A damaged vehicle of prominent Shi'ite politician, Ahmad Chalabi, is seen parked outside a Baghdad hospital after it came under attack September 1, 2004. Gunmen opened fire on Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi's convoy on Wednesday, wounding two associates, an aide to Chalabi said. The aide, Mithal al-Alousi, told Reuters the convoy was hit on Wednesday morning as Chalabi traveled back to Baghdad from the southern city of Najaf. He escaped injury. (Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters)