An Iraqi National Guardsman is comforted by soldiers after a colleague was killed in a gunfight with insurgents in Baghdad July 7, 2004. Insurgents battled U.S. troops and Iraqi security forces in central Baghdad on Wednesday as the interim government announced a new security law giving itself wider powers to combat militants and stabilize the country. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra Pictures of the Year 2004 HH/JV