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The New Yorker
April 14, 2018
And each person would answer some version of “The phone system of Iraq has been destroyed and doesn't work.” Then the soldier would turn to the next person, write down the person's question or complaint, and then ask, “Phone number?” I arrived in Baghdad on April 12th of that year, a few days afterÃÂ ...
gulfnews.com
April 12, 2018
Relative calm has returned to Baghdad … but one would not describe today's conditions as normal by any standard. Travelling 20 kilometres from the airport, escorted by two armoured SUVs, my convoy went through eight fortified security checks before arriving to the infamous green zone. UnderstandablyÃÂ ...
MU The Parthenon
April 12, 2018
“A green zone is a physical location in Baghdad that was considered a safe zone,” said Brian Locke, the director of G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Center for America's veterans at Mississippi State University. “That is where the green zone training name came from.” Marshall University's director of Military andÃÂ ...
Daily Times
April 7, 2018
The green zone was stocked by American fast food chains such as Burger King, movie theatres that played American classics and state of the art gyms, while outside the walls of the green zone, war and murder continued to rage in the streets of Baghdad — called the 'red zone'. Gaining access to Iraq's oilÃÂ ...
Rudaw
April 7, 2018
BAGHDAD, (AFP) - 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 sites have remained idle as if ... There, in what is known as Baghdad's Green Zone, the grass is green and traffic along its wide avenues is rare.
William & Mary News
March 29, 2018
Green Zone training was pioneered at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2010 and is now offered at more than 100 universities and organizations nationwide, according to VCU's website. It is named for the secure international zone in Baghdad, Iraq, which is a place familiar to many post-9/11 serviceÃÂ ...
The Atlantic
March 20, 2018
The war in Iraq is, like all wars I suppose, a little like the film Rashomon: All of the participants in the conflict have our own unique, flawed, and often .... The evening following the attack on the al-Rashid Hotel, a senior U.S. military officer came to visit my Rangers in our humble house in the Green Zone.
smallwarsjournal
March 9, 2018
Initially deployed as an 800 Soldier detachment, TF Strike was the third U.S. Army BCT to assume the advise and assist mission in Iraq since the ISIS incursion into the ... All travel to anywhere but a mature U.S. base required the highest approvals; only in the secure Baghdad “Green Zone” was there frequent travel from oneÃÂ ...
bunow.com
March 9, 2018
Becoming a Green Zone Ally has nothing to do with supporting or disagreeing with a war, violence, a political party, a president, the government, a movement, or any other polarizing factor,” said Bob Heckrote, supervisor, Office of Military and Veterans Resources at BU. “It is about supporting the peopleÃÂ ...
The New Arab
March 9, 2018
This has even been seen in Mosul, Iraq's second city and the militant group's former capital in Iraq, retaken in July by Baghdad's troops and their allied Shia militias. ... Much of today's Green Zone and the former presidential palaces where Saddam lived and ruled are already under the state's possession.
KTVQ Billings News
March 9, 2018
(CNN) -- Here's a look at the Iraq War which was known as Operation Iraqi Freedom until September 2010, when it was renamed Operation New Dawn. In December 2011, the last ... Iraq by 2011. January 1, 2009 - The US military hands over control of Baghdad's Green Zone to Iraqi authorities. February 27ÃÂ ...
TIME
March 9, 2018
Now, after fifteen years of instability and war, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is trying to forge a lasting peace. ... To see how al-Abadi plans to do that, TIME sat down with him in his office, inside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, in the palace where Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq until the U.S. invasion in March,ÃÂ ...
Xinhua
March 8, 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 commonÃÂ ...
Deutsche Welle
March 1, 2018
The target of the attack was Kabul's heavily fortified diplomatic area in the "Green Zone." The German Embassy in the area was .... According to a new UN report, Afghanistan's protracted war killed a record number of 1,662 civilians in the first six months of this year. DW spoke to Dr. Sima Samar, chairperson of the AfghanÃÂ ...
News Sentinel
March 1, 2018
What? Schools are not Fire Base Charlie, nor are they the Green Zone in Iraq. They are schools. They would not be “targets” if him and his ilk would just take combat rifles off of the streets. The NRA is at war with the rest of America, and it is a war we cannot lose for the sake of our children. It's time for AARPÃÂ ...
The Advertiser
March 1, 2018
And efforts to get into the Green Zone (Baghdad's 'safe zone') to go after Westerners.” A special report on counter-terrorism released this week warned tthe threat of terrorism was “constantly metamorphosing” and ISIS is “versatile”. Iraqi security forces at Taji Military complex. Picture: Tom Huntley. ProfessorÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
February 12, 2018
In May, the Taliban exploded a massive 1.5-ton truck bomb outside the German embassy in Kabul's Green Zone, killing dozens of civilians. These and other incidents have left ordinary Afghans to become mere statistics. Data by the United Nations shows that every day on average eleven civilians andÃÂ ...
Xinhua
February 12, 2018
Le Drian on Monday arrived in Baghdad and held a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Baghdad's Green Zone. ... Fuad Masoum, who hailed France's support to Iraq during the war against the extremist Islamic State (IS) militants and praised its efforts in the post-IS reconstruction of Iraq.
The Arab Weekly
February 9, 2018
Protesters chanted: “Honest people go to jail while the corrupt ones live in the Green Zone” in Baghdad where Iraq's main institutions are based. ... in transport, energy and agriculture as part of a plan to rebuild parts of the country and revive the economy after a three-year war on the Islamic State.
The New York Review of Books
February 9, 2018
Nowhere to Hide, directed by the Iraqi-Norwegian filmmaker Zaradasht Ahmed, is a documentary story of the victims of the Iraq war, from different ... depending on how you look at it, brought a limited sense of success both in the White House and in Baghdad's green zone, where Iraq's politicians live. But forÃÂ ...
Daytona Beach News-Journal
February 5, 2018
Former CIA spy's new book details her experience in Iraq .... Assad's memoir “Breaking Cover,” out Tuesday, details her life as a spy in the world's most dangerous war zones, the gender discrimination she ... Those life-or-death scenarios played out inside the green zone where CIA officers lived as well.
Chicago Tribune
January 30, 2018
"I tend to see this through the lens of what I assume to be Iran's grand strategy for the region," said Ryan Crocker, the former U.S. ambassador to Iraq. ... there's actually more trust for the PMF politicians than for politicians from the Green Zone [the heavily protected government area of Baghdad]," Jiyad said.
Sputnik International
December 31, 1999
In late 2017, Iraq declared the final defeat of the Daesh* terror group after years of fighting against the militants. The victory was celebrated with a military parade held in Baghdad's Green Zone. The same year Syria was also victorious - the country's armed forces declared victory over Daesh, citing theÃÂ ...
wtkr.com
December 31, 1999
W&M Office of Diversity and Inclusion is providing support for the program, which is named “Green Zone” for the secure international zone in Baghdad, Iraq, which is a place familiar to many post-9/11 service members, according to the university. The program begin at Virginia Commonwealth UniversityÃÂ ...
The Phuket News
December 31, 1999
IRAQ: Iraq has ordered the seizure of assets that belonged to executed dictator Saddam Hussein and more than 4,200 officials from his former regime, an official statement said yesterday (Mar 5). ... Saddam Hussein gestures during his trial, held under tight security in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.
KPAX-TV
December 31, 1999
Timeline:1921 - After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Great Britain gains control of the area. It sets up a government in ... October 3, 1932 - Iraq becomes an independent nation with Baghdad as its capital, and is admitted to the League of Nations. 1943-1945 - Kurdish leader MustafaÃÂ ...
PA home page
December 31, 1999
Bloomsburg, Columbia County (WBRE/WYOU) For many of the veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, school is the next step after separating from ... This is where 'green zone' training comes into play. ... Kelly Hughes, who served in the army in both Iraq and Afghanistan, has experienced it first hand.
The Arab Weekly
December 31, 1999
... the legality of the contracts than outrage over the mask of political hypocrisy behind which Fatlawi speaks, as a cosy member of the Green Zone elite. Despite proven natural gas reserves ranking tenth worldwide, three-quarters of which are beneath Basra, Iraq's foundering energy scene is the problem.
New York Times
December 31, 1999
Also on Saturday, a suicide attacker detonated explosives at a checkpoint in Kabul on the edge of the Green Zone, a heavily guarded district of embassies, ... with the Taliban, though talks between the American-backed Afghan government and insurgents are the stated United States plan for ending the war.
The Guardian
January 29, 2018
What is our Cities at War special series? ... The Algerian war of independence against France saw a long and intense insurgency in the hills, forests and fields of the sprawling colony, but it was the .... Or an ethnic or religious one; in Iraq, Sunni communities now see Baghdad as a hub of Shia dominance.
Los Angeles Times
January 27, 2018
The toll climbed sharply throughout the day, making the blast one of the deadliest in the 16-year war in Afghanistan. It came a week after Taliban militants attacked Kabul's six-story Intercontinental hotel and killed 22 people in an hours-long siege that ended only after Afghan and U.S. special operationsÃÂ ...
The Independent
January 23, 2018
It took until 146BC and an emphatic victory in the Third Punic War for his punchline to be delivered. Rome's vengeful legions ... This site lies just out of the “green” zone as designated by the FCO, however – it's just in the orange, or “avoid all but essential travel” area. To me, it felt no different than the other,ÃÂ ...
Kaplan Herald
January 19, 2018
People watch the U.S. flag as it is raised during a ceremony marking the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.(Photo: Hadi Mizban ... a gym; and tennis courts. It's the heart of the “Green Zone,” which author Rajiv Chandrasekaran called a “surreal bubble of Americana.”.
Florida Times-Union
January 18, 2018
Both have had distinguished careers in education after first serving in the military. Brown's father was a career Army serviceman. She enlisted herself three weeks before the September 2001 terrorist attacks and later spent two years in the Green Zone in Iraq. Rossley is a graduate of West Point who servedÃÂ ...
KTVB
January 17, 2018
Americans streamed more music than ever last year, according to Nielsen Music's Year-End Music Report. Streaming audio consumption crushed sales of physical albums, digital albums, and digital tracks -- all of which posted annual volume declines in both current and catalog content. The music industryÃÂ ...
WCNC
January 17, 2018
This week marks my 45th year teaching the introductory American Government course at Rutgers University. This is an ever changing field, and the half-life of lecture notes is vanishingly brief, so updates are always necessary — except for the fundamentals such as our Constitution and the events that led toÃÂ ...
WCNC
January 17, 2018
Americans are out of shape. Not just because many of us can't do more than 10 pushups or run a mile in under 12 minutes, but because we've given up on trying to hear ideas and opinions with which we disagree. Our minds are as flabby as our bodies. Life Time Fitness announced this month it is banningÃÂ ...
WCNC
January 17, 2018
That's part of the message Ford is delivering to an industry conference as it continues trying to recast its image under CEO Jim Hackett. That message included good news for shareholders, who could be in line for more than $3 billion in dividend distributions this year. The company plans to "shift toward aÃÂ ...
PRI
January 17, 2018
It's the heart of the "Green Zone," which author Rajiv Chandrasekaran called a "surreal bubble of Americana." The embassy was designed in the aftermath of the US-led invasion in 2003 as a symbol of the permanence of US influence in Iraq and throughout the Middle East. “It's a lot quieter now,” says IraqiÃÂ ...
The Australian
January 12, 2018
Spoils is a debut novel that combines the intensity of the author's experience of war as a soldier with the aesthetic distance of literary art. ... After briefly visiting Saddam Hussein's gaudy palace in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Cassandra and her Humvee crew are sent to guard an anonymous roundabout,ÃÂ ...
KTVB
January 12, 2018
Whatever happened to the giant U.S. embassy in Baghdad? What happened to the ... But it's still cheaper than the U.S. embassy complexes in Kabul, Afghanistan and Baghdad, Iraq. Given their ... It's the heart of the "Green Zone," which author Rajiv Chandrasekaran called a "surreal bubble of Americana.".
Al-Arabiya
January 10, 2018
Iran's protests influence politics in Iraq as well ... The Green Zone is the closed and heavily fortified part of Baghdad. ... Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, General Qasem Soleimani, on the war fronts against ISIS and within the Green Zone, comfortably interacting with the leaders of the Iraqi military forces,ÃÂ ...
American Free Press
January 5, 2018
The U.S. helped trigger the horrific Syrian civil war by arming “rebels.” Only when President Bashar Assad looked like he was about to fall did Russia and Iran intervene on his side. As for the “Shiite crescent,” from Tehran to Baghdad to Damascus to Beirut, who created it? Under Saddam Hussein, Iraq wasÃÂ ...
Frontera
January 2, 2018
Having put Islamic State to the sword, Iraq's premier Haider al-Abadi has now set his sights on a new challenge – curbing the country's endemic corruption, a struggle that must be won if his ambitious plans to revive regions devastated in the war against the insurgents are to be achieved. The governmentÃÂ ...
Houston Chronicle
December 29, 2017
I'm in the middle." After he'd been on the job about a year, Albdairi said, militias in Iraq began targeting interpreters and their families. He had to move his family out of Baghdad and he couldn't leave the U.S.-controlled Green Zone. In 2008, he applied for a special immigrant visa, which allows interpreters inÃÂ ...
The Northwest Florida Daily News
December 22, 2017
While the U.S. would prevail in an air, naval and missile war, where would the troops come from to march to Tehran to “democratize” that nation? Do we think a ... We started the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. NATO started the war ... Would Iraqi Shiite militias go after Americans in the Green Zone? Would theÃÂ ...
The Laconia Daily Sun
December 20, 2017
Houthi rebels, for two years victims of a savage war waged by the Saudis — using U.S.-made planes, missiles, bombs and drones — say they fired it at the ... It was the Americans who overthrew him and brought Shiite power to Baghdad. ... Would Iraqi Shiite militias go after Americans in the Green Zone?
New York Times
September 17, 2017
Kabul's security area had long been a Green Zone-lite compared with its fortresslike predecessor in Baghdad, where there are massive blast walls and ... “It seems America is not yet ready to end the longest war in its history,” said the Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, after Mr. Trump announced hisÃÂ ...
Deutsche Welle
December 31, 1999
The target of the attack was Kabul's heavily fortified diplomatic area in the "Green Zone." The German Embassy in the area was extensively damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Taliban and the self-styled "Islamic State" (IS) have staged large attacks in the city in the past.
Florida Times-Union
December 31, 1999
Both have had distinguished careers in education after first serving in the military. Brown's father was a career Army serviceman. She enlisted herself three weeks before the September 2001 terrorist attacks and later spent two years in the Green Zone in Iraq. Rossley is a graduate of West Point who servedÃÂ ...
