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. Getty Images logo Getty Images 28 months ago

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.

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