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An Iraqi librarian looks at one of the thousands of books available at the central library in Basra, about 420 km (261

miles) southeast of Baghdad, March 18, 2013. Ten years ago this week, British forces entered Iraq's second city, Basra, as part of the U.S.-led invasion of the country. Known locally as a cultural

hero, librarian Alia Baqer moved to rescue the contents of Basra's central library before everything was lost. "At the

beginning of the war on Iraq, the governor (of Basra) took the library over as a headquarters for himself and his guards,

mounting machine guns on top of the building. So, we asked the governor if we could take the important books to our homes, but

he rejected the idea. Eventually we took the responsibility ourselves to transfer the books, without the governor's

approval," Baqer said. Baqer moved about 30,000 books out of the city's central library to a neighbouring restaurant and later

to her home, before the looting and burning of the library during the first days of the U.S.-invasion of Iraq began.

REUTERS/Atef Hassan

A supporter of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr takes part in a rally, which the participants said was against

sectarianism and injustice, in Kut, 150 km (93 miles) southeast of Baghdad, March 16, 2013.

REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili

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An Iraqi Kurd resident visits the cemetery for victims of the 1988 chemical attack in the Kurdish town of Halabja, near Sulaimaniya, 260 km (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, March 16, 2013. Iraqi Kurds marked the 25th anniversary of the chemical attack on the northern Iraqi city of Halabja by Saddam Hussein's forces. Up to 5,000 people may have been killed by chemical gas, villages were razed and thousands of Kurds were forced into camps during the 1988 Anfal genocidal campaign against Iraqi Kurds. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

A memorial for victims of the 1988 chemical attack is pictured at the cemetery for the victims in the

Kurdish town of Halabja, near Sulaimaniya, 260 km (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, March 16, 2013.

REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

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A freed detainee greets his mother outside al-Rusafa prison in Baghdad, February 28, 2013. Iraq's government released more than 160 prisoners held under anti-terrorism laws as a goodwill gesture to try to appease Sunni Muslim demonstrators who are staging protests against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. REUTERS/Saad Shalash

A man paddles his boat at the Chebayesh marsh in Nassiriya, 300 km (185 miles)

southeast of Baghdad February 15, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

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Iraqis shop for gifts for Valentine's Day in Baghdad February 14, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen

A man collects Terfeziaceae, or desert truffles, in a desert south of Samawa, 270 km (168 miles) south of Baghdad February 10, 2013. Truffles are expensive at

$45 per kilogram, and are considered a delicacy in Iraq. Men search for truffles, which can be found between the months of February and March, by themselves in the remote areas of the desert.

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Iraqi fans watch the soccer match between Iraq and Indonesia during the first round of Group C in the Asian Cup 2015 in Australia, at a coffee shop in Baghdad February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen

A man is reflected in a mirror (R) as he shaves at a public "Hamaam" (bath house) in Baghdad January

20, 2013. REUTERS/Saad Shalash

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Iraqi police search Shi'ite pilgrims at the entrance to the Imam Hussein shrine during the Shi'ite religious ceremony of Arbain in Kerbala, about 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad, January 2, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen

Iraqi Sunni Muslims wave the old Iraqi national flag during an anti-government demonstration in Falluja, 50 km (30

miles) west of Baghdad, December 28, 2012. Tens of thousands of protesters from Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority

poured onto the streets after prayers in a show of force against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, keeping up a

week-old blockade of a highway. Around 60,000 people blocked the main road through the city of Falluja, setting

fire to the Iranian flag and shouting "out, out Iran! Baghdad stays free" and "Maliki you coward, don't take your advice from Iran". Many Sunnis, whose community

dominated Iraq until the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, accuse Maliki of refusing to share power and of favoring

Shi'ite, non-Arab neighbor Iran. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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A woman works out on a treadmill at a gym in Baghdad December 2, 2012. Inssam, the owner of the gym, said she had noticed an increase in the number of women working out at the gym recently, a trend which she attributed to the influx of Western television programmes into the country after 2003. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

A man stands amid debris after a bomb attack in the Shuala district of Baghdad November 28, 2012.

Three car bombings killed 23 Shi'ite Muslims during mourning processions in the Iraqi capital

Baghdad , police and hospital sources said. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen

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Widows learn how to use computers at a widows training and development center in Baghdad, November 13, 2012. Baghdad's Widows Training and Development Centre offers training to improve employment prospects for widows and help enable them to set up their own businesses to support their families. Established in 2006 and funded by a number of international charities, the centre has initiated a number of training and awareness workshops to support widows and orphans financially, socially and psychologically. REUTERS/Saad Shalash

An Iraqi instructor teaches a widow how to use a blood pressure device at widows

training and development center in Baghdad, November 12, 2012. Widows work on sewing

machine at a widows training and development center in Baghdad, November

13, 2012. REUTERS/Saad Shalash

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Pilgrims burn a tent during the religious festival of Ashura in Kerbala, 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad, November 25, 2012. The festival, commemorated by Shi'ite Muslims, marks the martyrdom of the Prophet Mohammad's grandson Hussein. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammad

Shi'ite Iraqi men covered in blood take part in the Ashura procession in Baghdad's Sadr City, November

24, 2012. Shi'ite Muslims beat themselves during Ashura with steel-tipped flails or slash their bodies

with knives to mark the death anniversary of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, who

was killed in the 7th century battle of Kerbala. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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A vendor shows how to use wireless Internet to a customer at an Internet shop in Baghdad November 10, 2012. Iraqi telecommunications operators have warned that government plans to charge for the extra spectrum which they need to launch long-awaited 3G services could slow Internet adoption and economic growth. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen

A fisherman pulls his net out of the water during sunset at the village of Habaniya, 85 km (52 miles)

west of Baghdad, October 26, 2012. REUTERS/Saad Shalash

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Iraqi bikers perform during a biker show on Abu Nawas Street in Baghdad October 19, 2012. Youthful rebellion and American biker style clash with conservative mores in Iraq, a country where just a few years ago militias imposed their own radical Islamic views at gunpoint. REUTERS/Saad Shalash

A man works at his shop selling traditional handmade copperware in a market in Basra,

420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, October 15, 2012.

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A worker adjusts a pipe at the Nassiriya oilfield in Nassiriya, 300km (185 miles) southeast of Baghdad,September 8, 2012. Production from Iraq's southern oilfields is at 2.5 million barrels per day as the country edges closer to becoming the world's biggest source of new supplies over the next few years, a senior Iraqi oil official said. REUTERS/Atef Hassan

People visit the Spiral Minaret of the Great Mosque as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, August 20,

2012. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr to mark the end of Ramadan, the holiest

month in the Islamic calendar. REUTERS/Bakr al-Azzawi

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Residents drive motorised floats in a pool as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Baghdad, August 19, 2012. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

Customers shop for clothes at a clothing store in Baghdad's Karrada district August

14, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen

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Kurdish Peshmerga troops are deployed in the area near the northern Iraqi border with Syria, which lies in an area disputed by Baghdad and the Kurdish region of Ninawa province, August 6, 2012. Beneath the green, white and red Kurdistan flag, Kurdish Peshmerga troops keep watch from hastily built earthen barricades on soldiers of the Iraqi national army dug in less than a kilometer away along a desolate stretch of road. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

Residents take a stroll in Abu Nawas park in Baghdad June 8, 2012.

REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

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Shi'ite pilgrims pray at the Shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district, June 15, 2012. Thousands of people visited the shrine of Kadhim, one of Shi'ite Islam's 12 imams, in the Iraqi capital. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen

Visitors gather in front of a replica of the Ishtar Gate of Ancient Babylon near Hilla,

100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad April 5, 2012.

REUTERS/Saad Shalash

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Men smoke water pipes at the Shabandar Cafe in Baghdad May 12, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen

A boy transfers mattresses on a cart in Mosul, 390km (240 miles) north of Baghdad,

March 12, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen

Residents gather at the site of a car bomb attack in the AL-Mashtal district in Baghdad March 19, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen

Residents gather at the site of a car bomb attack in the AL-Mashtal district in Baghdad March 19, 2013.

REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen

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Bombings on Iraq invasion anniversaryMarch 19,2013

A policeman stands guard at the site of car bomb attack in the Shuala district in Baghdad March 19, 2013. REUTERS/Ahmed Malik

Residents gather at the site of a car bomb attack in the AL-Mashtal district in Baghdad March 19, 2013.

REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen

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