Tigers in Iraq

A U.S. Army soldier providing security looks on as a pair of rare Bengal tiger cubs -- donated by a North Carolina animal sanctuary despite protests by animal rights activists -- are shown to the media for the first time at the Baghdad Zoo in Iraq. The animals, which were donated by the Conservators’ Center, arrived Monday after being flown to Baghdad from the United States in a $66,000 trip funded by the U.S. Embassy and transported to the zoo by the U.S. military.  (Khalid Mohammed / Associated Press)