A US soldier crosses the street with two Iraqi boys in Baghdad. Five roadside bombs exploded in central Baghdad as a US army convoy passed by, causing minor damage to an armored car but no casualties, a military spokesman said(AFP/Ahmed Fadaam)
Members of the third contingent of the Cuscatlan Battalion stand in formation at the Ilopango airbase, 10 kilometers east to San Salvador, July 12, 2004. Salvadoran president Elias Antonio Saca announced he would ask his legislature to deploy a third detachment of troops to Iraq. The second contingent will return at the end of July. REUTERS/Luis Galdamez