Disabled athlete Saad Hussein, who said he was wounded by an American bomb in January, 2008, walks through the Al Thura Disabled Veteran's Community to meet a family member who lives there on December 11, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. Hussein said he was farming with his cousin when the bomb struck. Iraq is transitioning nearly nine years after the 2003 U.S. invasion and subsequent occupation. American forces are now in the midst of the final stage of withdrawal from the war-torn country. At least 4,485 U.S. military personnel have died in service in Iraq. According to the Iraq Body Count, more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died from war-related violence. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Children play while re-enacting the Battle of Karbala outside Seid Idrees mosque on the day before the festival Ashura on December 5, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

An Iraqi Police officer and woman walk at the entrance to the Seid Idrees mosque during preparation for the festival Ashura on December 5, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Haneen Muaid holds her brother Aiad Muaid outside Seid Idrees mosque on the day before the festival Ashura on December 5, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

A Shi'ite worshiper bleeds after cutting his scalp in a ritual display of mourning during an Ashura commemoration ceremony outside Kadhimiya shrine on December 6, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. Ashura marks the death of Prophet Muhammad's grandson the revered Imam Hussein in Karbala, Iraq in 680 AD. Shi'ite festivals were prohibited during the time of Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein's rule. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

An Iraq Police officer mans a checkpoint decorated with plastic flowers on December 8, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. American forces are now in the midst of the final stage of withdrawal from the war-torn country with all troops scheduled to depart by December 31. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Children practice soccer at sunset on December 8, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Iraqis relax in a hamam, or Turkish bath, on December 10, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. Some Iraqis visit the baths because they do not have hot water at home due to the continued electricity shortage while others visit to relax. Outside of the Kurdish north, most Iraqis receive just five hours per day of electricity. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The Al Doura oil refinery is seen on the banks of the Tigris River as electric lights from a restaurant shine on December 10, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)