Smoke rises over the Holy Iraqi city of Najaf as battles rage between Shi'ite militiaman and their U.S. Marine and Iraqi security forces foes in the Holy city of Najaf, August 6, 2004. U.S. marines said they had killed 300 fighters loyal to a firebrand Iraqi Shi'ite cleric in fierce clashes that pose a stern test for an interim government struggling to stamp its authority over the country. (Akram Saleh/Reuters)
May God be with our armed forces..
US tanks roll past a picture of leading Shiite Muslim figures, (L to R) Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr, Imam Ali and Mohammed Baqr al-Sadr, in Baghdad's predominantly Shiite Sadr City neighborhood. At least 26 people were killed and 90 wounded during fighting pitting US troops and Iraqi security forces against Shiite Muslim militiamen loyal to radical cleric Moqtada Sadr in their Baghdad stronghold of Sadr City, medics said(AFP/Sabah Arar)