On May 9, an Iraqi passes by an open  ground dotted with bombs in a railway station on the outskirts of Basra,  southeast Iraq. A lot of abandaned  weapons are left in Iraq, constituting a latent threaten to local residents' safety. (Xinhua Photo)	An Iraqi searches un-exploded ammunications in a damaged military base in the suburbs of Basra on May 17. (Xinhua Photo)
On May 9, several Iraqi children play on an abandoned antiaircraft gun on the ourskirts of Baghdad, capital of Iraq. (Xinhua Photo)	Photo taken on May 14 shows a deserted antiaircraft gun position on the outskirts of Basra, Iraq. The Iraq war has ended, and yet the war scars stay. (Xinhua Photo)
A tractor goes through downtown Basra on May 14. The transport facilities of Iraq are in bad need of reconstruction after the US-led war on Iraq. (Xinhua Photo)	A man holds notes of Iraq's devalued dinar in downtown Basra on May 14. The exchange rate of dinar to the US dollar is 4,000 to 1 in Basra at present. (Xinhua Photo)