Iraqis strole in the Zawra Park in central Baghdad where people are gathering to enjoy the fun fair rides and other attractions as they celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan, on September 21, 2009. Eid al-Fitr celebrations mark the end of the lunar month of Ramadan in which believers fast during daylight hours. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

Iraqis strole in the Zawra Park in central Baghdad where people are gathering to enjoy the fun fair rides and other attractions as they celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan, on September 21, 2009. Eid al-Fitr celebrations mark the end of the lunar month of Ramadan in which believers fast during daylight hours.

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  1. 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).
  2. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 09: Afghan workers shovel cement into a mold to form a concrete blast wall at the Eagle Desert Construction company on November 09, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. With security worsening in Kabul and beyond, along with thousands of American troops arriving this year, business has been thriving. While blast walls have been a common sight in Baghdad for years now, Kabul's streets have been changing steadily with the unpredictable suicide bombings and recent Taliban attack on a private international guest house on October 28 that killed five and wounded nine people. The UN has now temporarily removed 600 staff and demanded all UN personnel to move to more secure housing with a high level of security.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Staff Sgt. James Lacapra of Sandy, Oregon places an identification tag on an ammunition carrier at Camp Taji in Baghdad October 19, 2009. The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, said earlier this month that he expected the number of U.S. troops in Iraq to drop to as few as 110,000 by the end of this year. There currently are about 119,000. The U.S. combat mission in Iraq is slated to end on August 31, 2010. Picture taken October 19, 2009.
  6. BAGHDAD, IRAQ, OCTOBER 2: An Iraqi rides a jetski on a lake during car races on October 2, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi car enthusiasts gather once a month to hold a car race in Baghdad.
  7. BAGHDAD, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki reads a speech during a meeting for his 'State of Law Coalition', a political alliance for the upcoming Iraqi elections, on October 1, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Maliki's Shiite-led coalition joins with Sunni parties and clans from around the country in preparation for the January 16 vote. A coalition of 40 different groups it also includes some Kurdish and Christian parties from the north of the country. Al-Maliki rejected joining a Shiite faction coalition and put together a rival movement which places emphasis on secular policies and reconciliation with Sunnis after years of sectarian bloodshed.
  8. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: U.S. President Barack Obama (C) stands with Ahmad Fawzi (L), who was the UN spokesman in Baghdad and now director of news and media at the UN, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd L) during a wreath laying ceremony for fallen United Nations staff members at U.N. headquarters September 23, 2009 in New York City. Obama is in New York to attend the 64th United Nations General Assembly.
  9. US President Barack Obama passes a United Nations flag during a break at the UN General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York, NY, September 23, 2009. The flag was recovered from the debris of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad that was bombed on 19 August 2003.
  10. BAGHDAD, IRAQ, SEPTEMBER 15: Muntazer al-Zaidi (C) is seen surrounded by security guards as he is released from prison on September 15, 2009, in Baghdad, Iraq. Zaidi, who hurled his shoes at U.S President George W. Bush, was today released after a nine-month stint in prison.
  11. BAGHDAD, IRAQ - AUGUST 31: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (L) smiles as he meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R), on August 31, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. Davutoglu arrived in Baghdad to defuse tensions between Iraq and Syria, triggered by Iraqi claims that Damascus was sheltering insurgents.

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