The US administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer (L) shakes hands with Iraq's interim President Ghazi al-Yawar. The US-led coalition formally ended its 14-month occupation of Iraq, handing power to a caretaker government in a hastily convened ceremony in its Baghdad headquarters compound two days earlier than expected.(AFP/Pool/Ali Jasim)
U.S. administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer (R) Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi (C) and the country's most senior judge Midhat Mahmoud (L) smile while holding a legal document during the handover of sovereignty ceremony June 28, 2004 in Baghdad. The United States transferred sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government on Monday, formally ending the controversial 14-month occupation two days earlier than expected. (Pool/Reuters)
U.S. administrator Paul Bremer (R) flanked by Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi (2nd R) hands a letter to Iraq)'s most senior judge Midhat Mahmoud sealing the transfer of powers during a ceremony in the capital Baghdad June 28, 2004. The United States transferred sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government on Monday, formally ending the controversial 14-month occupation two days earlier than expected. REUTERS/Ali Jasim
The US civil administrator in Iraq L. Paul Bremer, right, Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, center, and the Iraqi Chief Justice Midhat al-Mahmoudi, left, read a legal document during the hand over of sovereignty ceremony in Baghdad Monday June 28, 2004. Iraq received its sovereignty from the US-led coalition after 14-months, in an official ceremony that saw Bremer hand over legal documents to the Iraqi delegates. (AP Photo/Saeed KHAN/Pool)
U.S. administrator Paul Bremer (C) flanked by Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi (3rd L) and Bremer's deputy David Richmond (2nd R) and Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar (R), hands a letter to Iraq's most senior judge Midhat Mahmoud (2nd L) sealing the transfer of powers during a ceremony in the capital Baghdad June 28, 2004. The United States transferred sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government on Monday, formally ending the controversial 14-month occupation two days earlier than expected. REUTERS/Ali Jasim