Karbala, Iraq - Republic of
PEOPLE CARRY A COFFIN OF MUSLIM SHIITE LEADER IN KARBALA.
People carry a coffin of Muslim Shi'ite leader Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer
al-Hakimthe during a funeral procession in the town of Karbala
September 1, 2003. The FBI said it would join the investigation into
the bombing that killed 125 people at Najaf's holiest Shiite shrine,
while U.S. forces under pressure to provide better security postponed
turning over control of the region to Polish troops.
REUTERS/Akram Saleh REUTERS