BAGHDAD, April 18 -- -- One by one, the neatly dressed men shuffled to the center of the wood-paneled room, sat down and explained to the audience why they would like to be mayor of this city. Outside ...

Baghdad, Iraq, Apr. 10, 2004: First Sgt. Casey Carson, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, adjusts the dogtags of one of the fallen soldiers before the start of a ...

Baghdad, Iraq, March 17, 2004: Cpl. Keith Brumlow, right, and Pfc. Nicholas Davenport, left, of the 1st Armored Division, go through close quarter combat training with members of the Iraqi Civil ...

Most Iraqis whom Anderson interviewed before the war -- whether inside Iraq or in exile in Jordan or Iran -- did not view the prospect of a U.S. occupation kindly. Many suspected that Washington's ...