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Rudaw
April 28, 2018
said an angry Haidar al-Shamri, 35, letting rip in a street in central Baghdad. Since the US-led invasion of 2003 that toppled Saddam, the same political figures and parties have held the levers of power in Iraq. "So what change has there been? At least if we had a change of faces. We're fed up with lies,"Ãâà...
The National
April 20, 2018
THE optics, as they say, are not good. A Conservative MP grinning on Saddam Hussein's gold throne, and striking a goofy pose in front of the Victory Arch in central Baghdad. On the face of it, this is jaw-droppingly insensitive stuff – even by Tory standards – and it's little wonder relatives of those killed in the Iraq War areÃâà...
Iraqi News
April 15, 2018
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Hundreds of Iraqi citizens protested on Sunday in central Baghdad against the aistrikes carried out against Syria on Saturday, AlSumaria News reported. The civilians, according to the report, staged a demonstration in al-Tahrir region in Baghdad against the airstrikes launched byÃâà...
Jordan Times
April 9, 2018
A US soldier watches as a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad, Iraq, on April 9, 2003 (Reuters file photo). BGHDAD, Iraq — After the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 there were hopes its millennium-old capital Baghdad could rise again from the ashes, but construction sitesÃâà...
Gainesville Times
March 31, 2018
On April 9, 2003, the statue of Saddam in central Baghdad was toppled. President George W. Bush gave a speech May 1, 2003, on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in front of a “Mission Accomplished” banner. “When that fear and totalitarian oversight become the unifying factors of your nation (and)Ãâà...
Common Dreams
March 18, 2018
Straight-up carnage aside, there were some other more trivial yet still "spectacularly unsavoury" results of the invasion, as veteran journalist Patrick Cockburn recalls: "Soon after US occupation officials took over Saddam Hussein's palace complex in central Baghdad as their headquarters ... the lavatories inÃâà...
HuffPost
March 17, 2018
How American High Schools Teach The Iraq War. It's hard to teach history that isn't quite history yet. By Nick Robins-Early and Rebecca Klein. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters. A U.S. soldier watches as a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad, Iraq, April 9, 2003.
Arab News
March 10, 2018
Jaberi, a 34-year-old cleric who sports a red beard along with his black turban and gown, heads every Friday to central Baghdad's Tahrir Square to address hundreds of anti-government protesters. “This alliance is no surprise because for more than two years we've been fighting together in every provinceÃâà...
Xinhua
March 7, 2018
A statement by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said that Abadi received Jahangiri in Baghdad airport and the two held a meeting later in Abadi's office at the Green Zone in central Baghdad. Jahangiri and Abadi discussed the bilateral cooperation in various fields and means to promote commonÃâà...
The Sun
March 1, 2018
Ali Abbas said he can now watch his newborn son Yusuf, who was born at a central Baghdad hospital, do the things he can't. By Aletha Adu. 2nd March 2018, 12:12 am. Updated: 2nd March 2018, 10:21 am. AN orphan who was bombed and left without arms during the Iraq War has shared his joy after becoming a dad.
The Australian
February 25, 2018
One famous incident recounted in his 2015 documentary, Only The Dead, involves militants kidnapping him off the street in central Baghdad and deciding to film his beheading with his own camcorder. His quick-thinking Arab security detail warned the militants that such a violent act against their guestÃâà...
Iraqi News
February 25, 2018
Moreover, “another bomb exploded at a civilian's vehicle in Sheikh Omar in central Baghdad, leaving the driver wounded. The ambulances, according to the source, rushed to the scenes of both blasts and transferred the wounded to hospital for treatment, while the victim was taken to forensic medicineÃâà...
Iraqi News
February 20, 2018
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Five people were wounded on Monday as a bomb blast took place in Baghdad. “A bomb went off near a spa center in Karrada region in central Baghdad,” Maj. Gen. Saad Maan, spokesperson for the Baghdad Operations Command, said in a statement on Monday evening.
Military Times
February 19, 2018
Mourners carry the flag-draped coffin of Ismail Mahmoud, 24, a fighter of the Popular Mobilization Forces, who was killed Sunday in an attack southwest of the northern city of Kirkuk, during his funeral in Najaf, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 19, 2018. Officials said Monday that Islamic State militants ambushed theÃâà...
CNN
February 19, 2018
ISIS claimed responsibility for a deadly attack last month in Baghdad. At least 27 people were killed January 15 in a double suicide bombing in central Baghdad, according to the Iraqi Ministry of Health. In addition to those killed, about 100 people were wounded when two bombers detonated suicide vestsÃâà...
Stars and Stripes
February 13, 2018
His shop, "World of Distinction," located in a shopping strip in central Baghdad, advertises the special permutations available for sale on long sheets of paper displayed in the window. "A man makes calculations for what will make him successful in life or in business," Mohamed said. "Among them is whatÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
January 15, 2018
Twin explosions in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad have killed at least 38 people and wounded more than 100, police and medical sources said. Monday's attacks were carried out by two suicide bombers, who detonated their belts in a crowd of workers at the Al Tayaran Square in central Baghdad, Iraq'sÃâà...
Spectator.co.uk
December 31, 1999
On the wall of her tumbledown house in central Baghdad, an elderly Christian widow named Elishva has a beloved icon of St George with his lance raised. She chats with the saint like an old friend, but wonders why, in the picture, he stays frozen mid-thrust and why 'he hadn't killed the dragon years ago'.
gulfnews.com
December 31, 1999
His shop, “World of Distinction”, located in a shopping strip in central Baghdad, advertises the special permutations available for sale on long sheets of paper displayed in the window. “A man makes calculations for what will make him successful in life or in business,” Mohammad said. “Among them is whatÃâà...
Rudaw
December 31, 1999
Iraq's ethnic, religious groups fragmented as elections near. By Rudaw 27/2/2018. An Iraqi man displays an ink-stained finger after voting in provincial elections in central Baghdad on January 31, 2009. Photo: Hadi Mizban | AP. by Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Sinan Salaheddin. BAGHDAD, Iraq — Long beset by toxic divisionsÃâà...
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