Dateline Iraq: May 19, 2007..

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How 'bout that surge?

Demonstrators burn a U.S. flag during a protest in Baghdad May 19, 2007. Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets denouncing the frequent raids of the U.S. forces in Baghdad's Shi'ite neighbourhoods, protesters said. (Kareem Raheem/Reuters)


Friends and relatives take part in the funeral procession for Marwan Ja'afar, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 20, 2007. Marwan Ja'afar, a prominent soccer player, was killed in an mortar attack. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)


Iraqis clear rubble from the destroyed Shiite holy al-Hadi Shrine in the northern city of Samarra, 26 February 2006. The Golden mosque has been closed since a bomb attack that destroyed the mosque's Al-Askari shrine's enormous golden dome.(AFP/File/Dia Hamid)

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