Iraqi national policemen check weapons and armaments seized by Iraqi security forces during recent security operations, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday Oct. 8, 2009. The weapons were seized during operations in Madain, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) southeast of Baghdad. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Iraqi national policemen check weapons and armaments seized by Iraqi security forces during recent security operations, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday Oct. 8, 2009. The weapons were seized during operations in Madain, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) southeast of Baghdad.

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  1. Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, General Wesley Clark testifies before the House Armed Services Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee hearing on 'Iraq and Afghanistan: Perspectives on US Strategy, Part III' on November 17, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  2. ROME - NOVEMBER 12: Architect Zaha Hadid poses during the Architectural Preview of the MAXXI Museum designed by herself on November 12, 2009 in Rome, Italy. Zaha Hadid was born in 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq. She has become one of the most famous architects in the world. Buildings nominated for the prestigious Stirling Prize include Nordpark Cable Railway Station (2008), Phaeno Science Centre (2006) and BMW Central Building (2005).
  3. LINCOLN, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 12: Flight Lieutenant Kirsty Moore (C), the first ever female Red Arrows pilot, takes part in a debrief with other arrows pilots during the launch of the 2010 team line-up at RAF Scampton on November 12, 2009 in Lincoln, England. Flight Lieutenant Moore, from Lincolnshire, makes history by becoming the first female Red Arrow pilot. Earlier in her RAF career, the 31-year-old served as a Qualified Flying Instructor, teaching students to fly the advanced fast jet trainer at RAF Valley, before flying the Tornado GR4 on operations in Iraq.
  4. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 11: U.S. President Barack Obama (C) and Brigadier General Karl Horst (R).greet a visitor as they visit section 60 on Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery November 11, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. Section 60 contains the grave sites of servicemen and women who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama delivered remarks at the cemetery amphitheater after a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
  5. Members of the US Air Force march along Fifth Avenue as part of the Veterans Day parade in New York, November 11, 2009. US President Barack Obama pledged Wednesday that American troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan would not have their trust betrayed like those who served in Vietnam.
  6. LICHFIELD, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 11: Sergeant Julie Weston sheds a tear at The Armed Forces Memorial as she views the name of her fallen friend and colleague Private Kevin 'Tommo' Thompson who died from the injuries he sustained in Iraq in 2007. November 11, 2009 in Lichfield, United Kingdom. Prince Edward, The Earl of Wessex led the list of dignitaries at the Armed Forces Memorial during Armistice Day commemorations at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas. Armistice Day traditionally marks the end of the WWI when Germany and the allied forces signed the armistice signaling the end of hostilities on the Western Front. The cessation of the war officially took effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month and is marked annually by services of remembrance for all those who have fallen in wars and a two minute silence.
  7. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) talks to reporters after a news conference about Democratic efforts to pass an omnibus veterans� health bill at the U.S. Captiol November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Democrats indentified Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) as the sole Republican holding up the passage of the bill designed to help Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans and family caregivers of the seriously wounded.
  8. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 09: Iraq veteran and Wounded Warrior Michael King warms up at the Kettler Iceplex with the rest of his hockey team, 'The Sled Dogs' on November 9, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia.
  9. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 8: US President Barack Obama makes a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House November 8, 2009 in Washington, DC. In addition to commenting on recent parliamentary elections in Iraq; Obama spoke about the House of Representatives' late night vote to pass their version of healthcare reform legislation.
  10. US Army Sgt. Maj. Leroy Walker Jr. wipes tears during a candle light vigil on November 5, 2009 at fort Hood, one day after 13 people killed in a bloody rampage. The bodies of those killed in a shooting spree at a US Army base will be taken to the same mortuary that handles fallen soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon said.
  11. BAGHDAD, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 5: An Iraqi worker gauges gas emissions from an oil pipe at the Daura oil refinery on November 5, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq and a grouping of U.S and European oil companies Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell PLC signed a $50 billion contract today to develop the West Qurna oilfield, two days after the Iraqi South Oil Company signed a technical service contract with Britain's BP and China's CNPC to develop the Rumaila oilfield. The Iraqi government is trying to attract foreign investment, especially in the oil sector, in hopes of reviving its war-torn economy. Iraq has the third largest oil reserve in the world but it is producing way below its potential.
  12. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 05: Paygan Russell, (C), daughter of Russell Aston, a British military policeman killed in Iraq in 2003, looks up at Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as he tours the Garden of Remembrance outside Westminster Abbey at the official opening of the Royal British Legion's Field of Remembrance on November 5, 2009 in London, England. Hundreds of small crosses bearing a poppy have been planted in the Field of Remembrance to pay tribute to British servicemen and women who have lost their lives in conflict.
  13. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 05: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) 7 year old Paygan Aston places a remembrance cross and poppy, in memory of her father Russell Aston, a member of the Royal Military Police who was killed whilst serving in Iraq in 2003, in the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on November 5, 2009 in London, England.
  14. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 28: New York Yankees legend and Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra (2nd L), First lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden (L), wife of Vice President Joe Biden, watch as Iraq veteran Tony Odierno (L) throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to Game One of the 2009 MLB World Series between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies at Yankee Stadium on October 28, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City.
  15. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 28: First lady Michelle Obama (R) and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, greet veterans at the James J. Peters Veterans Administration Medical Center October 28, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Major League Baseball is dedicating game one of the World Series to veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
  16. BAGHDAD, IRAQ, OCTOBER 26: An Iraqi police man stands in the ruins at the site of yesterday's car bomb explosion, the Ministry of Justice on October 26, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. Two car bombs exploded on October 25, 2009, targeting the Baghdad Provincial Council and the Ministry of Justice, killing at least 136 people and injuring over 500, in the deadliest attack of its kind since August 2007.

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