Holding-up posters that read, 'No to Baathist' referring to the former regime, Iraqis protest outside the Justice and Municipality buildings destoryed three days ago in twin suicide attacks which also destroyed 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 3 weeks ago

Holding-up posters that read, 'No to Baathist' referring to the former regime, Iraqis protest outside the Justice and Municipality buildings destoryed three days ago in twin suicide attacks which also destroyed 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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  1. The president of the Arab World Institute (IMA), Dominique Baudis (L), poses with Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, on November 18, 2009 during a visit at the institute in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.
  2. The president of the Arab World Institute (IMA), Dominique Baudis (C) and Hero Ibrahim Ahmed (R), wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, on November 18, 2009 leave after a visit at the institute in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.
  3. Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani gestures as she visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.
  4. Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani gestures as she visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.
  5. Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.
  6. Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R) visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.
  7. Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (C) visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.
  8. Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani poses, on November 18, 2009 during a visit at the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.
  9. In this handout photo released by the Iraqi Government, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, right, talks with the newly appointed Dutch Ambassador to Iraq Peter Van Leuven, left, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009.
  10. Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) receives the new Dutch Ambassador to Iraq Peter Van Leuven (L) in Baghdad November 1, 2009.
  11. In this handout photo released by the Iraqi Government, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, right, meets with UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco left, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. Special U.N. envoy Oscar Fernandez-Taranco appointed to look into the August bombings of two ministries in Baghdad met on Monday with senior Iraqi officials to discuss the blasts. The meeting comes a week after twin suicide car bombs devastated three other government buildings in the Iraqi capital.
  12. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sits alone during a parade in central Baghdad on August 28, 2009.
  13. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sits alone during a parade in central Baghdad on August 28, 2009.
  14. Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (C) observes a moment of silence for the victims of Sunday's suicide bombings at the Justice Ministry and the Baghdad provincial government building, in Baghdad October 26, 2009.
  15. Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (C) listens to Iraq's Governor of Baghdad Salah Abdul-Razzaq (L) during his visit to the damaged building of Baghdad Provincial Council in Baghdad October 25, 2009. Twin car bombs targeting two government buildings killed at least 132 people and wounded 500 in central Baghdad on Sunday, police and health officials said, in the bloodiest attack in the capital for two months.
  16. Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) listens to an Iraqi fireman during his visit to the damaged Baghdad Provincial Council in Baghdad October 25, 2009. Twin car bombs targeting two government buildings killed at least 75 people and wounded 460 in central Baghdad on Sunday, police and health officials said, in the bloodiest attack in the capital for two months.

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