IRAQI SHI'ITES PRAY DURING OPEN AIR FRIDAY PRAYERS IN SADR CITY, ONE OF THE SUBURBS OF BAGHDAD

Iraqi Shi'ites pray during open air Friday prayers in Sadr City, one of the suburbs of Baghdad on September 19,2003. Iraq's former Defense Minister Sultan Hashim Ahmed, number 27 on Washington's wanted list of former top officials under Saddam Hussein, has surrendered to U.S. forces, a mediator said on Friday. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz