Another Day of Hell in Iraq

Soaad Ahmed, 45, sits inside her damaged hairdressing salon in Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006. Eight beauty parlors and three liquor stores were blown up in Baqouba during the previous night. (AP Photo/Mohammed Adnan)

Shiite Muslims pilgrims visit a Shiite Muslim shrine in the Iraqi city of Samarra Monday, Feb. 2, 2004. A large explosion destroyed the golden dome of one of Iraq's most famous Shiite shrines Wednesday Feb. 22, 2006, spawning mass protests and triggering reprisal attacks against Sunni mosques. It was the third major attack against Shiite targets this week and threatened to enflame sectarian tensions.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqis gather at the ruins of a Shrine in Samarra, 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006. A large explosion Wednesday heavily damaged the golden dome of one of Iraq's most famous Shiite religious shrines, sending protesters pouring into the streets. It was the third major attack against Shiite targets in as many days. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

An Iraqi Shi'ite woman reacts during a protest outside the Kazemiya mosque in Baghdad February 22, 2006. A dawn bomb attack wrecked a major Shi'ite Muslim shrine in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Wednesday, sparking protests, some of them violent, and forcing an urgent government appeal to avoid sectarian reprisals. (REUTERS/Namir Noor-Eldeen)