Sept 12th in Baghdad

Iraqis celebrate around a burning U.S. armored vehicle, following heavy clashes in the center of Baghdad, September 12, 2004. Heavy gunfire erupted in a street at the heart of the city, leaving a U.S. armored vehicle on fire, witnesses said. Gunfire flared as more than a dozen explosions shook central Baghdad at dawn on Sunday and thick plumes of smoke rose above the Green Zone compound housing Iraq 's interim government and assembly and the U.S. and other embassies. Photo by Aladin Abdel Naby/Reuters