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. Getty Images logo Getty Images 28 months ago

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.

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