Protest in Kufa

Iraqis attend a protest gathering in Kufa, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 29, 2006. The al-Sadr movement organized a demo in Kufa to protest the death of Sahib al-Amiri, a top aide to the powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and a prominent figure in his movement, who was killed in a joint U.S. and Iraqi army raid Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)