Iraqis read local newspapers with a photo purported to show captured Abu Omar al-Baghdadi in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 29, 2009. The Iraqi government presented the first image of the alleged leader of an al-Qaida front group Tuesday in a bid to prove the right suspect was in custody despite skepticism that he even exists. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called Abu Omar al-Baghdadi "the head of evil" and accused him of trying to incite a sectarian civil war and working with other insurgents who remained loyal to Saddam Hussein. AP Photo logo AP Photo 7 months ago

Iraqis read local newspapers with a photo purported to show captured Abu Omar al-Baghdadi in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 29, 2009. The Iraqi government presented the first image of the alleged leader of an al-Qaida front group Tuesday in a bid to prove the right suspect was in custody despite skepticism that he even exists. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called Abu Omar al-Baghdadi "the head of evil" and accused him of trying to incite a sectarian civil war and working with other insurgents who remained loyal to Saddam Hussein.

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  1. Iraqi Abu Omar threads beads at his stall as his client chats with another man while he assembles a string of prayer beads known in Arabic as Masbaha in Baghdad, on November 11, 2009. The beads that Abu Omar threads are imported from China and India and the more valuable amber comes from Russia. Muslims recite the 99 names of Allah as they roll their beads.

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  1. Iraqi Abu Omar threads beads at his stall as his client chats with another man while he assembles a string of prayer beads known in Arabic as Masbaha in Baghdad, on November 11, 2009. The beads that Abu Omar threads are imported from China and India and the more valuable amber comes from Russia. Muslims recite the 99 names of Allah as they roll their beads.
  2. Iraqi Abu Omar threads beads at his stall where he makes and repairs prayer beads known in Arabic as Masbaha in Baghdad, on November 11, 2009. The beads that Abu Omar threads are imported from China and India and the more valuable amber comes from Russia. Muslims recite the 99 names of Allah as they roll their beads.
  3. Abu Omar shows off a basket full of beads to a client (unseen) at his stall where he makes and repairs prayer beads in Baghdad, on November 11, 2009. The beads that Abu Omar threads are imported from China and India and the more valuable amber comes from Russia. Muslims recite the 99 names of Allah as they roll their beads.
  4. Prosecutor Armando Spataro speaks during the trial of Abu Omar in Milan November 4, 2009. An Italian judge sentenced 23 former CIA agents to up to eight years in prison on Wednesday for the abduction of a Muslim cleric in a symbolic ruling against "rendition" flights used by the former U.S. Government.
  5. Prosecutor Armando Spataro speaks during the trial of Abu Omar in Milan November 4, 2009. An Italian judge sentenced 23 former CIA agents to up to eight years in prison on Wednesday for the abduction of a Muslim cleric in a symbolic ruling against "rendition" flights used by the former U.S. Government.
  6. Judge Oscar Magi reads the sentence during the trial of Abu Omar in Milan November 4, 2009. An Italian judge sentenced 23 former CIA agents to up to eight years in prison on Wednesday for the abduction of a Muslim cleric in a symbolic ruling against "rendition" flights used by the former U.S. Government.
  7. Siti Rahma, wife of slain regional al-Qaida commander Noordin Top, in a black veil, is seen in Pontian, southern Malaysia, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Tearful relatives of slain regional al-Qaida commander Noordin Top buried him in a traditional Muslim funeral at his boyhood village Friday, two weeks after Indonesian security forces killed him in a shootout.
  8. Relatives and villagers carry the coffin of slain regional al-Qaida commander Noordin Top for a burial at a cemetery in Pontian, southern Malaysia, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Tearful relatives of slain regional al-Qaida commander Noordin Top buried him in a traditional Muslim funeral at his boyhood village Friday, two weeks after Indonesian security forces killed him in a shootout.
  9. J. Michael Dowling, lawyer for suspected al-Qaida terrorist Najibullah Zazi, gestures during a press briefing after his client's appearance in Brooklyn Federal Court, New York, Tuesday Sept. 29, 2009.
  10. In this courtroom sketch of suspected al-Qaida terrorist Najibullah Zazi is shown as he appears in Brooklyn Federal Court, New York, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009.
  11. J. Michael Dowling, lawyer for suspected al-Qaida terrorist Najibullah Zazi, speaks during a a press briefing after his client's appearance in Brooklyn Federal Court, New York, Tuesday Sept. 29, 2009.
  12. Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden addresses a news conference in Afghanistan in this May 26, 1998 file photo. Bin Laden urged European nations in an new audio tape aired on September 25, 2009 to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan.
  13. In this handout photo released by the Iraqi Government, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, right, talks with the newly appointed Dutch Ambassador to Iraq Peter Van Leuven, left, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009.
  14. Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) receives the new Dutch Ambassador to Iraq Peter Van Leuven (L) in Baghdad November 1, 2009.
  15. In this handout photo released by the Iraqi Government, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, right, meets with UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco left, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. Special U.N. envoy Oscar Fernandez-Taranco appointed to look into the August bombings of two ministries in Baghdad met on Monday with senior Iraqi officials to discuss the blasts. The meeting comes a week after twin suicide car bombs devastated three other government buildings in the Iraqi capital.
  16. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sits alone during a parade in central Baghdad on August 28, 2009.

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