Iraqis gather around a burned police truck at the explosion site in Baghdad's Dora neighborhood Thursday. Two suicide car bombers struck within a minute of each other and just a kilometer (half mile) apart in south Baghdad shortly before noon today, killing at least seven policemen and raising the day's bombing death toll in the capital to at least 31, police said.

Hadi Mizban

Associated Press

Published September 15, 2005

Iraqi soldiers secure the site following an explosion in Baghdad today. At least 88 people were killed and 162 wounded early Wednesday when a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle near a group of construction workers in north Baghdad, police said.

Asaad Muhsin

Associated Press

Published September 14, 2005

Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari speaks in Baghdad on Sept. 10, 2005. As U.S. and Iraqi troops continue to sweep into the insurgent stronghold of Tal Afar, Al-Jaafari told a news conference the insurgents had been trying to "to isolate Tal Afar from the political process as we are preparing for the referendum on the draft constitution ... . So our duty is to protect the country and the people and spare no effort in helping all Iraqi people regardless to their backgrounds."

Ali Haider

Associated Press

Published September 13, 2005

Lt. Col. Kevin Gerdes surveys what is jokingly referred to as the Mayor's Navy at Camp Taji, former headquarters of the Hammurabi Division of Iraq's Republican National Guard. Saddam Hussein stored hundreds of boats at the base.

Richard Sennott

Star Tribune

Published March 30, 2005

Staff writer Mark Brunswick, left, and photographer Richard Sennott sit atop the "Star Tribune tank" in Baghdad.

Richard Sennott

Star Tribune

Published March 28, 2005

Marine Cpl. Tyler R. Fey, of Eden Prairie, was killed in Iraq on Sunday.

Photo Courtesy Of Family

Published April 7, 2004

Gunmen in Fallujah attacked two civilian cars that residents said were carrying up to eight foreign nationals. The occupants of the cars were killed.

Abdel Kader Saadi

Associated Press

Published March 31, 2004

Shortly after his capture, Saddam Hussein underwent a medical examination, and his beard was shaved. He was described as being cooperative and talkative.

U.S. Army

Getty Images

Published December 14, 2003

This is an image of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein shortly after he was captured Saturday. He was found heavily bearded in a makeshift cellar on a farm in the town of Adwar.

Associated Press

Published December 14, 2003

Members of the the Herrgott family held each other following a news conference regarding the death of their son and brother, Pfc. Edward J. Herrgott. Left to right: Father Edward, mother Marcia and sisters Amy and Beth.

Duane Braley

Published July 5, 2003

Although a massive refugee crisis did not develop, as some had feared before the war, many families were on the move in southern Iraq. Most of them sought shelter with relatives in quieter areas of the country. This family, with their possession loaded aboard a small truck, was traveling near Nasiriyah three weeks after the start of the war.

Mike Zerby

Star Tribune

Published May 18, 2003

As he showed Saddam Hussein's image on Iraqi currency, this boy drew his finger across his throat. Even children know they have been raised under a brutal regime.

Mike Zerby

Star Tribune

Published May 18, 2003

Nearly a third of Iraqi girls never go to school. Only about 45 percent of females over age 14 could read and write, according to 1995 estimates.

Mike Zerby

Star Tribune

Published May 18, 2003

Children grow up quickly in Iraq, and now many have been exposed to the horrors of war. This girl watched as a team collected the remains of U.S. Marines from an amphibious assault vehicle that had been hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.

Mike Zerby

Star Tribune

Published May 18, 2003

This boy tended the needs of goats near Basra, but some kids were pressed into military service. Securing schools and tackling the many other problems that plague the children are elusive in Iraq. Relief agencies have been providing paper, pencils and other essentials to get the schools restarted.

Mike Zerby

Star Tribune

Published May 18, 2003