Anti-war demonstrators place flag-draped coffins outside an armed forces recruitment center during a protest to mark the sixth anniversary of the Iraq war in Hollywood on March 21, 2009. The end of the war beckons, but six years after the US-led invasion, Iraqis are still struggling with daily hardship and the fear of deadly, indiscriminate attacks. Despite such precariousness, US and Iraqi officials offer repeated assurances of a smooth transition as American troops pull out and fledgling Iraqi forces take control. In just three months time, US forces are to withdraw from major cities and towns in a prelude to a total pullout from Iraq in 2011. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
Protests Mark 6th Anniversary Of War In Iraq
HOLLYWOOD - MARCH 21: Demonstrators carry model coffins past the El Capitan theater and the stars on the Walk of Fame sidewalk in front of the Kodak Theatre during a protest march on Hollywood Boulevard to mark the sixth anniversary of the Iraq war ground invasion on March 21, 2009 in Hollywood, California. An estimated 91,000 Iraqi civilians have died since the invasion. The US has lost more than 4,200 military service members. While violence is reportedly at its lowest point since the US invasion, suicide bombers still terrorize the people of some regions of Iraq. President Barack Obama has ordered US combat troops home by September of 2010 and all US forces out by 2012. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
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