U.S. army soldiers attached to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, take a break during a security operation in central Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
AP - Shiite villagers paraded empty coffins at mock funerals near Baghdad on Thursday, demonstrating against alleged al-Qaida in Iraq attacks that killed as many as 45 people in a single village in recent months. |