
U.S. Administrator L. Paul Bremmer, right, shakes hands with Iraqi Chief Justice Midhat Al-Mahmodi, left, during the hand-over of documents transfering national sovereignty to Iraq at a ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 28, 2004, as Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, center, looks on.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)

Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi (1st L), US civil administrator for Iraq Paul Bremer (2nd L) and Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar (1st R) hold talks at a low-key ceremony to hand over sovereignty to the interim Iraqi government in Baghdad, June 28. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

US civil administrator for Iraq Paul Bremer, right, shows a legal document on Iraqi sovereignty to interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, left, during a handover of power ceremony in Baghdad, June 28. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

US civil administrator for Iraq Paul Bremer (L) bids adieu to Iraqi interim Deputy Prime Minister Barhim Salih (R) at Baghdad International Airport, June 28. Bremer left Iraq Monday shortly after a forwarded sovereignty handover to the interim Iraqi government. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)