Signs of American influence on the Iraqi military - including U.S.-made M-16 assault rifles - are unmistakable. Years of training hopefully have given them the skills needed to defend their country and the professionalism to do it differently than Saddam Hussein's forces did. (Associated Press)
An Iraqi policeman stands guard outside Evangelical Protestant churchin Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. There are fears of a backlash against Christians in predominantly Muslim countries. Canon Andrew White, the chaplain of an Anglican church in Baghdad, said the Iraqi military had warned him that his church had been threatened. Security was beefed up around the Church of Virgin Mary in central Baghdad on Thursday, with military vehicles blocking the entrance to the church and more soldiers were deployed to guard it. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
Iraqi policemen stand guard outside Evangelical Protestant church in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. There are fears of a backlash against Christians in predominantly Muslim countries. Canon Andrew White, the chaplain of an Anglican church in Baghdad, said the Iraqi military had warned him that his church had been threatened. Security was beefed up around the Church of Virgin Mary in central Baghdad on Thursday, with military vehicles blocking the entrance to the church and more soldiers were deployed to guard it. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
Iraqi policemen stand guard outside Evangelical Protestant churchin Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. There are fears of a backlash against Christians in predominantly Muslim countries. Canon Andrew White, the chaplain of an Anglican church in Baghdad, said the Iraqi military had warned him that his church had been threatened. Security was beefed up around the Church of Virgin Mary in central Baghdad on Thursday, with military vehicles blocking the entrance to the church and more soldiers were deployed to guard it. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
