Baghdad Green Zone

Iraq Takes Control Of Green Zone From US

AP | JIM HEINTZ | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics


BAGHDAD — The U.S. formally transferred control of the Green Zone to Iraqi authorities Thursday in a pair of ceremonies that also handed back Sa...

US-backed plan sees shiny future for Green Zone in Iraq

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Forget the rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and lack of a sewer system. Now try to imagine luxury hotels, a shopping center and ev...

Truce Calms Iraq, Weakens Prime Minister

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.08.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD — Rockets fell on the Green Zone and random machine gun fire rang out Monday in the southern city of Basra as Shiite cleric Muqtada al-S...