Protesters demonstrate in Sadr City, Iraq

People burn a symbolic U.S. flag in Baghdad's Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, Iraq on August 8, 2008. Influential Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said he would dissolve his Mehdi Army militia if the U. S. starts withdrawing troops according to a proposed timetable. (UPI Photo/Ali Jasim)