(NYT5) BAGHDAD, Iraq -- June 2, 2004 -- IRAQ-5-- A U.S. soldier stands guard as Iraqi children look on near the al Quds Al Sharif Mosque in Sadr City, Baghdad, Wednesday, June 2, 2004. The area around the mosque was the scene of heavy fighting Tuesday between U.S. troops and insurgents. A poster of rebel Shiite cleric, Moktada al-Sadr looms in the background. (Michael Kamber/The New York Times)