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While Popapalooza is wrapping up, here's some news from Iraq that the CCM doesn't seem to have time to pay attention to.


Hassan al-Zaidi is hugged by a family member following his release by kidnappers in Amara, Iraq. An Iraqi man who lived for nine years in Germany, where he obtained political asylum, said he had been freed after being abducted in Iraq in March and paraded on videotape by his captors.



Iraqis rally after Friday prayers in the Sadr City section of Baghdad, Iraq Friday, April 8, 2005. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who led uprisings against the U.S.-led coalition last year, called on his supporters to stage a mass protest at Firdos Square in Baghdad Saturday, where jubilant demonstrators pulled down a statue of Saddam Hussein two years earlier, marking the beginning of a U.S.-led occupation of the country. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)



An Iraqi man looks an oil tanker following an attack by unknown assailants near Kirkuk. Iraq's newly appointed prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari began the process of building a cabinet which he said must include efficient technocrats and nationalists with a 'clean history'.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)



Iraqi National Guard (ING) soldiers carry the coffin of an ING major who was assassinated in the southern Iraq city of Basra, April 8, 2005. The officer was eating dinner in a restaurant late April 7 when he was shot dead by unidentified gunmen, witnesses said. REUTERS/Atef Hassan



An Iraqi Police officer, at right, looks over the scene of an overnight attack on a rest area used by Turkish truck drivers in Kirkuk, Iraq Friday, April 8, 2005. One driver was killed, six were injured, and several oil tankers were set ablaze.



Iraqis gather around the Shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq Thursday, April 7, 2005. Thousands of Shiites gathered in Najaf Thursday in remembrance of the death of the Prophet Muhammad.