
Wathiq Khuzaie, Getty Images
An Iraqi boy runs past a burning car Thursday during clashes between militants
and U.S. troops in Sadr City, a Shiite slum in Baghdad.

Ali Jasim, Reuters
A girl cries Wednesday after a mortar shell injured her uncle at her home in Najaf.

David P. Gilkey, Reuters
A U.S. soldier guards detainees Wednesday in Sadr City.

Jim MacMillan, AP
A U.S. soldier searches a school building for snipers Wednesday near Najaf's
sprawling cemetery

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Men put their hands in the air Thursday as they pass a U.S. military vehicle
parked in an alley in Najaf.