Iraq Photos: Aug. 28-- Sept. 3

An Iraqi army soldier guards detained suspected insurgents in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 3, 2006, after a roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi convoy exploded, injuring two soldiers. Army arrested four suspects from the scene soon after, the Iraqi army said.

An Iraqi army soldier looks at the cells of the Abu Ghraib prison, after taking charge from U.S. soldiers, on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, Sept.2, 2006. Iraq's government has formally taken over the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, site of an abuse scandal by U.S. soldiers, a government spokesman said. The prison is now empty as all the detainees were transferred to other prisons.

An Iraqi views the damage to a residential building after a mortar attack, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 2, 2006. Two near simultaneous explosions in northeastern Baghdad killed three people and wounded 16, a day after the defense ministry said security forces would expand a crackdown into the eastern parts of the capital, including Shiite militia strongholds.

An Iraqi soldier gives a victory sign after taking over Abu Ghraib prison from U.S. soldiers, on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 2, 2006.

A resident views a big hole in the ceiling of his building following a bomb blast inside one of the apartments in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 1, 2006.

An Iraqi woman walks past a damaged residential building, following rocket attacks in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday Sept.1, 2006.

An Iraqi woman walks past a damaged residential building, following rocket attacks in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept.1, 2006.

Residents salvage their belongings from their damaged building, following a bomb blast inside one of the apartments, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 1, 2006.

An Iraqi shopkeeper shows a silver-plated pendant in the shape of Iraq's map, in a market, in Baghdad, Aug. 31, 2006.

Residents look for their belongings in a damaged residential building, following rocket attacks in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept.1, 2006.

An Iraqi prisoner waves from the window of a bus, just before his release, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 31, 2006. Iraqi and U.S. authorities released 31 prisoners under the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's national reconciliation efforts, after their cases were reviewed by a committee.

Iraqi prisoners kiss the ground soon after their release from the authorities, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 31, 2006. Iraqi and U.S. authorities released 31 prisoners under Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's national reconciliation efforts, after their cases were reviewed by a committee.

Iraqi army soldiers view the wreckage of a car used as a car bomb targeting a police patrol, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 31, 2006. Two policemen were wounded.

A slipper of an injured man lies at the site of a car bomb explosion, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 30, 2006. A car bomb targeting a police patrol, killed three people, including one policeman and wounded 14, said police, adding to a surge violence in Iraq.

An elderly Iraqi woman cries after identifying the body of her son, in downtown Hillah, about 60 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 30, 2006. An explosives-rigged bicycle detonated near an army recruiting center in the city south of Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and wounding 38, police said.

Iraqis view the wreckage of the car after a roadside bomb explosion, in Buhriz, 35 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 30, 2006. A family of five was wiped out when a roadside bomb struck their car, police said, as violence in Iraq surged.

Iraqi police officer consoles the brother of their colleague, who was killed in a roadside bombing, as he mourns over his body in a coffin, in Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 29, 2006. The roadside bomb struck a police patrol carrying five prisoners to court, killing the policeman and wounding seven, two policemen and the five prisoners.

Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia men look at their damaged building after mortar attack, in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 29, 2006. Three mortars, two rocket propelled grenades and a bomb exploded at the office of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, killing two guards and flattening the premise, police said.

Locals flee from Diwaniyah, 80 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 28, 2006, after gunbattles between Iraqi forces and militiamen of the Mahdi Army loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr left at least 34 people dead and about 70 wounded, Iraqi officials said.

An Iraqi boy walks past a damaged car in a roadside bomb, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 28, 2006. A roadside bomb targeted an Iraqi ministry of oil vehicle, missed and damaged an oncoming minibus and a car, wounding two passengers of the bus, police said.