Ayah Allawi (C), Prime Minister of Iraq, addresses a joint meeting of the 108th Congress of the United States on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 23, 2004, as U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney (L) and Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL) look on. Allawi told the U.S. Congress on Thursday the "overwhelming majority" of Iraqis are grateful to the United States for ousting Saddam Hussein and said democratic forces are succeeding in Iraq. REUTERS/Mannie Garcia MG