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A pile of shoes are gathered on the street following a suicide attack against police in the southern Iraq town of Hilla, 100km (60 miles) south of Baghdad May 30, 2005. Two suicide bombers strapped with explosives blew themselves up in a crowd of protesting former policemen in Hilla, killing 21 in one of the deadliest attacks in a month of escalating violence. The blasts in the mostly Shi'ite town of Hilla put fresh strain on Iraq's sectarian divisions. REUTERS/Ali Abu Shish

An Iraqi man collects human remains following a double suicide attack which killed at least 25 people in Hilla. A double suicide attack killed at least 25 people south of Baghdad as insurgents struck back against a massive operation by Iraq to try to restore security in the capital.(AFP/Qassem Zein)

Ahmed Khoudor, 9, stands by the van of his father, a potato farmer, who was killed Sunday whilst driving his potatoes to market during a gunbattle in the Amariyah neighbourhood, in Baghdad, Iraq Monday, May 30, 2005. (AP Photo/Mohammed Uraibi)

Men pick up personal belongings following a suicide attack against police in the southern Iraqi town of Hilla, 100km (60 miles) south of Baghdad May 30, 2005. Two suicide bombers strapped with explosives blew themselves up in a crowd of protesting former policemen in Hilla, killing 21 in one of the deadliest attacks in a month of escalating violence. The blasts in the mostly Shi'ite town of Hilla put fresh strain on Iraq's sectarian divisions. REUTERS/Ali Abu Shish

31 posted on 05/30/2005 6:36:13 AM PDT by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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A Man examines the damaged door at the home of Mohsen Abdul-Hamid , an influential Sunni statesman May 30, 2005. U.S. troops arrested the leader of one of Iraq's main Sunni Arab political parties at his house in Baghdad on Monday, party officials said. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Chief of the Sunni Endowments Adnan al-Dulaimi at a press conference held after the Iraqi Islamic Party said U.S. troops had detained Mohsen Abdul Hamid, the head of the party, along with his three sons and four guards, during a dawn house raid Monday, May 30, 2005 in western Baghdad, according to a top party official and police. (AP Photo/Mohammed Uraibi)

The grandson of Mohsen Abdel Hamid clears the debris after his home was damaged by soldiers who came to arrest the Sunni political leader in the Al-Khadra district of Baghdad. US troops arrested Hamid -- the leader of Iraq's main Sunni party -- sparking protests from the group that is key to peace in the country.(AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

The wife of Mohsen Abdul Hamid, who did not give her name, stands in the bedroom of their house in Baghdad's western Khadra district in Iraq Monday, May 30, 2005. U.S. troops detained Mohsen Abdul Hamid, the head of Iraq's largest Sunni Muslim political party - the Iraqi Islamic Party, along with his three sons and four guards, during a dawn house raid according to a top party official and police. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

An Iraqi soldier gives water to a group of men arrested during a raid outside Baquba. A double suicide attack killed at least 25 people south of Baghdad as insurgents struck back against a massive operation by Iraq to try to restore security in the capital.(AFP/Ali Yussef)

32 posted on 05/30/2005 6:55:51 AM PDT by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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