Iraqis gather at the site of a car bomb explosion near a crowded restaurant on Nov. 12, 2006. Attacks in and around Baghdad, including a double suicide attack at a recruiting center, left 45 people dead Sunday.
JJ Sutherland covers the Pentagon for NPR. Since 2004 he has regularly spent time in Iraq as part of NPR's award-winning team of reporters and producers who have dedicated themselves to covering the conflict.