2ND IRAQI ASSEMBLY MEETING
Journalists watch the second meeting of the Transitional National Assembly of Iraq, moments later Prime Minister Iyad Allawi walked out of the meeting on March 29, 2005 in Baghdad, Iraq. The assembly members were not able to agree on electing a President. ..(UPI Photo/Ken James)
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