Thousands of wide-eyed Iraqis marvelled at the fountains, flowers and perfect lawns in Baghdad's Green Zone on Sunday, a day after protesters breached the walls of the fortified area. "This is the ...
It was long the seat of Saddam Hussein's iron-fisted rule, then a sealed-off symbol of US occupation and, more recently, out-of-touch politicians. On Tuesday, Baghdad's emblematic "Green Zone" fully ...
BAGHDAD, March 29 -- Iraqi insurgents are increasingly hitting Baghdad's fortresslike Green Zone with rockets and mortar shells, officials said Wednesday. Insurgents have struck inside the Green Zone, ...
BAGHDAD, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Two mortar bombs landed in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone government and diplomatic area on Monday, wounding five people, Iraqi police said. One loud blast woke ...
Saturday night in Baghdad, and Heidi, the barmaid at the Baghdad Country Club, is worried about the beer. On a busy night, she might serve 800 cold ones to the diplomats, security guards and ...
BAGHDAD -- Warning sirens wail and within seconds rockets and mortars strike -- sometimes one or two, other times 10 or more. The Green Zone is again a prime target as American and British diplomats, ...
* Green Zone bombarded with rockets * U.S. air strikes kill 6 * Fewer Mehdi Army fighters on the streets (Adds fresh missile attack) By Wisam Mohammed and Peter Graff BAGHDAD, April 27 (Reuters) - ...
BAGHDAD (AP) — Four mortar shells landed in the Green Zone as Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq Tuesday on a previously unannounced mission to help the country resolve its differences ahead of ...