Shia pilgrims perfroming Takkbir in Kerbala. March 2004

A portrait of Saddam Hussein at the entry of the village of Qara Hanjer.in Northern Iraq, March 2003

An Islam-Al-Ansar miltant killed by kurdish pershmerga near the village of Biara, Iraq. March 2003

An Iafternoon prayer by a kurdish pershmerga near the village of Biara, Iraq. April 2003

Shia pilgrims perfroming Takkbir in Kerbala. March 2004

Aftermath of an explosion that killed 106 people in Kerbala. March 2004

Aftermath of an explosion that killed 106 people in Kerbala. A brother mourns his relative. March 2004

Bodyguard of Sheikh Mohamed Ali Sageer during the Friday pray in the Sadr City district of Baghdad in Iraq. June 2004

A banner left at a junction in the Sadr City district of Baghdad in Iraq. June 2004

An Iraqi militant of Shiia Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr's Mehdi Army in the city of Kufa. June 2004

Shia muslims praying on a Friday in Al Sadr district of Baghdad, Iraq. June 2004

A pershmerga fighter in the village of Biara after heaving fighting , Iraq. March 2003

A man shoots in the air , Baghdad, Iraq. June 2003