Via Buzzflash:Via Yahoo/Reuters/AP: Three years on into the cakewalk...Iraqi soldiers are reflected in a pool of blood at the site where a roadside bomb exploded in central Baquba city, northeast of Baghdad. Iraq has imposed a daytime curfew on Baghdad and three neighbouring provinces to prevent further outbursts of sectarian violence on the Muslim day of prayers(AFP/Ali Yussef)
In a photo provided by the Howard family, Army Staff Sgt. Curtis T. Howard II is shown in an undated photo. Howard was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq, his family said in a statement, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006. Howard, 32, was on his second tour in Iraq as a member of the Army's 4th Infantry Division when the incident occurred. The Army had not released details of Howard's death, but it said on Thursday that three 4th Infantry soldiers were killed Wednesday when their vehicle struck a bomb near Balad, 50 miles north of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Photo Courtesty of the Howard Family)
The funeral of an official of the Shiite Badr organization, the military wing of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq in Kirkuk. Iraq has imposed a daytime curfew on Baghdad and three neighbouring provinces to prevent further outbursts of sectarian violence on the Muslim day of prayers(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)
Policemen guard a truck carrying bodies of unknown Iraqis to the morgue in Baquab, northeast of Baghdad. Iraq has imposed a daytime curfew on Baghdad and three neighbouring provinces to prevent further outbursts of sectarian violence on the Muslim day of prayers(AFP/Ali Yussef)
Members of a household watch as Iraqi army soldiers search their house during a 'cordon and knock' operation near the northern Iraqi city of Baiji February 23, 2006. With U.S. army troops from the 101st Airborne Division acting as advisors, Iraqi soldiers searched homes and questioned residents on Thursday near the scene of several recent roadside bombings on the outskirts of Baiji. REUTERS/Bob Strong
An Iraqi resident carries a girl who got injured after a car bomb attack in Baghdad February 23, 2006. Four policemen were injured in the attack targeting an Iraqi police patrol, witnesses said. REUTERS/Ali Jasim
Indian Kashmiri Shiite Muslims shout anti-U.S. slogans as they burn an effigy of U.S. President George W. Bush during a protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 24, 2006. The Shiite Muslims were protesting against the bombing of the major Shiite Askariya Shrine in the Iraqi northern town of Samarra. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Pakistani Shi'ite Muslims stand on Danish (bottom), U.S. and Israeli (R) flags during a rally in Karachi February 24, 2006. The rally was held to denounce the bombing of the Golden Mosque in Iraq and to protest against the publication of cartoons and caricatures depicting the Prophet Mohammad in European newspapers. REUTERS/Zahid Hussein
An Iraqi soldier stands guard in his armored vehicle in Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Friday, Feb.24, 2006. Police and soldiers fanned out Friday to enforce an extraordinary daytime curfew in Baghdad and three provinces in a bid to halt the wave of sectarian violence that have killed about 120 people since the bombing of one of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines, as religious leaders summoned Iraq's Shiites and Sunnis to joint prayer services Friday. (AP Photo/Mohammad Adan)
US President George W. Bush, seen here speaking to American Legion members, said that Iraq faced "a moment of choosing" between sectarian violence and democracy but downplayed fears of civil war spurred by the bombing of a Shiite shrine.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)
George "W" Bush: The W stands for War and Waste and Whitewash.