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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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,...
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"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,...
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"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:
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So if you reflect back on those five years, I think...
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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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