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Iraqi women carry water buckets in a village near the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, April 13, 2008. Hassan al-Jabani, a senior adviser in Iraqi ministry of water resources said Iraq will suffer a large shortage of water over the next three years.
A woman washes clothes as an Iraqi soldier patrols in a village near the city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, May, 29, 2008. Iraqi army said that they arrested 5 foreigners during the patro
omen attend a literacy class in a village on the outskirts of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 15, 2008. According to some estimates, up to thirty percent of adults in Iraq are illiterate.
A woman attends a literacy class in a village on the outskirts of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 15, 2008. According to some estimates, up to thirty percent of adults in Iraq are illiterate.

An Iraqi girl eyes a U.S. Army soldier from Hawk Company, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, as they visit her family's home during a patrol in a village near Muqdadiyah, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008.