Joe Biden Visits Baghdad as Rockets Fired in to the Green Zone

Joe Biden is on a visit to Baghdad, but several rockets or mortars were fired in to the Green Zone when he was visiting the city.They landed near the U.S Embassy; two civilains were killed and five others were wounded, but it is also not known exactly where Mr. Biden is at...

Iraqi flag flies over Baghdad green zone

  The Iraqi flag once more flies over Baghdad a symbol that should indicate that the slow return of self determination to the Iraqi Government is picking up pace. Gordon Brown has already pledged that British...

U.S. vacates Baghdad palace ahead of handover

In a run up to formal handover US officials withdrew on Wednesday from the vast Saddam Hussein-era palace they occupied in Baghdad in 2003, a sign of the historic change of power when their troops come under...

U.S. Embassy in Baghdad complete

It's behind schedule and overbudget, but the heavily-fortified, 27-building embassy compound is now complete.The article mentions the new facility is "Vatican-sized." I wasn't sure what that meant so I checked it out. Vatican City is about half a square kilometre, or 0.17...

Iran 'behind Green Zone Attack'

Interviewed by John Simpson on BBC, General Petraeus said violence in Iraq was being perpetuated by Iran's Quds Force. "The rockets that were launched at the Green Zone yesterday - were Iranian-provided,...

Blasts Hit Green Zone

"Smoke has been seen rising from the Iraqi capital's heavily fortified Green Zone after it was targeted by a series of rockets or mortars.  At least 10 blasts were heard in the area in central Baghdad,...

Cheney, McCain Give Happy Talk in Sad Country

"U.S. Vice President Cheney, a major architect of the Bush regime’s invasion and occupation of Iraq, visited Baghdad Monday, and gave this assessment: " So if you reflect back on those five years, I think...

U.S. Forces Strike Insurgents in Iraq - Yahoo! News

Insurgents in Baghdad shelled the heavily fortified Green Zone, with two mortar rounds exploding near a military hospital inside the protected area that houses the Iraqi government, parliament and foreign missions, but there were no reports of casualties. Security inside the...

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