Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and U.N. special envoy to Iraq Martin Kobler speaks at a news conference in Baghdad February 18, 2012. Iraq evacuated an initial batch of 400 Iranian dissidents on Saturday from a base founded under Saddam Hussein, a first... View Photo »
Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and U.N. special envoy to Iraq Martin Kobler speaks at a news conference in Baghdad February 18, 2012. Iraq evacuated an initial batch of 400 Iranian dissidents on Saturday from a base founded under Saddam Hussein, a first... View Photo »
Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and U.N. special envoy to Iraq Martin Kobler speaks at a news conference in Baghdad February 18, 2012. Iraq evacuated an initial batch of 400 Iranian dissidents on Saturday from a base founded under Saddam Hussein, a first... View Photo »
Iraqi Deputy Interior Minister Adnan al-Assadi, speaks during an interview with the AFP at his offices in Baghdad on February 11, 2012. Assadi said, Jihadists are moving from Iraq to Syria, as are weapons being sent to opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime. There are... View Photo »
Iraqi Deputy Interior Minister Adnan al-Assadi, speaks during an interview with the AFP at his offices in Baghdad on February 11, 2012. Assadi said, Jihadists are moving from Iraq to Syria, as are weapons being sent to opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime. There are... View Photo »
Iraqi Deputy Interior Minister Adnan al-Assadi, speaks during an interview with the AFP at his offices in Baghdad on February 11, 2012. Assadi said, Jihadists are moving from Iraq to Syria, as are weapons being sent to opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime. There are... View Photo »
Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr chant anti-U.S. slogans and wave Iraqi flags as they celebrate the U.S. withdrawal in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. The U.S. completed its military withdrawal from Iraq in December 2011, but... View Photo »
Iraqi Abdelsattar Mohammed sells medals awarded by ousted leader Saddam Hussein to former military officials, in Baghdad 31 October 2003. Security was high as Iraqis flocked to mosques for weekly prayers amid fears of a new wave of attacks, while the coalition sped up its hiring of... View Photo »
Iraqi Abdelsattar Mohammed sells medals awarded by ousted leader Saddam Hussein to former military officials, in Baghdad 31 October 2003. Security was high as Iraqis flocked to mosques for weekly prayers amid fears of a new wave of attacks, while the coalition sped up its hiring of... View Photo »
An employee displays a recovered amulet belongs to the Babylonian era at the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Baghdad January 30, 2012. A 6,500-year-old Sumerian gold jar, the head of a Sumerian battle axe and a stone from an Assyrian palace were among 45 relics... View Photo »
An employee displays clay tablets belong to the Sumerian era at the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Baghdad January 30, 2012. A 6,500-year-old Sumerian gold jar, the head of a Sumerian battle axe and a stone from an Assyrian palace were among 45 relics returned to Iraq... View Photo »
An employee displays a recovered tiny gold jar, dating to 4,500 BC at the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Baghdad January 30, 2012. A 6,500-year-old Sumerian gold jar, the head of a Sumerian battle axe and a stone from an Assyrian palace were among 45 relics returned... View Photo »
Recovered artefacts are displayed at the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Baghdad January 30, 2012. A 6,500-year-old Sumerian gold jar, the head of a Sumerian battle axe and a stone from an Assyrian palace were among 45 relics returned to Iraq by Germany on Monday. The... View Photo »
An employee checks recovered artefacts at the Iraqi Ministry of foreign Affairs headquarters in Baghdad January 30, 2012. A 6,500-year-old Sumerian gold jar, the head of a Sumerian battle axe and a stone from an Assyrian palace were among 45 relics returned to Iraq by Germany on Monday. View Photo »
An employee displays recovered artefacts at the Iraqi Ministry of foreign Affairs headquarters in Baghdad January 30, 2012. A 6,500-year-old Sumerian gold jar, the head of a Sumerian battle axe and a stone from an Assyrian palace were among 45 relics returned to Iraq by Germany on Monday. View Photo »
Clay tablets belong to the Sumerian era are displayed at the Iraqi Ministry of foreign Affairs headquarters in Baghdad January 30, 2012. A 6,500-year-old Sumerian gold jar, the head of a Sumerian battle axe and a stone from an Assyrian palace were among 45 relics returned to Iraq by... View Photo »
Recovered artifacts are displayed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. The German government has returned some 52 artifacts that were looted from Iraq amid the chaos of the 2003 U.S. led invasion that toppled former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. View Photo »
Recovered artifacts are displayed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. The German government has returned some 52 artifacts that were looted from Iraq amid the chaos of the 2003 U.S. led invasion that toppled former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. View Photo »
Italian businessman Giovanni Di Stefano leaves Southwark Crown Court in London on January 30, 2012 after attending a bail hearing in his trial for on fraud-related charges. Di Stefano has been dubbed the 'Devil's Advocate' for claiming to represent some of the world's most notorious... View Photo »
Italian businessman Giovanni Di Stefano gestures as he leaves Southwark Crown Court in London on January 30, 2012 after attending a bail hearing in his trial for on fraud-related charges. Di Stefano has been dubbed the 'Devil's Advocate' for claiming to represent some of the world's... View Photo »