BAGHDAD - JULY 4: US soldiers swear their allegiance during a US Naturalization ceremony at the al-Faw Palace, a former residence of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein on July 04, 2009 on the western outskirts of the capital Baghdad. Some 237 soldiers from 59 countries swore allegiance to the flag. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

BAGHDAD - JULY 4: US soldiers swear their allegiance during a US Naturalization ceremony at the al-Faw Palace, a former residence of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein on July 04, 2009 on the western outskirts of the capital Baghdad. Some 237 soldiers from 59 countries swore allegiance to the flag.

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  2. A tattered Iraqi flag flutters outside the destroyed Justice and Municipality buildings as school girls walk past three days after twin suicide attacks destroyed these offices and those of the Governorate in central Baghdad on October 28, 2009. Devastating bombings have increased pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, already in the cross-hairs of ex-Shiite allies ahead of the second general elections since Saddam Hussein's ouster.
  3. Iraqi women look on as employees of the destroyed Justice and Municipality buildings remove the debris following a suicide bombing three days ago in central Baghdad on October 28, 2009. Devastating bombings have increased pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, already in the cross-hairs of ex-Shiite allies ahead of the second general elections since Saddam Hussein's ouster.
  4. A statue of Iraqi King Faisal who was deposed in 1958 adorns Haifa Street outside the destroyed Justice and Municipality buildings following a suicide bombing three days ago in central Baghdad on October 28, 2009. Devastating bombings have increased pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, already in the cross-hairs of ex-Shiite allies ahead of the second general elections since Saddam Hussein's ouster.
  5. and records flutter to the ground as they are thrown out from the top floors of the destroyed Justice and Municipality buildings following a suicide bombing three days ago in central Baghdad on October 28, 2009. Devastating bombings have increased pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, already in the cross-hairs of ex-Shiite allies ahead of the second general elections since Saddam Hussein's ouster.
  6. Iraqi workers stand on the first floor of the devastated Baghdad Governorate watching as cement blast walls are brought to be put into place three days following a suicide attack at the main entrance of the building in central Baghdad on October 28, 2009. Devastating bombings have increased pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, already in the cross-hairs of ex-Shiite allies ahead of the second general elections since Saddam Hussein's ouster.
  7. Three days following a suicide attack that devastated Baghdad Governorate (left) diggers are still removing the debris from the main entrance of the building to allow for the strat of reconstruction, in central Baghdad on October 28, 2009. Devastating bombings have increased pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, already in the cross-hairs of ex-Shiite allies ahead of the second general elections since Saddam Hussein's ouster.
  8. Cement blast walls are brought to be erected in front of the devastated Baghdad Governorate (unseen) following a suicide bombing earlier this week in central Baghdad on October 28, 2009. Devastating bombings have increased pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, already in the cross-hairs of ex-Shiite allies ahead of the second general elections since Saddam Hussein's ouster.
  9. Cement blast walls are brought to be erected in front of the devastated Baghdad Governorate (building) following a suicide bombing earlier this week in central Baghdad on October 28, 2009. Devastating bombings have increased pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, already in the cross-hairs of ex-Shiite allies ahead of the second general elections since Saddam Hussein's ouster.
  10. A pedestrian walks past a book stand displaying copies of 'This is What Happened', a biography of executed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein', in Amman on October 27, 2009. The book narrates the former dictator's life from 1959 until the day of his execution in 2006.
  11. A customer browses through a copy of 'This is what Happened', a biography of executed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, in Amman on October 27, 2009. The book narrates the former dictator's life from 1959 until the day of his execution in 2006.
  12. A customer checks a copy of executed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's memoir being sold in Amman on October 27, 2009. The book narrates the former dictator's life from 1959 until the day of his execution in 2006.
  13. Copies of the book "Al Ra'ees Al Shaheed" (The Martyred President) by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's Iraqi lawyer, Khalil Al Duleimi, at a book kiosk in Amman, Jordan, Sunday Oct. 25, 2009. In the book, Duleimi describes the last days of the leader's life until he was executed in 2006.
  14. A man looks at copies of the book "Al Ra'ees Al Shaheed" (The Martyred President) by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's Iraqi lawyer, Khalil Al Duleimi, at a book kiosk in Amman, Jordan, Sunday Oct. 25, 2009. In the book, Duleimi describes the last days of the leader's life until he was executed in 2006.
  15. A man looks at a copy of the book "Al Ra'ees Al Shaheed" (The Martyred President) by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's Iraqi lawyer, Khalil Al Duleimi, in Amman, Jordan, Sunday Oct. 25, 2009. In the book, Duleimi describes the last days of the leader's life until he was executed in 2006.
  16. Followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr crowd a street as they attend Friday prayers next to symbolic coffins of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, seen in the poster at center, and his sons in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr and two of his sons was gunned down by suspected Saddam Hussein agents in 1998 in the holy city of Najaf.

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