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Blast walls are seen
protecting a market as Iraqis buy groceries in preparation for the Muslim holy
month of Ramadan in Baghdad. Iraqi traffic police began to arm themselves with high-powered weapons for the first
time in two years as an escalation in attacks against the force saw another
officer killed on Monday.

(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

Iraqi traffic police
gather at a bombing scene at their precinct in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 9,
2010. Officials say a rush-hour bombing at a western Baghdad police precinct has killed traffic cops and a
civilian. Monday's bombing is the latest targeting Baghdad's traffic police
force, which is trying to restore normalcy to the capital's streets after years
of violence. The government blames al-Qaida for the attacks.

(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Source: http://facesofgrief.blogspot.com/2010/08/3_17.html