A member of the Iraqi security forces stands guard at a checkpoint during an intensive security deployment in Baghdad
A member of the Iraqi security forces stands guard at a checkpoint during an intensive security deployment in Baghdad, June 16, 2014. The United States is contemplating talks with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government in its battle with Sunni Islamist insurgents who routed Baghdad's army and seized the north of the country in the past week. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)
A member of Iraqi security forces checks identification papers at a checkpoint, as security increases in Baghdad
A member of the Iraqi security forces checks identification papers at a checkpoint, as security increases in Baghdad, June 16, 2014. The United States is contemplating talks with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government in its battle with Sunni Islamist insurgents who routed Baghdad's army and seized the north of the country in the past week. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)
A member of Iraqi security forces searches the trunk of a vehicle at a checkpoint, as security increases in Baghdad
A member of the Iraqi security forces searches the trunk of a vehicle at a checkpoint, as security increases in Baghdad, June 16, 2014. The United States is contemplating talks with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government in its battle with Sunni Islamist insurgents who routed Baghdad's army and seized the north of the country in the past week. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)
A member of Iraqi security forces checks identification papers at checkpoint, as security increases in Baghdad
A member of the Iraqi security forces checks identification papers at a checkpoint, as security increases in Baghdad , June 16, 2014. The United States is contemplating talks with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government in its battle with Sunni Islamist insurgents who routed Baghdad's army and seized the north of the country in the past week. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)
Members of Iraqi security forces stand guard at checkpoint during intensive security deployment in Baghdad
Members of the Iraqi security forces stand guard at a checkpoint during an intensive security deployment in Baghdad, June 16, 2014. The United States is contemplating talks with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government in its battle with Sunni Islamist insurgents who routed Baghdad's army and seized the north of the country in the past week. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)
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An Iraqi man buys military uniforms at shop in Basra
An Iraqi man (R) buys military uniforms at a shop in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 16, 2014. The United States is contemplating talks with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government in its battle with Sunni Islamist insurgents who routed Baghdad's army and seized the north of the country in the past week. The stunning onslaught by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant threatens to dismember Iraq and unleash all-out sectarian warfare across a crescent of the Middle East, with no regard for national borders that the fighters reject. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)
An Iraqi man buys military uniforms at a shop in Basra, southeast of Baghdad
An Iraqi man (R) buys military uniforms at a shop in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 16, 2014. The United States is contemplating talks with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government in its battle with Sunni Islamist insurgents who routed Baghdad's army and seized the north of the country in the past week. The stunning onslaught by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant threatens to dismember Iraq and unleash all-out sectarian warfare across a crescent of the Middle East, with no regard for national borders that the fighters reject. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)
Iraqi men buy military uniforms at a shop in Basra
Iraqi men buy military uniforms at a shop in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 16, 2014. The United States is contemplating talks with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government in its battle with Sunni Islamist insurgents who routed Baghdad's army and seized the north of the country in the past week. The stunning onslaught by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant threatens to dismember Iraq and unleash all-out sectarian warfare across a crescent of the Middle East, with no regard for national borders that the fighters reject. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)
An Iraqi man buys military uniforms at shop in Basra, southeast of Baghdad
An Iraqi man (L) buys military uniforms at a shop in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 16, 2014. The United States is contemplating talks with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government in its battle with Sunni Islamist insurgents who routed Baghdad's army and seized the north of the country in the past week. The stunning onslaught by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant threatens to dismember Iraq and unleash all-out sectarian warfare across a crescent of the Middle East, with no regard for national borders that the fighters reject. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)