Supporters of anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, seen in a poster at left, burn an effigy representing former U.S. President George W. Bush 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 logo AP Photo 7 months ago

Supporters of anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, seen in a poster at left, burn an effigy representing former U.S. President George W. Bush 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.

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  1. Salah al-Obaidi (L), spokesman of Iraq's Sadr movement, and Hazem al-Aaraji, aide to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, speak during a press conference to announce the start of the electoral campaign for the party's primary elections in Baghdad on October 7, 2009. Sadr has called for his followers to participate in the polls on October 16 to nominate the movement's final candidates for the upcoming general elections, due to take place on January 16, 2010.

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  1. Salah al-Obaidi (L), spokesman of Iraq's Sadr movement, and Hazem al-Aaraji, aide to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, speak during a press conference to announce the start of the electoral campaign for the party's primary elections in Baghdad on October 7, 2009. Sadr has called for his followers to participate in the polls on October 16 to nominate the movement's final candidates for the upcoming general elections, due to take place on January 16, 2010.
  2. Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr attend Friday prayers in front of a mural showing Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, late father of the radical anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al Sadr, and Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr, left, in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009.
  3. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 24: Anti-war demonstrators dressed up as bloodied former Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) and US President George Bush stand outside the Iraq Inquiry on November 24, 2009 in London. Chairman of the Iraq Inquiry Sir John Chilcot will lead a committee of Privy Counsellors who will consider the period from the summer of 2001 to the end of July 2009, embracing the run-up to the conflict in Iraq, the military action and its aftermath.
  4. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 24: Anti-war demonstrators dressed up as bloodied former Prime Minister Tony Blair (L), US President George Bush and Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) stand outside the Iraq Inquiry on November 24, 2009 in London. Chairman of the Iraq Inquiry Sir John Chilcot will lead a committee of Privy Counsellors who will consider the period from the summer of 2001 to the end of July 2009, embracing the run-up to the conflict in Iraq, the military action and its aftermath.
  5. Frances Townsend, former Assistant to US President George W. Bush for Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, full committee hearing on 'The Fort Hood Attack: A Preliminary Assessment' on November 19, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The panel was investigating 'whether the federal agencies and employees involved missed signals or failed to connect the dots in a way that enabled Major Nidal Hasan to carry out his deadly plan.' Hasan has been charged in the deadly shooting spree in the Fort Hood army base which left 13 dead and 42 wounded on November 5.
  6. Frances Townsend, former Assistant to US President George W. Bush for Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism, and US Army General John Keane, former Vice Chief of Staff, testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, full committee hearing on 'The Fort Hood Attack: A Preliminary Assessment' on November 19, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The panel was investigating 'whether the federal agencies and employees involved missed signals or failed to connect the dots in a way that enabled Major Nidal Hasan to carry out his deadly plan.' Hasan has been charged in the deadly shooting spree in the Fort Hood army base which left 13 dead and 42 wounded on November 5.
  7. William Safire receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President George W. Bush (R) in the East Room of the White House in Washington, December 15, 2006. Safire, the former Richard Nixon speechwriter who went on to become known for his columns on politics and language in The New York Times, has died, the newspaper said on Sunday. Safire, who was 79, died at a hospice in Rockville, Maryland, the Times said. An aide to Safire said he had suffered from cancer.
  8. Former President George W. Bush, right, and wife, Laura Bush, stand during the playing of the National Anthem, before the announcement of a community service project called Service Learning Adventures in North Texas, or "SLANT 45," at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.
  9. Muntazer al-Zaidi (C), the Iraqi television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former US president George W. Bush, wears a new pair of leather shoes as he arrives to give a press conference following his release at the al-Baghdadia offices in the capital Baghdad on September 15, 2009. Zaidi was released after a nine-month stint in prison.
  10. Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former US president George W. Bush, gives a press conference at the al-Baghdadia offices in the capital Baghdad on September 15, 2009. Zaidi was released after a nine-month stint in prison.

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