTERS/Jim Young (IRAQ POLITICS MILITARY)

U.S. President Barack Obama steps off Air Force One at Baghdad International Airport April 7, 2009. Picture taken April 7. REUTERS/Jim Young (IRAQ POLITICS MILITARY)

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki at Camp Victory in Baghdad April 7, 2009. Picture taken April 7. REUTERS/Jim Young (IRAQ POLITICS)

US soldiers carry the remains of US Army Spc. Israel Candelaria Mejias of Puerto Rico, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The flag-draped coffin of the 28-year old soldier killed in Iraq was among the first photographed by media late Tuesday, after Defense Secretary Robert Gates lifted a longstanding ban on press coverage of the return of fallen soldiers. (AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)

US President Barack Obama watches as Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during a visit to Camp Victory, just outside Baghdad. Obama's eight-day European tour left little doubt he plans to exploit his popular political brand and multi-cultural biography to the utmost to repair the US image abroad. (AFP/Mandel Ngan

A carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Specialist Israel Candelaria Mejias of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom, during the dignified transfer event at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Tuesday, April 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Barack Obama and Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki emerge from their meeting to make statements to reporters in Baghdad, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (L) shakes hands with U.S. President Barack Obama during a meeting in Baghdad April 7, 2009.

U.S. military personnel take pictures of U.S. President Barack Obama as he speaks during a visit to Al Faw Palace on Camp Victory in Baghdad April 7, 2009.

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with General Ray Odierno after stepping off Air Force One at Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad, April 7, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young (IRAQ MILITARY POLITICS

In this photo released by the Iraqi Government, U.S. President Barack Obama, left, meets with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad, in Baghdad, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. (AP Photo/ Iraqi Government, ho)

Asad Raad holds a baby boy he rescued from a car bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. The motorbike seller pulled the child from a car ignited in the explosion. The baby's dead mother was still inside the car while a badly burned man, presumed to be the father, was taken to hospital. Raad said he took the baby boy, who had minor burns to the face, to his home and would care for the infant. 'I cannot just stand still and watch this,' Raad said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with U.S. troops as he visits Al Faw Palace on Camp Victory in Baghdad April 7, 2009

An Iraqi policeman talks to a man injured by a car bomb in Fallujah, a Sunni city 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. A suicide car bomber killed three policemen and wounded six civilians and an officer at a police checkpoint, police said. (AP Photo

An Iraqi policeman inspects the site of a car bomb attack in Fallujah, a Sunni city 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. A suicide car bomber killed three policemen and wounded six civilians and an officer at a police checkpoint, police said. (AP Photo)

An Iraqi man holds an injured baby boy who survived a car bomb attack in a Shiite district of Baghdad. The baby miraculously survived a Baghdad car bombing cradled in his mother's lap as she was burned alive in a blast that claimed the lives of eight people on Tuesday, witnesses said. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

A US soldier inspects the site of a car bomb attack in a Shiite district of Baghdad. A baby miraculously survived a Baghdad car bombing cradled in his mother's lap as she was burned alive in a blast that claimed the lives of eight people on Tuesday, witnesses said. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

US soldiers taking cover behind a concrete block during an operation in Baghdad's Fadel district in March 2009. More than two-thirds of Americans support President Barack Obama's plans to withdraw most US troops from Iraq, a new poll said Tuesday as Obama paid a surprise visit to Baghdad. (AFP/File)

In this Dec. 14, 2008 file photo, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi throws a shoe at President George W. Bush during a new conference with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's highest court reduced the prison sentence Tuesday April 7, 2009 for an Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at former President George W. Bush from three years to one, a court spokesman said. The decision came as Barack Obama made his first official visit to Iraq as U.S. president. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci,

Ayaa Akram Hussein, seen with her father, Akram Hussein, kisses her mother's coffin before her burial in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Fatima Mohsen was killed Monday in one of a string of deadly bombings in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani

Ayaa Akram Hussein weeps over her mother's coffin before her burial in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Fatima Mohsen was killed Monday in one of a string of deadly bombings in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)

Ayaa Akram Hussein and her father, Akram Hussein, weep over her mother's coffin before her burial in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Fatima Mohsen was killed Monday in one of a string of deadly bombings in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani

A resident carries a baby who was found in a vehicle that his parents were killed in after a car bomb attack in Baghdad April 7, 2009. A car bomb killed nine people and wounded 18 in the Shi'ite Kadhimiya district of northwest Baghdad on Tuesday, police said, a day after seven car bombs killed 37 people across the Iraqi capital. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS)

Security officials inspect the wreckage from a car bomb attack in Kazimiyah neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

British soldiers stand guard at the entrance of Basra's airport in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad April 6, 2009. Picture taken April 6, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ POLITICS CONFLICT

U.S. army soldiers secure the area of a car bomb attack in Kazimiyah neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) Photo Tools

Destroyed vehicles lie at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad April 7, 2009. A car bomb killed nine people and wounded 18 in the Shi'ite Kadhimiya district of northwest Baghdad on Tuesday, police said, a day after seven car bombs killed 37 people across the Iraqi capital. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS

U.S. soldier stands guard near the wreckage of a vehicle used in a car bomb attack in Baghdad April 7, 2009. A car bomb killed nine people and wounded 18 in the Shi'ite Kadhimiya district of northwest Baghdad on Tuesday, police said, a day after seven car bombs killed 37 people across the Iraqi capital. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS)

U.S. army soldiers secure the area of a car bomb attack in Kazimiyah neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Police detain a demonstrator during anti-U.S. protests in Istanbul April 7, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama is on the last leg of his debut trip on the world stage as president. He is trying to rebuild ties with Muslims after anger at the invasion of Iraq and war in Afghanistan, made more urgent by a strengthening al Qaeda and Taliban insurgency. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY POLITICS

Demonstrators clash with police during anti-U.S. protests in Istanbul April 7, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama is on the last leg of his debut trip on the world stage as president. He is trying to rebuild ties with Muslims after anger at the invasion of Iraq and war in Afghanistan, made more urgent by a strengthening al Qaeda and Taliban insurgency. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY POLITICS) Photo Tools

Demonstrators shout anti-U.S President Barack Obama slogans during a protest in Istanbul April 7, 2009. Obama is on the last leg of his debut trip on the world stage as president. He is trying to rebuild ties with Muslims after anger at the invasion of Iraq and war in Afghanistan. The sign reads, "Obama comes". REUTERS/Oleg Popov (TURKEY CONFLICT POLITICS IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

Police detain a demonstrator during a protest against U.S. President Barack Obama's visit, in Istanbul April 7, 2009. Obama is on the last leg of his debut trip on the world stage as president. He is trying to rebuild ties with Muslims after anger at the invasion of Iraq and war in Afghanistan, made more urgent by a strengthening al Qaeda and Taliban insurgency. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY CONFLICT POLITICS)

Demonstrators shout anti U.S President Obama slogans during a protest in Istanbul April 7, 2009. Obama is on the last leg of his debut trip on the world stage as president. He is trying to rebuild ties with Muslims after anger at the invasion of Iraq and war in Afghanistan, made more urgent by a strengthening al Qaeda and Taliban insurgency. REUTERS/Oleg Popov (TURKEY CONFLICT POLITICS)

Demonstrators shout anti-U.S President Barack Obama slogans during a protest in Istanbul April 7, 2009. Obama is on the last leg of his debut trip on the world stage as president. He is trying to rebuild ties with Muslims after anger at the invasion of Iraq and war in Afghanistan, made more urgent by a strengthening al Qaeda and Taliban insurgency. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski (TURKEY CONFLICT POLITICS)

Demonstrators shout anti-U.S President Barack Obama slogans during a protest in Istanbul April 7, 2009. Obama is on the last leg of his debut trip on the world stage as president. He is trying to rebuild ties with Muslims after anger at the invasion of Iraq and war in Afghanistan, made more urgent by a strengthening al Qaeda and Taliban insurgency. REUTERS/Oleg

Demonstrators shout anti-U.S President Barack Obama slogans during a protest in Istanbul April 7, 2009. Obama is on the last leg of his debut trip on the world stage as president. He is trying to rebuild ties with Muslims after anger at the invasion of Iraq and war in Afghanistan, made more urgent by a strengthening al Qaeda and Taliban insurgency. REUTERS/Oleg Popov (TURKEY CONFLICT POLITICS)

A policeman uses a metal detector to scan the coffin of a bomb attack victim, who was killed in Baghdad, during a funeral in the holy city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, April 7, 2009. REUTERS/Ali Abu Shish (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS)

A woman cries near the coffin of her son, who was killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad, during a funeral in the holy city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, April 7, 2009. REUTERS/Ali Abu Shish (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS

Mourners carry the coffin of a bomb attack victim, who was killed in Baghdad, during a funeral in the holy city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, April 7, 2009. REUTERS/Ali Abu Shish (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS

A girl cries during the funeral of her relatives who were killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad's Um al-Maalif April 7, 2009. South Baghdad's Um al-Maalif neighbourhood was shaken by two blasts in a market on Monday, killing 12 and wounding 32, police said. REUTERS/Ahmed Malik (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS)

Ahmed Treq Sami, center, and relatives grieve for his brother, Haidar, 25, a newlywed killed along with his wife and infant son in a twin car bomb attack, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. The young family was buried a day after series of coordinated bombings across the city Monday that left 37 dead and more than 100 wounded. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)

A boy cries during the funeral of his relatives who were killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad's Um al-Maalif April 7, 2009. South Baghdad's Um al-Maalif neighbourhood was shaken by two blasts in a market on Monday, killing 12 and wounding 32, police said. REUTERS/Ahmed Malik (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

Mourners grieve during the funeral of their relative who was killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad's Um al-Maalif April 7, 2009. South Baghdad's Um al-Maalif neighbourhood was shaken by two blasts in a market on Monday, killing 12 and wounding 32, police said. REUTERS/Ahmed Malik (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS)

Ahmed Treq Sami, center, and relatives grieve Tuesday, April 7, 2009 for his brother, Haidar, 25, a newlywed killed along with his wife and infant son in a twin car bomb attack, in Baghdad, Iraq . The young family was buried a day after series of coordinated bombings across the city Monday that left 37 dead and more than 100 wounded. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)

A man grieves during the funeral of his relatives who were killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad's Um al-Maalif April 7, 2009. South Baghdad's Um al-Maalif neighbourhood was shaken by two blasts in a market on Monday, killing 12 and wounding 32, police said. REUTERS/Ahmed Malik (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS)

Tareq Sami grieves Tuesday, April 7, 2009 for his son, Haidar, 25, a newlywed killed along with his wife and infant son in a twin car bomb attack, in Baghdad, Iraq . The young family was buried a day after series of coordinated bombings across the city Monday that left 37 dead and more than 100 wounded. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed

A policeman stands guard during the funeral of bombing victims in Baghdad's Um al-Maalif April 7, 2009. South Baghdad's Um al-Maalif neighbourhood was shaken by two blasts in a market on Monday, killing 12 and wounding 32, police said. REUTERS/Ahmed Malik (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS

Women weep over the coffin of Haidar Tareq Sami, 25, a newlywed killed along with his wife and infant son the previous day in a twin car bomb attack, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. The young family was buried a day after series of coordinated bombings across the city Monday that left 37 dead and more than 100 wounded. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)

An Iraqi police officer walks past a wrecked car on the iste of a car bomb attack in Baghdad. A spate of bloody car bombings rocked mainly Shiite districts of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 34 people in what the US military said appeared to be coordinated attacks by Al-Qaeda [YEA?]jihadists. (AFP/Ali al-Saadi)

Military police with the 17th Iraqi army brigade stand guard during a live fire drill in Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad. A spate of bloody car bombings rocked mainly Shiite districts of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 34 people in what the US military said appeared to be coordinated attacks by Al-Qaeda [YEA?]jihadists. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

An Iraqi soldier stands next to the remains of a bombed car at the site of an attack in Baghdad. A spate of bloody car bombings rocked mainly Shiite districts of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 34 people in what the US military said appeared to be coordinated attacks by Al-Qaeda [YEA?]jihadists. (AFP/Ali al-Saadi)

Iraqi incendiary experts walk in line as they survey the ground for mines in the Rumayiah oil fields just north of the Kuwaiti border in southern Iraq in 2008. Mine-filled Iraq plans to accelerate the clearance of anti-personnel mines that threaten to kill up to five percent of the country's population, officials announced on Monday. (AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)

Map locates recent bombings in Baghdad

Jury selection began Monday in the trial of former US soldier, Steven D. Green, seen here in this undated Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) handout, accused of being the ringleader of a plot to rape a teenaged Iraqi girl, murder her family and set the house alight to cover their crime. (AFP/MCSO-HO/Getty Images/File)

Members of the anti-riot forces attend a mortars military drill conducted by the U.S. forces in Latifiya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad April 6, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ CONFLICT MILITARY)

A U.S. soldier (L) conducts live mortar firing for Iraqi soldiers in Latifiya, about 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, April 6, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ MILITARY POLITICS)

Children pass by as a U.S. army soldier from Demon Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment patrols a street in eastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 6, 2009. Sunni insurgents still operate in Mosul, the country's third largest city, despite a series of U.S.-Iraqi security operations against them. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

U.S. soldiers take up position during a military drill for Iraqi soldiers conducted by U.S. forces in Latifiya, about 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, April 6, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ MILITARY POLITICS)

Iraqi soldiers fire a mortar during a military drill conducted by U.S. forces in Latifiya, about 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, April 6, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ MILITARY IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

Iraqi policemen carry the coffin of Brig. Gen. Ahmed Abdullah before his burial in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 6, 2009. Abdullah was killed when six gunmen in two cars blocked his vehicle and shot him dead, police said. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)

An Iraqi police officer walks past a wrecked car after a car bomb attack in Baghdad. A series of bloody car bombings in Baghdad recalled the blackest days of violence in the capital as at least 34 people were killed and nearly 140 more were wounded. (AFP/Ali al-Saadi)

The legs of a young child killed in a spate of bloody car bombings in Baghdad which left at least 34 people dead in a dark echo of the blackest days of violence in the Iraqi capital. (AFP/Khalil al-Murshidi)

A crowd gathers at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 6, 2009. A string of bombing attacks struck the capital Monday, as the U.S. military reported its first combat death in Iraq in about three weeks. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

A crowd gathers at the site of a car bomb attack in the al- Maalif neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 6, 2009. A string of bombing attacks struck the capital Monday, as the U.S. military reported its first combat death in Iraq in about three weeks. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Bloodstains and remains are seen on the ground at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad's Um al-Maalif April 6, 2009. Two car bombs in the same market area killed 12 people and wounded five in southern Baghdad's Um al-Maalif, police said. REUTERS/Ahmed Malik (IRAQ CONFLICT IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

A fireman hoses down burnt vehicles at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad's Husseiniya district April 6,2009. Four car bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital on Monday morning, killing 20 people and wounding scores, police said. REUTERS/Kahtan al-Mesiary (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS

Firemen hose down a burnt vehicle at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad's Husseiniya district April 6, 2009. Four car bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital on Monday morning, killing 20 people and wounding scores, police said. REUTERS/Kahtan al-Mesiary (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS)

A resident and a fireman try to open the bonnet of a burning vehicle at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad's Husseiniya district April 6, 2009. Four car bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital on Monday morning, killing 20 people and wounding scores, police said. REUTERS/Kahtan al-Mesiary (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS

A child is treated for his wounds after a bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 6, 2009. A string of bombing attacks struck the capital Monday, as the U.S. military reported its first combat death in Iraq in about three weeks. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

A wounded man speaks on his mobile phone outside a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 6, 2009. A string of bombing attacks struck the capital Monday, as the U.S. military reported its first combat death in Iraq in about three weeks. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim

A resident who was wounded in a bomb attack walks out from a hospital in Baghdad's Sadr City April 6, 2009. Four car bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital on Monday morning, killing 20 people and wounding scores, police said. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS)

Residents look at a burnt vehicle at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad's Sadr City April 6, 2009. Four car bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital on Monday morning, killing 20 people and wounding scores, police said. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS DISASTER

The wreckage of a vehicle used in a bomb attack is removed from the site in Baghdad April 6,2009. The car bomb exploded in a busy street in central Baghdad on Monday, killing five people and wounding 15, police said. REUTERS/Ahmed Malik (IRAQ POLITICS CONFLICT)

A resident who was wounded in a bomb attack lies in a hospital in Baghdad April 6,2009. Four car bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital on Monday morning, killing 20 people and wounding scores, police said. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ CONFLICT)

A woman stands next to her husband who was wounded in a bomb attack, in a hospital in Baghdad April 6, 2009. Four car bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital on Monday morning, killing 20 people and wounding scores, police said. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS DISASTER)

A shop worker looks at the wreckage of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 6, 2009. A string of bombing attacks struck the capital Monday, as the U.S. military reported its first combat death in Iraq in about three weeks. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed

An Iraqi man looks at the wreckage of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 6, 2009. A string of bombing attacks struck the capital Monday, as the U.S. military reported its first combat death in Iraq in about three weeks. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed

U.S. and Iraqi soldiers secure the area of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 6, 2009. A string of bombing attacks struck the capital Monday, as the U.S. military reported its first combat death in Iraq in about three weeks. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

An Iraqi soldier inspects the wreckage of a vehicle used in a car bomb attack in Baghdad April 6, 2009. A car bomb exploded in a busy street in central Baghdad on Monday, killing five people and wounding 15, police said. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

Iraqi policemen secure the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 6, 2009. A string of bombing attacks struck the capital Monday, as the U.S. military reported its first combat death in Iraq in about three weeks. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed

Imam Kasim Kopuz conducts a funeral service for Layla Khalil of Iraq after she was killed by a gunman on Friday at the American Civic Association in Johnson City, N.Y. Sunday, April 5, 2009. (AP Photo/David Duprey)

Pall bearers carry the body of Layla Khalil of Iraq to a hearse after her funeral Sunday, April 5, 2009, in Johnson City, N.Y. Khalil was one of 13 people killed by a gunman on Friday at the American Civic Association in Binghamton. (AP Photo/David Duprey)

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is seen during his visit to Baghdad, Sunday, April 5, 2009. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sought to repair relations between Palestinians and the Iraqi government and find solutions for Palestinian refugees stranded in camps during his first visit to the country since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Saad Shalash, Pool

Iraqi soldiers secure the area following a bomb blast in Baghdad's Sadr City in February 2009. The bullet-riddled bodies of three Iraqis said to be homosexuals have been found in Baghdad's Sadr City, bastion of anti-US Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a defence ministry official said on Sunday. (AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye

The victim of a car bombing is treated for his wounds at a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 4, 2009. The man was one of five wounded and two killed on Friday in the Karrada district. (AP Photo/Adil al-Khazali)

Protesters take part in an anti-war rally denouncing the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, and South Korean government's possible dispatch plan to Afghanistan, in Seoul April 4, 2009. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICS)

Protesters shout slogans during an anti-war rally denouncing the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, and South Korean government's possible dispatch plan to Afghanistan, in Seoul April 4, 2009. The front banner reads, "Object (South Korean President) Lee Myung-bak's dispatch plan to Afghanistan!" REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICS)

A protester dressing up as a character from the movie "Scream" attends an anti-war rally denouncing the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, and South Korean government's possible dispatch plan to Afghanistan, in Seoul April 4, 2009. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICS)

A U.S. army soldier from Warrior Battery, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, patrols an amusement park in eastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 3, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama is known to want all U.S. combat troops out of Iraq by September 2010 and remaining American forces home by late 2011. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic) [who is protecting the Iraq children from foreign American soldiers who could be perverts and child molesters?]

A U.S. army soldier from Warrior Battery, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, walks by a Ferris wheel as his unit patrols eastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 3, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama is known to want all U.S. combat troops out of Iraq by September 2010 and remaining American forces home by late 2011. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic) [who is protecting the Iraq children from foreign American soldiers who could be perverts and child molesters?]

A U.S. army soldier from Warrior Battery, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, climbs up a hill while on patrol in eastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 3, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama is known to want all U.S. combat troops out of Iraq by September 2010 and remaining American forces home by late 2011. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

A U.S. army soldier from Warrior Battery, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, patrols a street in eastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 2, 2009. U.S. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

A U.S. army soldier from Warrior Battery, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, walks by children as his unit patrols a street in eastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic [who is protecting the Iraq children from foreign American soldiers who could be perverts and child molesters?]

Children look at an Iraqi soldier who is securing the street during a patrol in Baghdad's al-Fadhil district April 2, 2009. A wave of arrests of Sunni Arab guards in a Baghdad district has spooked other units who helped rid the capital of al Qaeda, and who fear the Shi'ite-led government is out to get them for their Sunni insurgent past. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS SOCIETY

A member of an "Awakening Council", a local neighbourhood guard unit, questions a driver at a checkpoint in Baghdad's Ghazaliya April 2, 2009. A wave of arrests of Sunni Arab guards in a Baghdad district has spooked other units who helped rid the capital of al Qaeda, and who fear the Shi'ite-led government is out to get them for their Sunni insurgent past. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ POLITICS MILITARY SOCIETY)

A member of an "Awakening Council", a local neighbourhood guard unit, checks for identification papers at a checkpoint in Baghdad's Ghazaliya April 2, 2009. A wave of arrests of Sunni Arab guards in a Baghdad district has spooked other units who helped rid the capital of al Qaeda, and who fear the Shi'ite-led government is out to get them for their Sunni insurgent past. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)

A U.S. soldier presents a soccer ball to a girl during a patrol at Yarmouk hospital in Baghdad April 2, 2009. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICS)[who is protecting the Iraq children from foreign American soldiers who could be perverts and child molesters?]

Firefighters put out a fire at the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk April 1, 2009. A parked car bomb wounded nine people in northern Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, on Wednesday, police said. Picture taken April 1, 2009 REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (IRAQ CONFLICT)

U.S. soldiers stand guard at the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk April 1, 2009. A parked car bomb wounded nine people in northern Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, on Wednesday, police said. Picture taken April 1, 2009 REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS) MILITARY)[HELL ON EARTH IS WHAT IRAQ HAS BECOME!]

A US soldier patrols in Baquba. A US Marine sergeant claimed he killed an Iraqi detainee in self-defense, but a prosecutor has charged that he ignored basic procedures and killed an unarmed man. (AFP/Alexander Nemenov)

Iraqi artists search in a stock of destroyed weapons at a Baghdad police station for bullet casings, twisted machine gun barrels and action triggers they could turn into horse drawn carriages, bicycles and flowers in January 2009. As the spectre of war recedes in Iraq four students are turning scrap from old guns and munitions into symbols of hope. (AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye

In this Sept. 20, 2007 file photo, an Iraqi traffic policeman inspects a car destroyed by a Blackwater security detail in al-Nisoor Square in Baghdad, Iraq on Sept 16.

Iraqi troops patrol Baghdad's al-Fadel district. Eight people were killed in three attacks in the northern Iraq on Tuesday, including seven when a suicide bomber smashed his way into a police compound in Mosul and exploded his truck, police said. (AFP/Ali al-Saadi)

Chile's President Michele Bachelet, center, Bolivia's President Evo Morales, top left, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, top right, during the second Latam-Arab summit in Doha, Qatar Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Latin American leaders are meeting with their Arab counterparts in Qatar, looking to boost ties between South American and Arab states. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

From left to right front, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Chile's President Michele Bachelet, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa al-Thani, Kuwaiti Emir Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, From left to right background, Uruguay's Vice-President Rodolfo Nin Novoa, Bolivia's Evo Morales, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa as they pose for photographers during a group picture at the second Latam-Arab summit in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Latin American leaders are meeting with their Arab counterparts in Qatar, looking to boost ties between South American and Arab states. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

An Iraqi soldier guards men queuing to receive food and aid supplies in Baghdad's al-Fadel district. Eight people were killed in three attacks in the northern Iraq on Tuesday, including seven when a suicide bomber smashed his way into a police compound in Mosul and exploded his truck, police said. (AFP/Ali Yussef

A handout photo from the Ministry of Defence shows a convoy of British armoured vehicles pulling out from Basra Palace, 2007. British forces officially started to withdraw from Iraq, signalling the end of six years of military operations that began with the US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. (AFP/HO/File/Ministry Of Defenc

British soldiers secure the area following a road side bomb in Basra. British forces officially started to withdraw from Iraq, signalling the end of six years of military operations that began with the US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. (AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani) Photo Tools

A British soldier walks on the tarmac near an Iraqi Airways plane, during the handover ceremony of Basra's international airport from British forces to the U.S. forces, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad March 31, 2009. People in the Iraqi city of Basra fear the U.S. troops taking over from departing British forces, whose relatively light touch contrasts with the U.S. military's fearsome, and sometimes trigger-happy, reputation. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT

An Iraqi army soldier takes his aim as his unit patrols Baghdad's Fadhil district, Iraq, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. The U.S. military is seeking to reassure its Sunni allies that it would support them despite fears that the Shiite-led government plans a purge of their ranks after a weekend crackdown in Baghdad that saw the leader of a Sunni group arrested in central Baghdad's Fadhil district Saturday and, after two days of sporadic fighting, his followers disarmed. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed

U.S. soldiers (R) and British soldiers take part in a handover ceremony of Basra's international airport, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad March 31, 2009. People in the Iraqi city of Basra fear the U.S. troops taking over from departing British forces, whose relatively light touch contrasts with the U.S. military's fearsome, and sometimes trigger-happy, reputation. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICS)

A taxi driver is searched at a vehicle checkpoint in Baghdad's Fadhil district, Iraq, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. The U.S. military is seeking to reassure its Sunni allies that it would support them despite fears that the Shiite-led government plans a purge of their ranks after a weekend crackdown in Baghdad that saw the leader of a Sunni group arrested in central Baghdad's Fadhil district Saturday and, after two days of sporadic fighting, his followers disarmed. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

A British soldier kisses the flag of Great Britain during a hand over ceremony in Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. The British military transferred over coalition command of the oil-rich southern province of Basra to the United States on Tuesday, the latest step toward the full withdrawal of the remaining 4,100 British troops from Iraq by midsummer. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Iraqi students wearing Iraqi folkloric outfits dance during a graduation party at the Baghdad IT and Technology University. They went off to university fearing car bombs and death squads -- now Iraq's class of 2009 is celebrating in style, and hoping to find their place in a more peaceful country. (AFP/File/Patrick Baz)

A US soldier stands guard at the scene of a twin bombing in Baghdad in 2008. An Iraqi official on Friday blamed a recent string of attacks targeting security forces on Al-Qaeda, [YEA?]but said the bombings would not derail the phased withdrawal of American troops. (AFP/File/Nafee Abdul Rahman)

An Iraqi police commando mans a checkpoint in Baghdad. An Iraqi official on Friday blamed a recent string of attacks targeting security forces on Al-Qaeda,[YEA?] but said the bombings would not derail the phased withdrawal of American troops. (AFP/Ali al-Saadi

Followers of radical Shiite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burn a U.S. flag after Friday prayers in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim

A shadow of a US marine, is seen on a bullet-riddled wall during a foot patrol in the Sunni city of Fallujah, in 2005. A US federal judge Thursday sentenced an Iraqi-born Dutch citizen to 25 years in prison for conspiring to kill Americans in Iraq in the first case of its kind, the US Justice Department said. (AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)

The court room in the Rose Barracks in Vilseck, southern Germany. A US soldier was jailed for life Thursday for the "execution-style" murder of four prisoners in Iraq, a court martial here said. (AFP/DDP/File/Timm Schamberger)

A Caiman MRAP trails a Soldier from the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division during a routine patrol in Iraq. (Photo: Business Wire)

File photo shows US soldiers on patrol in Tahreer square in Baghdad central district. A US soldier was jailed for life Thursday for the murder of four bound and blindfolded prisoners in Iraq, a court martial here said. (AFP/File/Ali Yussef)

A US soldier frisks a man north of Baghdad on April 12, 2009. A senior US soldier was jailed for life Thursday for the murder of four bound and blindfolded prisoners in Iraq, a court martial here said. (AFP/File/Ali Yussef)

A former detainee holds his aunt after being released at Baghdad's Um al-Qura mosque April 16, 2009. About 85 detainees were released from different U.S. detention facilities in Iraq on Thursday, a U.S. military source said. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ)

A former detainee lifts his son after his release at Baghdad's Um al-Qura mosque April 16, 2009. About 85 detainees were released from different U.S. detention facilities in Iraq on Thursday, a U.S. military source said. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS SOCIETY)

Former detainees embrace their relatives after their release at Baghdad's Um al-Qura mosque April 16, 2009. About 85 detainees were released from different U.S. detention facilities in Iraq on Thursday, a U.S. military source said. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ POLITICS SOCIETY)

A woman kisses her son, a former detainee, after his release at Baghdad's Um al-Qura mosque April 16, 2009. About 85 detainees were released from different U.S. detention facilities in Iraq on Thursday, a U.S. military source said. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS SOCIETY)

An Iraqi man is embraced by family after his release from U.S. military custody in Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, April 16, 2009. 86 prisoners were released from a detention facility at Camp Bucca in southern Iraq. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

An Iraqi man embraces a relative after his release from U.S. military custody in Baghdad, Iraq Thursday, April 16, 2009. 86 prisoners were released from a detention facility at Camp Bucca in southern Iraq. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

A woman hugs her released husband during a detainees releasing operation at Baghdad's Um al-Qura mosque April 16, 2009. About 85 detainees were released from different U.S. detention facilities in Iraq on Thursday, a U.S. military source said. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ CONFLICT)

A former detainee kisses his son after his release at Baghdad's Um al-Qura mosque April 16, 2009. About 85 detainees were released from different U.S. detention facilities in Iraq on Thursday, a U.S. military source said. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ POLITICS SOCIETY)

A former prisoner talks on a mobile phone upon his release in Baghdad's Um al-Qura mosque April 16, 2009. About 85 detainees were released from different U.S. detention facilities in Iraq on Thursday, a U.S. military source said. REUTERS/May Naji (IRAQ POLITICS)

A man who was wounded in a bomb attack receives treatment in a hospital in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad April 15, 2009. A car bomb that targeted police assigned to protect northern Iraq's oil industry killed 10 people and wounded 23 on Wednesday, police said, in the latest high-profile bombing in the country. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (IRAQ CONFLICT)

Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad April 15, 2009. A car bomb that targeted police assigned to protect northern Iraq's oil industry killed 10 people and wounded 23 on Wednesday, police said, in the latest high-profile bombing in the country. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (IRAQ CONFLICT)

A U.S. soldier inspects the site of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, about 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, April 15, 2009. The car bomb that targeted police assigned to protect northern Iraq's oil industry killed 10 people and wounded 23 on Wednesday, police said, the latest high-profile bombing in the country. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (IRAQ CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICS)

Iraqi children, (L-R) Rebaz, 12, Omer, 7, Muhammad, 12, Hussein 7, and Imad, 11, who were injured during the Iraq war, pose during a psychological therapy session at the Red Crescent Hospital in Amman April 15, 2009. The children have undergone multiple reconstructive surgery and attend the daily therapy sessions run by the French aid organization Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN SOCIETY POLITICS HEALTH IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE CONFLICT)

Omer, (white bandage), 7, and Imad, 11, Iraqi children who were injured during the war, attend a psychological therapy session at the Red Crescent Hospital in Amman April 15, 2009. Both Omer and Imad have undergone multiple reconstructive surgeries and are two of dozens of Iraqi children that attend the daily therapy sessions run by the French aid organization Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN SOCIETY POLITICS HEALTH CONFLICT)

Hajar (L) and Hussein, Iraqi children who were injured during the war, play during a psychological therapy session at the Red Crescent Hospital in Amman April 15, 2009. Both Hajar and Hussein have undergone multiple reconstructive surgeries and are two of dozens of Iraqi children that attend the daily therapy sessions run by the French aid organization Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN

Omer, a 7-year-old Iraqi boy who was injured during the Iraq war, attends a psychological therapy session at the Red Crescent Hospital in Amman April 15, 2009. Omer has undergone multiple reconstructive surgeries and is one of dozens of Iraqi children who attend the daily therapy sessions run by the French aid organization Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN SOCIETY POLITICS HEALTH CONFLICT)

Hajar, an 11-year-old Iraqi girl who was injured during the Iraq war, attends a psychological therapy session at the Red Crescent Hospital in Amman April 15, 2009. Hajarhas undergone multiple reconstructive surgeries and is one of dozens of Iraqi children who attend the daily therapy sessions run by the French aid organization Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN SOCIETY POLITICS HEALTH CONFLICT)

Hussein, a 7-year-old Iraqi boy who was injured during the Iraq war, attends a psychological therapy session at the Red Crescent Hospital in Amman April 15, 2009. Hussein has undergone multiple reconstructive surgeries and is one of dozens of Iraqi children who attend the daily therapy sessions run by the French aid organization Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN SOCIETY POLITICS HEALTH CONFLICT IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

A U.S. soldier watches an Iraqi police cadet graduation ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Omer (L) and Hussein, Iraqi children who were injured during the Iraq war, play during a psychological therapy session at the Red Crescent Hospital in Amman April 15, 2009. Both Omer and Hussein have undergone multiple reconstructive surgeries and are two of dozens of Iraqi children that attend the daily therapy sessions run by the French aid organization Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN SOCIETY POLITICS HEALTH CONFLICT)

U.S. soldiers stand guard as Iraqi police remove a car that was destroyed by a bomb hidden under it, outside the al-Bairuti coffee shop in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed

A lift operator stands near the transfer case containing the body of Army specialist Michael J. Anaya at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, April 14, 2009. Army specialist Michael J. Anaya from Crestview, Florida, was killed while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. REUTERS/Tim Shaffer (UNITED STATES POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT OBITUARY)

A U.S soldier gives a high five to a boy while standing guard during the distribution of wheelchairs by U.S. and Iraqi security forces to needy children at al-Fadhil clinic in Baghdad April 14, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ MILITARY POLITICS)

A boy looks through the scope of a rifle of a U.S. soldier taking up position during the distribution of wheelchairs by U.S. and Iraqi security forces to needy children at al-Fadhil clinic in Baghdad April 14, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ MILITARY POLITICS IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

Children shake hands with a U.S. soldier taking up position during the distribution of wheelchairs by U.S. and Iraqi security forces for needy children at al-Fadhil clinic in Baghdad April 14, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ MILITARY POLITICS)

A U.S. soldier lifts a girl while standing guard during the distribution of wheelchairs by U.S. and Iraqi security forces for needy children at al-Fadhil clinic in Baghdad April 14, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ MILITARY POLITICS IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

A girl watches a U.S. soldier taking up position outside al-Fadhil clinic during the distribution of wheelchairs by U.S. and Iraqi security forces to the residents in Baghdad April 14, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ POLITICS MILITARY)

A U.S. soldier salutes children while standing guard outside al-Fadhil clinic in Baghdad April 14, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ POLITICS MILITARY)

This Jan. 2009, family-supplied photo shows U.S.Army Cpl. Jason Pautsch in front of his MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle Patrol Base Howell, in Iraq. Pautsch, 20, from Davenport, Iowa, was one of five soldiers killed by a truck bomb on April 10, 2009.The bodies of the men were returned to Dover Air Force on Sunday night, April 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Family Photo) Patrol Base Howell, January 2009

An Iraqi man is greeted by his mother after his release from U.S. military detention in the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 13, 2009. Twelve prisoners were released from Camp Bucca on Monday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban

An Iraqi man is embraced by his mother after his release from U.S. military detention, in the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 13, 2009. Twelve prisoners were released from Camp Bucca on Monday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban

In this Friday, March 13, 2009 file photo, U.S. Army Cpl. Jason G. Pautsch, from D Co., 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment is seen on patrol in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Cpl. Pautsch, 20, from Davenport, Iowa, was one of five soldiers killed by a truck bomb on April 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

In this March 13, 2009 file photo, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bryan Hall, right, from D Co., 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment leaves an Iraqi home during a patrol in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Staff Sgt. Hall, 32, from Elk Grove, Calif., was one of five soldiers killed by a truck bomb on April 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

A woman cries as she hugs her son upon his release from a prison in Baghdad's Doura district April 13, 2009. About 12 detainees were released from the U.S. detention facility at Camp Bucca on Monday, a U.S. military source said. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS)

A U.S. Army soldier assists an Iraqi man upon his release from U.S. military detention to the Dora neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 13, 2009. Twelve prisoners were released from Camp Bucca on Monday. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)

A former detainee kisses his son upon his release from a prison in Baghdad's Doura district April 13, 2009. About 12 detainees were released from the U.S. detention facility at Camp Bucca on Monday, a U.S. military source said. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS)

in a photo provided by David Pautsch, Corporal Jason Pautsch, right, is congratulated by his father David after graduating from Airborne School at Ft. Benning, Ga in June 2007. On Sunday April 12, 2009, two days after his son and four of his fellow soldiers were killed in Iraq, David Pautsch watched their remains arrive on a jumbo jet during a somber, half-hour ceremony in Dover, Del. (AP Photo/David Pautsch)

An Iraqi boy looks at a US soldier patroling Baghdad's Sheikh Omar neighbourhood in March. The United States will meet a 2011 deadline to pull its combat forces out of Iraq, the top coalition leader in the country said. (AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

This undated picture shows Cpl. Jason G. Pautsch, 20. On Sunday, April 12, 2009, military officials said Pautsch and four other Fort Carson soldiers were killed when the military vehicle they were in was hit by a 'suicide vehicle-borne' explosive in Mosul, Iraq on Friday, April 10, 2009. The Air Force says the remains of five soldiers are set to arrive Sunday, April 12, 2009 at Dover Air Force Base. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

This undated picture shows 24-year-old Staff Sgt. Gary L. Woods Jr., of Lebanon Junction, Ky. On Sunday, April 12, 2009, military officials said Woods and four other Fort Carson soldiers were killed when the military vehicle they were in was hit by a 'suicide vehicle-borne' explosive in Mosul, Iraq on Friday, April 10, 2009. The Air Force says the remains of five soldiers are set to arrive Sunday, April 12, 2009 at Dover Air Force Base. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

This undated picture shows 25-year-old Sgt. Edward W. Forrest Jr. of St. Louis. On Sunday, April 12, 2009, military officials said Forrest and four other Fort Carson soldiers were killed when the military vehicle they were in was hit by a 'suicide vehicle-borne' explosive in Mosul, Iraq on Friday, April 10, 2009. The Air Force says the remains of five soldiers are set to arrive Sunday, April 12, 2009 at Dover Air Force Base. (AP Photo/U.S. Army

This undated picture shows 32-year-old Staff Sgt. Bryan E. Hall, of Elk Grove, Calif. On Sunday, April 12, 2009, military officials said Hall and four other Fort Carson soldiers were killed when the military vehicle they were in was hit by a 'suicide vehicle-borne' explosive in Mosul, Iraq on Friday, April 10, 2009. The Air Force says the remains of five soldiers are set to arrive Sunday, April 12, 2009 at Dover Air Force Base. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

A woman reacts upon finding out her detained husband was not among released prisoners, in the municipal council in Tarmiya, north of Baghdad April 12, 2009. Thirty-two detainees were released from the U.S. detention facility at Camp Bucca on Sunday, a U.S. military source said. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ POLITICS SOCIETY)

An Iraqi woman is tearful before reuniting with her husband, who was among 32 men released from U.S. military detention at Camp Bucca to their families in Tarmiyah, 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, April 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

A former detainee kisses his wife's head upon his release in the municipal council in Tarmiya, north of Baghdad April 12, 2009. Thirty-two detainees were released from the U.S. detention facility at Camp Bucca on Sunday, a U.S. military source said. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ SOCIETY POLITICS)

An Iraqi woman is searched by a female U.S. soldier before reuniting with her husband, who was among 32 men released from U.S. military detention at Camp Bucca to their families in Tarmiyah, 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, April 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo

A Christian woman prays during Easter mass as U.S. soldiers stand guard at Saint John the Baptist Chaldean church in Baghdad's Doura district April 12, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmed Malik (IRAQ CONFLICT MILITARY)

Iraqis put a body into a coffin at the Iskandiriyah morgue, south of Baghdad. A suicide bomber dressed in military uniform infiltrated a gathering of US-allied Sunni fighters who were waiting to be paid, killing nine people and wounding dozens south of Baghdad on Saturday. (AFP/Khalil al-Murshidi)

Iraqis wheel an injured man into the Iskandiriyah hospital, south of Baghdad. A suicide bomber dressed in military uniform infiltrated a gathering of US-allied Sunni fighters who were waiting to be paid, killing nine people and wounding dozens south of Baghdad on Saturday. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

A U.S. soldier stands guard near a statue of the Madonna during an Easter mass at Saint John the Baptist Chaldean church in Baghdad's Doura district April 12, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmed Malik (IRAQ CONFLICT RELIGION MILITARY)

Emad Shanna is kissed by his father, as he is treated for wounds from a suicide bombing, at a hospital in Hillah, about 95 kilometers (60 miles) south of Baghdad, south of Iraq, Saturday, April 11, 2009. A suicide bomber walked into a crowd of U.S.-allied Sunni paramilitaries waiting in line for their salaries in Iraq on Saturday and detonated his explosives belt, Iraqi police said. The . explosion took place outside the military headquarters in the town of Jbala, about 35 miles (50 kilometers) south of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)

Bodies of Sahwa members fill the Iskandiriyah morgue south of Baghdad. A suicide bomber has struck the headquarters of a US-allied Sunni militia south of Baghdad, killing nine people and extending a recent rise in deadly bombings across Iraq. (AFP/Khalil al-Murshidi)

A man wounded in a suicide bombing is treated at a hospital in Hillah, about 95 kilometers (60 miles) south of Baghdad, south of Iraq, Saturday, April 11, 2009. A suicide bomber walked into a crowd of U.S.-allied Sunni paramilitaries waiting in line for their salaries in Iraq on Saturday and detonated his explosives belt, Iraqi police said. The 11 a.m. explosion took place outside the military headquarters in the town of Jbala, about 35 miles (50 kilometers) south of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)

A woman grieves for her nephew, Omar al-Jenabi, who was killed in a suicide bombing, as the family gathers outside a hospital in Iskandariyah, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 11, 2009. A suicide bomber walked into a crowd of U.S.-allied Sunni paramilitaries waiting in line for their salaries in Iraq on Saturday and detonated his explosives belt, Iraqi police said. The 11 a.m. explosion took place outside the military headquarters in the town of Jbala, about 35 miles (50 kilometers) south of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

A U.S. soldier presents a pen to a boy during a patrol in Baghdad's Ghazaliya district April 11, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ POLITICS MILITARY)

U.S. soldiers take up positions during a patrol in Baghdad's Ghazaliya district April 11, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ MILITARY POLITICS)

A wounded member of "Awakening Council", a local neighbourhood guard unit, waits for medical treatment in a hospital after a bomb attack in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad April 11, 2009. A suicide bomber targeted a group of Sunni Arab militiamen queuing to collect pay cheques at an Iraqi army post south of Baghdad, killing 9 and wounding 31 on Saturday, police said. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ CONFLICT MILITARY

Mohammed, a 12-year-old burn victim from Iraq, talks with Staff Sgt. Hassan Tirgui Thursday, April 9, 2009, at the Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs in Lansing, Mich. Mohammed was brought to the U.S. and will receive skin grafts and reconstructive surgery largely through the efforts of Major David Howell, a Michigan Army National Guard physician's assistant from Grand Ledge. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Mohammed, right, a 12-year-old burn victim from Iraq, and Major David Howell leave the Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Thursday, April 9, 2009, in Lansing, Mich. Mohammed was brought to the U.S. and will receive skin grafts and reconstructive surgery largely through the efforts of Howell, a Michigan Army National Guard physician's assistant from Grand Ledge. (AP Photo/Al Gol

Thursday, April 23, 2009 12:52 PM

An injured man is treated by a nurse following yesterday's suicide attack inside a mosque in Dhuluiyah.

A US soldier looks at the remains of food aid being delivered by the 'Red Crescent' to displaced Iraqis in Tahariyat Square

An Iraqi woman grieves over the death of her relatives in Baghdad's Tahariyat Square.

A map of Iraq locating suicide attacks in Muqdadiyah and Baghdad

An Iraqi grieves after his relative was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad's Tahariyat Square

People who are trying to get information on their deceased relatives queue at an office in the Baghdad Central morgue in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 23, 2009

In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, a man visits the grave of his brother, Natiq Abdul Zahra, who was killed in clashes with the US troops in 2007, at the cemetery in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's government has recorded 87,215 of its citizens killed since 2005

In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, relatives pray over the coffin of Albu Mohammed before his burial in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's government has recorded 87,215 of its citizens killed since 2005 in violence

A resident cries near a damaged vehicle at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad April 23, 2009. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen

A resident looks out from a damaged window after a bomb attack in Baghdad April 23, 2009. A suicide bomber wearing a vest stuffed with explosives blew himself up in a group of police distributing relief supplies in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 28 people and wounding 50, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ CONFLICT)

A child injured in a bomb blast gets treatment in a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 23, 2009.

An Iraqi woman passes U.S. troops and Iraqi police officers as they stand guard in the Bab al-Jadeed area of Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 23, 2009

A woman reacts near the site of a bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 23, 2009. A suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of Iraqis collecting humanitarian aid Thursday in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad, killing at least 22 people, the Iraqi military said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim

Iraqis pray during the funeral of two victims of yesterday's suicide attack inside a mosque in Dhuluiyah. Scores of people have been killed in two suicide bomb attacks in Iraq. (AFP/Mahmud Saleh)

Iraqi soldiers guard a checkpoint in Baghdad after a deadly suicide attack on April 7. Scores of people have been killed in two suicide bomb attacks in Iraq. (AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

A resident who was slightly wounded in a bomb attack carries her baby as she stands behind a broken window in Baghdad April 23, 2009

A boy looks at a woman as she reacts after a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad April 23, 2009

A girl cries near the site of a bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 23, 2009. A suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of Iraqis collecting humanitarian aid Thursday in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad, killing at least 22 people, the Iraqi military said.

A U.S. soldier inspects the scene of a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad April 23, 2009. A suicide bomber wearing a vest stuffed with explosives blew himself up in a group of police distributing relief supplies in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 28 people and wounding 50, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ CONFLICT MILITARY)

Food supplies distributed by the Red Crescent are seen at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad April 23, 2009.

An Iraqi woman holds her family's identity papers during a search of her home by Iraqi police and U.S. troops in the Bab al-Jadeed area of Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 23, 2009.

An Iraqi woman and schoolgirls pass a U.S. Army soldier standing guard in the Bab al-Jadeed area of Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 23, 2009

A man who was wounded in a bomb attack receives treatment in a hospital in the town of Dhuluiya, 70 km (43 miles) north of Baghdad, April 23, 2009.

Residents grieve over the body of a relative in the town of Dhuluiya, 70 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad, April 23, 2009. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest inside a mosque in central Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least five people and wounding 15, police said. REUTERS/Sabah al-Bazee (IRAQ CONFLICT)

Residents examine the site of a bomb attack inside a mosque in the town of Dhuluiya, 70 km (43 miles) north of Baghdad, April 23, 2009. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest inside a mosque in central Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least five people and wounding 15, police said. REUTERS/Sabah al-Bazee (IRAQ CONFLICT)

A U.S. Army soldier from Bulldog Co., 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment , squeezes through a metal door with the help of a comrade and an Iraqi policeman during a joint search operation in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 22, 2009.

File picture shows a demonstrator dressed as an Abu Ghraib prisoner protesting outside the White House in Washington, DC. Top US officials, not a "few bad apples" of low rank, were behind harsh military interrogation tactics that spread from Guantanamo Bay to Afghanistan to Iraq, a new Senate report said. (AFP/File/Karen Bleier)

US soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 6th Regiment, 2nd BCT, 1st Amoured Division, hold a position near a farm in the area of Owessat, southwest of Baghdad. In the US army terminology the widescale operation against Al-Qaeda [YEA?] in Owessat is 100% Iraqi, but the reality is different. Transport, logistics and the number of soldiers involved in the operation is quite American. (AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)

US soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 6th Regiment, 2nd BCT, 1st Amoured Division, patrol near a farm in the area of Owessat, southwest of Baghdad. In the US army terminology the widescale operation against Al-Qaeda [YEA?]in Owessat is 100% Iraqi, but the reality is different. Transport, logistics and the number of soldiers involved in the operation is quite American. (AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)

Prisoners attend a class at Camp Cropper, a U.S. detention centre near Baghdad airport April 21, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ CONFLICT SOCIETY EDUCATION)

Prisoners are seen at Camp Cropper, a U.S. detention centre near Baghdad airport April 21, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ CONFLICT SOCIETY

Prisoners attend a computer class at Camp Cropper, a U.S. detention centre near Baghdad airport April 21, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ CONFLICT SOCIETY)

A prisoner (R) places his hand on the holy Koran as he takes the oath to be a good citizen before his release at Camp Cropper, a U.S. detention centre near Baghdad airport April 21, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ CONFLICT SOCIETY RELIGION IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

A U.S. military officer instructs a prisoner during a sewing workshop at Camp Cropper, a U.S. detention centre near Baghdad airport April 21, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ CONFLICT SOCIETY)

A prisoner paints at Camp Cropper, a U.S. detention centre near Baghdad airport April 21, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ CONFLICT SOCIETY)

A boy talks to a U.S. soldier on patrol in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, April 20, 2009. Picture taken April 20, 2009. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS)

U.S. Army Spc. Shawn Byrd, 29, from Toccoa, Ga., packs up computer equipment for shipping to Afghanistan at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 20, 2009. Barely a month after arriving in Iraq, an Army combat engineer battalion that clears bombs from roads is heading to Afghanistan, in what the military says is the largest movement of personnel and equipment from one war front to antoher. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo

Relatives of Anas Hitham Hammed, who was killed by unknown gunmen during a jewellery store heist, react during his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 20, 2009. Gunmen with silencer-fitted weapons killed at least seven people during a daylight heist of jewellery stores in a busy Shiite shopping district of Baghdad on Sunday. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Relatives and friends of three people killed by unknown gunmen during a jewellery store heist, mourn over their coffins during a funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 20, 2009. Gunmen with silencer-fitted weapons killed at least seven people during a daylight heist of jewellery stores in a busy Shiite shopping district of Baghdad on Sunday. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Relatives and friends of Anas Hitham Hammed, who was killed by unknown gunmen during a jewellery store heist, bring the coffin containing his body to his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 20, 2009. Gunmen with silencer-fitted weapons killed at least seven people during a daylight heist of jewellery stores in a busy Shiite shopping district of Baghdad on

Relatives of Anas Hitham Hammed, who was killed by unknown gunmen during a jewelry store heist, hold his photo during his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 20, 2009. Gunmen with silencer-fitted weapons killed at least seven people during a daylight heist of jewelry stores in a busy Shiite shopping district of Baghdad on Sunday. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed

A former detainee kisses the forehead of his father after his release in Baghdad's Doura district April 20, 2009. About seven detainees were released from the U.S. detention facility at Camp Bucca on Monday, a U.S. military source said. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS)

US soldiers look at a wrecked bus hit by a suicide bomber in Kirkuk on April 15, 2009.

A US soldier stands guard at the scene of a twin bombing in Baghdad in 2008

Construction cranes and scaffolding are seen at the newly rebuilt Golden Dome shrine in Samarra, Iraq, Thursday, April 16, 2009. Bombings of the revered Shiite shrine in 2006 and 2007 fueled fierce sectarian fighting between Sunnis and Shiites in many parts of Iraq. (AP Photo/Hameed Rasheed)

Scaffolding is seen at the newly rebuilt Golden Dome shrine in Samarra, Iraq, Thursday, April 16, 2009. Bombings of the revered Shiite shrine in 2006 and 2007 fueled fierce sectarian fighting between Sunnis and Shiites in many parts of Iraq. (AP Photo/Hameed Rasheed

A man grieves next to the body of a relative killed in a bombing in Baqouba, Iraq, Thursday, April 16, 2009. Police said one person was killed and two injured when a bomb attached to a car detonated Thursday. (AP Photo

A woman stands in front of a mosque's billboard while waiting for detainees to be released at Baghdad's Um al-Qura mosque April 16, 2009. About 85 detainees were released from different U.S. detention facilities in Iraq on Thursday, a U.S. military source said. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ POLITICS RELIGION SOCIETY)

Friday, April 24, 2009

A map of Iraq locating a suicide attacks in Baghdad. Two female suicide bombers struck a major Shiite shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 58 people amid a brutal spike of attacks nine weeks before US troops are to withdraw from Iraqi cities. (AFP/Graphic)

An injured women is treated at a hospital after a double suicide bombing in in Baghdad. Two female suicide bombers struck a major Shiite shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 58 people amid a brutal spike of attacks nine weeks before US troops are to withdraw from Iraqi cities. (AFP/Khalil al-Murshidi)

An Iraqi police officer looks through clothing left behind following a twin suicide attack close to the Imam Musa al-Kadhim mosque in the mainly Shiite Muslim district of Kadhimiya in northern Baghdad. Two female suicide bombers struck a major Shiite shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 58 people amid a brutal spike of attacks nine weeks before US troops are to withdraw from Iraqi cities. (AFP/Ali Yussef)

The coffin of one the victims is carried following a twin suicide attack close to the Imam Musa al-Kadhim mosque in the mainly Shiite Muslim district of Kadhimiya in northern Baghdad. Two female suicide bombers struck a major Shiite shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 58 people amid a brutal spike of attacks nine weeks before US troops are to withdraw from Iraqi cities. (AFP/Ali Yussef)

People walk outside Kadhimiya shrine after bomb attacks in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district April 24, 2009. In a second day of major bloodshed, two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ CONFLICT)

A woman cries while sitting near her wounded husband at a hospital in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district April 24, 2009. In a second day of major bloodshed, two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ CONFLICT)

Residents light candles at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district April 24, 2009. In a second day of major bloodshed, two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ CONFLICT)

A wounded boy receives treatment at a hospital after a bomb attack in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district April 24, 2009. In a second day of major bloodshed, two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ CONFLICT) Photo Tools

Residents wheel a boy who was wounded in a bomb attack in a hospital in Baghdad April 24, 2009. In a second day of major bloodshed, two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ CONFLICT IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

A relative sits next to a wounded woman as she receives treatment at a hospital after a bomb attack in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district April 24, 2009. In a second day of major bloodshed, two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ CONFLICT)

A man who was wounded in a bomb attack receives treatment in a hospital in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district April 24, 2009. In a second day of major bloodshed, two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ CONFLICT) Photo Tools

A wounded woman receives treatment at a hospital after a bomb attack in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district April 24, 2009. In a second day of major bloodshed, two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ CONFLICT IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE) Photo Tools

A wounded man receives treatment at a hospital after a bomb attack in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district April 24, 2009. In a second day of major bloodshed, two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ CONFLICT)

People stand outside Kadhimiya shrine after bomb attacks in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district April 24, 2009. In a second day of major bloodshed, two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ CONFLICT RELIGION

Residents carry the coffin of a victim who was killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district April 24, 2009. In a second day of major bloodshed, two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ CONFLICT)

An Iraqi policeman inspects children's clothes found at the scene of a suicide bombing in Baghdad's Kazimiyah neighborhood, Iraq, Friday, April 24, 2009. Back-to-back suicide bombings killed 60 people Friday outside the shrine of Imam Mousa al-Kazim, most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad, a day after the country was rocked by its most deadly violence in more than a year, police officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

People light candles at the scene of a suicide bombing in Baghdad's Kazimiyah neighborhood, Iraq, Friday, April 24, 2009. Back-to-back suicide bombings killed 60 people Friday outside the shrine of Imam Mousa al-Kazim, most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad, a day after the country was rocked by its most deadly violence in more than a year, police officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

People throw candy and light candles at the scene of a suicide bombing in Baghdad's Kazimiyah neighborhood, Iraq, Friday, April 24, 2009. Back-to-back suicide bombings killed 60 people Friday outside the shrine of Imam Mousa al-Kazim, most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad, a day after the country was rocked by its most deadly violence in more than a year, police officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Mourners grieve during the funeral of their relative who was killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad April 24, 2009. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen

Mourners grieve during the funeral of their relative who was killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad April 24, 2009. A suicide bomber wearing a vest stuffed with explosives blew himself up in a group of police distributing relief supplies in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 28 people and wounding 50, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ CONFLICT OBITUARY)

People cry outside the morgue in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district April 24, 2009. In a second day of major bloodshed, two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a revered Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ CONFLICT OBITUARY)

A man cries near blood-stained stretchers at a morgue in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district April 24, 2009. In a second day of major bloodshed, two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a revered Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ CONFLICT OBITUARY IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

A man holds a wounded boy while waiting for medical treatment in a hospital in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district April 24, 2009. In a second day of major bloodshed, two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a revered Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ CONFLICT)

A man gives support to his brother who was wounded in a bomb attack in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district April 24, 2009. In a second day of major bloodshed, two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a revered Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Ahmed Malik (IRAQ CONFLICT)

A wounded man lies in a hospital bed while receiving treatment after a bomb attack in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district April 24, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmed Malik

A woman helps her relative who was wounded in a bomb attack in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district April 24, 2009. In a second day of major bloodshed, two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a revered Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Ahmed Malik (IRAQ CONFLICT)

Men run to claim the body of their relative at a morgue in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district April 24, 2009. In a second day of major bloodshed, two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a revered Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Ahmed Malik (IRAQ)

A wounded man receives treatment at a hospital after a bomb attack in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district April 24, 2009. In a second day of major bloodshed, two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a revered Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Ahmed Malik (IRAQ)

A man injured in a sucide bombing gets treatment in the Kazimiyah hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 24, 2009. Back-to-back suicide bombings killed 60 people Friday outside the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad, a day after the country was rocked by its most deadly violence in more than a year. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iman Khalaf, a child who got lost and was found unhurt at the site of a suicide bombing in Baghdad's Kazimiyah neighborhood, sleeps as her grandmother, who had just found her, cries in the Kazimiyah hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 24, 2009. Back-to-back suicide bombings killed 60 people Friday outside the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad, a day after the country was rocked by its most deadly violence in more than a year. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

A relative of a victim of a suicide bombing reacts outside the Kazimiyah hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 24, 2009. Back-to-back suicide bombings killed 60 people Friday outside the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad, a day after the country was rocked by its most deadly violence in more than a year. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Blood-stained stretchers are seen after victims of a suicide bombing were brought into the Kazimiyah hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 24, 2009. Back-to-back suicide bombings killed 60 people Friday outside the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad, a day after the country was rocked by its most deadly violence in more than a year. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

A child injured in a suicide bombing rests after receiving treatment at the Kazimiyah hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 24, 2009. Back-to-back suicide bombings killed 60 people Friday outside the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad, a day after the country was rocked by its most deadly violence in more than a year. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

A man injured in a suicide bombing gets treatment in the Kazimiyah hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 24, 2009. Back-to-back suicide bombings killed 60 people Friday outside the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad, a day after the country was rocked by its most deadly violence in more than a year. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

A man injured in a suicide bombing lies in the Kazimiyah hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 24, 2009. Back-to-back suicide bombings killed 60 people Friday outside the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad, a day after the country was rocked by its most deadly violence in more than a year. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi women grieve over the death of a relative who was killed in a bomb attack on April 23. Two suicide attackers blew themselves up killing 55 people, including several Iranians, outside a shrine in Baghdad, the second deadly attack on religious pilgrims in two days. (AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

The helmet of an Iraqi officer is placed on a poll as US soldiers inspect the scene following a suicide attack in Baghdad's Tahariyat Square on April 23. Two suicide attackers blew themselves up killing 55 people, including several Iranians, outside a shrine in Baghdad, the second deadly attack on religious pilgrims in two days. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

Relatives of Muiessar Anam, a victim of a suicide bombing, mourn beside his coffin before his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 24, 2009. On Thursday, nearly 80 people were killed in two suicide bombings in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than a year. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Relatives of Muiessar Anam, a victim of a suicide bombing, carry his coffin during his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 24, 2009. On Thursday, nearly 80 people were killed in two suicide bombings in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than a year. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

A relative of a victim of a suicide bombing reacts near the scene of a suicide attack in Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood, Iraq, Friday, April 24, 2009. On Thursday, nearly 80 people were killed in two suicide bombings in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than a year. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

People pray next to the coffin of Salih al-Jibouri, an assassinated Iraqi police officer, during his funeral in the oil rich city of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 24, 2009. Unidentified gunmen killed al-Jibouri in front of his house in Kirkuk Thursday. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)

Relatives of Muiessar Anam, a victim of a suicide bombing, mourn before his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 24, 2009. On Thursday, nearly 80 people were killed in two suicide bombings in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than a year. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi women grieve over the death of a relative who was killed in a bomb attack on April 23. Thirty people were killed and around 100 wounded in a double suicide attack as they arrived to pray at a Shiite shrine in Baghdad. (AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

Relatives grieve over the coffin of Salih al-Jibouri, an assassinated Iraqi police officer, during his funeral in the oil rich city of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 24, 2009. Unidentified gunmen killed al-Jibouri in front of his house in Kirkuk Thursday. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)

A US soldier looks at the remains of food aid being delivered by the 'Red Crescent' to displaced Iraqis in Tahariyat Square. The Iraqi military announced the capture on Thursday of the man said to be the head of Al-Qaeda [YEA?]in Iraq, as at least 73 people were killed in bombings on the deadliest day in Iraq in 14 months. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)