Today In Iraq

^{Nurses tend to the wounded at a hospital in Arbil. A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people when he ploughed his explosives-laden SUV into local administrative offices in the northern Iraqi town of Makhmur.(AFP/Safin Hamed)}

^{Injured Iraqis lay on hospital beds in Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 13, 2007. A suicide truck bomber crashed into the offices of a Kurdish political party, killing at least 30 people and wounding scores, including a mayor, officials said. It was the second suicide attack in Kurdish areas of the north in four days. (AP Photo )}

^{A US soldier of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment collects the fingerprints of an Iraqi man next to a sign that reads "Infidel, there's no place to hide" hung by his comrades during a large operation launched in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, April 2007. A pivotal point is looming in intense US Senate bargaining over Iraq in the quest for a war financing deal palatable to both President George W. Bush and anti-war Democrats.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)}

^{A woman gestures near burnt blankets after her house was destroyed during clashes in Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad in this May 13, 2007 picture. Fighting erupted between the U.S. forces and suspected insurgents on Sunday, wounding one civilian, police said. Picture taken May 13, 2007. REUTERS/Imad al-Khoaz i(IRAQ)}

^{Blindfolded detainees walk in a military camp in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, May 13, 2007. An Iraqi army officer said that 10 suspected insurgents were arrested during raids for the past two days in different areas of Baquba. REUTERS/Helmiy al-Azawi (IRAQ)An Iraqi police commando guards a line of detained suspected insurgents in Baquba. Thousands of US troops swept through villages and orchards south of Baghdad searching for signs of three missing comrades a day after Al-Qaeda claimed to have seized them.(AFP)An Iraqi soldier escorts blindfolded detainees as they walk in a military camp in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad May 13, 2007. An Iraqi army officer said 10 suspected insurgents were arrested during raids during the past two days in different areas in Baquba. REUTERS/Helmiy al-Azawi (IRAQ)}

^{A member of Iraqi security forces guards detained blindfolded suspected insurgents in Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 13, 2007. Ten suspects were arrested in a raid near Baqouba, the capital of Diyala province. (AP Photo/Adem Hadei)}

^{Residents ride on a boat in Tigris river in Samarra, 96 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad May 14, 2007. The Iraqi and U.S. forces have banned residents from travelling by land after the May 6 bomb attack in Samarra, an Iraqi army officer said. REUTERS/Nuhad Hussin (IRAQ)}

^{Iraqis inspect bodies of policemen and civilians at the morgue in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 14, 2007. Gunmen in two cars opened fire on a police checkpoint, killing three policemen and two civilians, police said. (AP Photo/Talal M al-Dean)}

^{Iraqi female police officers hold their badges as they rally in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 14, 2007. Approximately 270 police women protested demanding that they have not received their salaries for the last 18 months. The text on their badges reads: Department of security for religion and tourism. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)}