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Civilians inspect the site of a deadly bomb attack, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 30, 2017. Another bomb exploded outside a popular ice cream shop in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad just after midnight on Monday, killing and wounding dozens of civilians, hospital and police officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Iraqi security forces and civilians inspect the site of a deadly bomb attack, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 30, 2017. Another bomb exploded outside a popular ice cream shop in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad just after midnight on Monday, killing and wounding dozens of civilians, hospital and police officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Civilians pass by a destroyed car in the aftermath of car bomb explosion in southwestern Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 20, 2017. Two car bombs in southwestern Baghdad killed and wounded people and police officers late on Friday night, according to Iraqi police and hospital officials. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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A destroyed car sits near a concrete wall belonging to a police station following an explosion in southwestern Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 20, 2017. Two car bombs in southwestern Baghdad killed and wounded people and police officers late on Friday night, according to Iraqi police and hospital officials. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Civilians pass a destroyed car in the a car bomb explosion in southwestern Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 20, 2017. Two car bombs in southwestern Baghdad killed and wounded people and police officers late on Friday night according to Iraqi police and hospital officials. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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In this Sunday, April 16, 2017 photo, Ali al-Moussawi, stands in front of his book truck on a street in Baghdad, Iraq. The mobile bookstore is the latest in a series of efforts by the 25-year-old to share his passion for reading and revive a love for books in Baghdad, which was once the literary capital of the Muslim world but is now better known for bombs than poems.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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In this Sunday, April 16, 2017 photo, university student Salma Abdelkrim, browse books inside a truck in Baghdad, Iraq. The Iraqis guarding Baghdad’s many checkpoints, on the lookout for car bombs and convoys, don’t know what to make of Ali al-Moussawi when he pulls up in a truck displaying shelves of glossy books.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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In this Sunday, April 16, 2017 photo, Ali al-Moussawi, right, the owner of a mobile book truck, arranges his books on a street in Baghdad, Iraq. The mobile bookstore is the latest in a series of efforts by the 25-year-old to share his passion for reading and revive a love for books in Baghdad, which was once the literary capital of the Muslim world but is now better known for bombs than poems. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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In this Sunday, April 16, 2017 photo, Ali al-Moussawi, the owner of a mobile library truck, arranges his books on a street in Baghdad, Iraq. The mobile bookstore is the latest in a series of efforts by the 25-year-old to share his passion for reading and revive a love for books in Baghdad, which was once the literary capital of the Muslim world but is now better known for bombs than poems.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, right, talks with officers during a tour north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Forces fighting the Islamic State group should be able to retake the IS-held cities of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria within the next six months, according to the top U.S. commander in Iraq. On a tour north of Baghdad Wednesday, Townsend said “within the next six months I think we’ll see both (the Mosul and Raqqa campaigns) conclude.” (AP Photo/ Ali Abdul Hassan)
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U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend during a tour north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Forces fighting the Islamic State group should be able to retake the IS-held cities of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria within the next six months, according to the top U.S. commander in Iraq. On a tour north of Baghdad Wednesday, Townsend said “within the next six months I think we’ll see both (the Mosul and Raqqa campaigns) conclude.”(AP Photo/ Ali Abdul Hassan)
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U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend talks with an Iraqi officer during a tour north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Forces fighting the Islamic State group should be able to retake the IS-held cities of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria within the next six months, according to the top U.S. commander in Iraq. On a tour north of Baghdad Wednesday, Townsend said “within the next six months I think we’ll see both (the Mosul and Raqqa campaigns) conclude.” (AP Photo/ Ali Abdul Hassan)
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A candlelight vigil is held at the site of the Karada attack in Baghdad. The attack was the deadliest to hit the Iraqi capital during the campaign against the Islamic State. (Associated Press)
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A survivor looks for his family members at the scene of a deadly suicide car bomb attack in the New Baghdad neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 9, 2016. Two separate suicide attacks in and outside the Iraqi capital have killed at least 27 people and wounded dozens. Officials say the deadliest bombing took place in New Baghdad, a commercial area of a majority Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad, killing over a dozen civilians. Another suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into an Iraqi army checkpoint north of Baghdad, killing at least 12 people. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Iraqi army stand guard at the site near of a suicide attack targeting a checkpoint in Baghdad Iraq, Monday, April 4, 2016. A suicide bomber with explosive belt hit a checkpoint on Monday manned by Iraqi troops in northern Baghdad, killing several people, all of them from security troops. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Iraqi security forces deploy in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 18, 2016. Iraqi security forces fanned out across the Baghdad neighborhood Monday morning where three Americans were reportedly kidnapped over the weekend, closing streets and conducting house-to-house searches. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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Civilians inspect the aftermath of a car bombing near a restaurant in a commercial area of central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. Iraqi officials say a car bomb exploded around midnight Monday in central Baghdad killing and wounding civilians. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) ** FILE **
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People evacuate the body of a victim killed from a bombing in Jameela market in the Iraqi capital's crowded Sadr City neighborhood Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. A massive truck bomb ripped through a popular Baghdad food market in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in the early morning hours on Thursday, killing at least 62 people, police officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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U.S. army soldiers from Ghostrider Company, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment take a break after searching a house during Operation Phantom Phoenix in the village of Abu Musa on the northern outskirts of Muqdadiyah, in the volatile Diyala province, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. Facing another decision about U.S. troop levels in Iraq by spring, U.S. President Bush said Saturday Jan. 12, 2008 it's "fine with me" if generals recommend no more reductions than those already planned to take the force posture down to about 130,000.(AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
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FILE - In this Friday, March 27, 2015 file photo, Iraqi security forces prepare to attack Islamic State extremist positions as smoke rises from central Tikrit, Iraq during clashes in the city, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
