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. Getty Images logo Getty Images 28 months ago

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.

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