Wednesday, February 22, 2006

OUT OF IRAQ NOW!


REM lead singer Michael Stipe appears at a party during Fashion Week Feb. 5, 2006, in New York. A stellar line-up including Stipe, Rufus Wainwright, and Bright Eyes will join leading peace activist Cindy Sheehan for a New York City concert marking the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq on March 20, concert organizers announced Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006. They'll headline the 'Bring 'Em Home Now!' concert. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
Iraqis react at the ruins of a Shrine in Samarra, 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006. A large explosion Wednesday heavily damaged the golden dome of one of Iraq's most famous Shiite religious shrines, sending protesters pouring into the streets. It was the third major attack against Shiite targets in as many days. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) Angry Iraqi Shiites demonstrate in Baghdad's poor neighborhood of Sadr City to protest against the bombing of the holy shrine of al-Hadi in the Iraqi northern city of Samarra. A bomb attack destroyed the dome of one of the world's holiest Shiite shrines, prompting reprisal attacks against 27 Sunni mosques in Baghdad that left six people dead(AFP/Sabah Arar) Iraqi women take part in a protest against the bombing of Samarra's al-Hadi Shi'ite shrine, in Kerbala, 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad February 22, 2006. A dawn bomb attack wrecked a major Shi'ite Muslim shrine in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Wednesday, sparking protests, some of them violent, and forcing an urgent government appeal to avoid sectarian reprisals. REUTERS/Muhtaq Muhammad An Iraqi child holds a weapon as Shi'ites take to the streets during a protest in Baghdad's Sad'r city February 22, 2006. A dawn bomb attack wrecked a major Shi'ite Muslim shrine in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Wednesday, sparking street protests and forcing the government to issue an urgent appeal to avert sectarian reprisals. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem Pakistani Shiite Muslims burn United States and Israeli flags to condemn the bombing on the Golden Mosque, one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest sites in the Iraqi city of Samarra, at a rally in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)