How Tomorrow Moves| More...
 

Baghdad

US Embassy In Baghdad Built By Bush Must Be Downsized: State Department

McClatchy | Warren P. Strobel | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

Read More: War Wire, US Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq, US Embassy Iraq, Baghdad Us Embassy, US Embassy Baghdad, World News

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Embassy in Iraq, the government's largest overseas mission, is significantly overstaffed and needs to be downsized to reflect t...

Read Whole Story

Iraq: Attacks On Christians Spurs Iraq To Beef Up Security

AP | QASSIM ADBUL-ZAHRA | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: Attacks on Christians Iraq, Iraq Christians, Mosul, Tilkaif, Iraq Attacks on Christians, War Wire, Ninevah, Christians, Iraqi Christians, Baghdad, Hamdaniyah, World News

BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials tightened security around churches in Baghdad and in two mostly Christian towns on Monday and braced for possible viol...

Read Whole Story

4 Baghdad Churches Bombed In 24 Hours

cnn.com | Posted 08.12.2009 | World

Read More: Baghdad Churches Bombed, Baghdad Churches, Baghdad, Iraq, World News

Four Baghdad churches were bombed in less than 24 hours and eight civilians were wounded, officials said Sunday. Three bombs exploded outside churc...

Read Whole Story

Mosul, Baghdad: Bombs Kill More Than 40

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

Read More: Mosul Bomb, Baghdad, Mosul, Iraq, War Wire, Iraq War, Baghdad Bomb, World News

BAGHDAD — Bombs killed nearly 60 people in Iraq on Thursday in the worst violence since U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban areas last week, ...

Read Whole Story

Sandstorm In Middle East May Be Largest In Modern History (PHOTO FROM SPACE)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Sandstorms, Sandstorm, Iraq Sandstorm, Foreign Affairs, Baghdad, Kurdistan, Joe Biden, Iraq, Advocacy, Sand Storm, Sand Storm Iran, Sandstorm in Middle East, Iran Sand Storm, Iran Sandstorm, Sandstorm Iran, Sandstorm in Iraq, World News

In what is said to be the worst in recent memory, a massive week-long sandstorm descended on Iraq last week, sending hundreds of people to the hospita...

Read Whole Story

Iraqi Forces Assume Control Over Cities From US Troops (SLIDESHOW)

AP | KIM GAMEL and PATRICK QUINN | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Baghdad Us Troops, US Troops Iraq, War Wire, David Petraeus, US Troops, June 30 2009, Baghdad, Slideshow, Iraq, Us Troop Withdrawal, Iraq News, American Troops Leaving Iraq Celebration, Us Troops Withdraw From Iraq, Us Troop Withdrawal From Iraq, Iraqi Oil Leases After the First American Withdrawal, Withdraw From Iraq, Troop Withdrawal From Iraq June 30, Iraqi City Withdraw Any Troops Coming Home Now?, Iraq Celebrates Withdrawal of Us Troops, Us Withdrawal From Iraq, World News

BAGHDAD -- (AP) Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities Tuesday after American troops handed over security in urban areas in a...

Read Whole Story

Big Oil Ready To Bid On Iraqi Oil Fields

Huffington Post | Morgan Korn | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Exxon Mobil, Big Oil, Oil, Royal Dutch Shell, Baghdad, Chevron, Iraq, Oil Companies, Iraq Oil Fields, World News

Major international oil and gas companies have flown in representatives to Baghdad in preparation for tomorrow's bidding on Iraq's decadent oil fields...

Read Whole Story

US Troop Withdrawal From Iraq: Your Thoughts, Your Stories (POLL)

Huffington Post | Morgan Korn | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Saddam Hussein, u.s Pullout, u.s. Iraq War, Iraq War, Baghdad, u.s. Troop Withdrawal, U.S. Troops, Iraq, American Troops, Poll, Us Toop Withdrawal, War Wire, World News

**** Scroll down for a poll U.S. troops must withdraw from Iraqi cities and towns by June 30 as part of the Status of Forces Agreement that was ratif...

Read Whole Story

Iraqi Prime Minister Calls For Unity

AP | PATRICK QUINN | Posted 07.28.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, War, Nouri Al-Maliki, Unity in Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, Iraqi Prime Minister, War on Terror, World News

BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister said Saturday that the full withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from cities and towns was a message that his countr...

Read Whole Story

Baghdad Market: Motorcycle Bomb Kills Dozens Just Days Before US Troop Withdrawal

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 07.27.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Violence, Baghdad Market, Baghdad Bomb, War Wire, Baghdad, Iraq, Us Troop Withdrawal, Us Troop Pullout, World News

BAGHDAD — Motorcycle bombs killed at least 20 people in separate attacks in Baghdad Friday, at least 19 of them in a crowded bazaar, part of an ...

Read Whole Story

Iraq: Bombs Kill Scores Ahead Of US Troop Withdrawal

AP | PATRICK QUINN | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Sadr City, Iraq Bomb, War Wire, Baghdad Bomb, Baghdad, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Iraq, Us Troop Withdrawal, Iraq News, Iraq, Bombs, 2009, June 25 2009 Iraq Bombing, Baghdad Iraq, World News

BAGHDAD — The bombing of a Baghdad bus station Thursday pushed the death toll from a weeklong series of blasts near Shiite targets to about 200,...

Read Whole Story

Truck bomb kills more than 70 in northern Iraq

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 07.21.2009 | World

Read More: Baghdad, Iraq, Iraq Bombings, Iraq Violence, World News

BAGHDAD — A truck bomb exploded as worshippers left a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq on Saturday, killing more than 70 people and wounding nearl...

Read Whole Story

Harith al-Obeidi Killing: Suspect Arrested In Sunni Lawmaker's Death: Iraq

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Harith Al-Obeidi Death, Iraq War, War Wire, Baghdad, Harith Al-Obeidi Suspect, Iraq, Sunni Lawmaker, Sunni Politician, Harith Al-Obeidi, World News

BAGHDAD — Iraqi commandos swept into a western Baghdad neighborhood Wednesday and arrested a reputed al-Qaida in Iraq leader suspected of plotti...

Read Whole Story

U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Iraq: Share Your Stories

Huffington Post | Morgan Korn | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, u.s. Drawdown, Iraqi Soldiers, American Soldiers, u.s. Pullout, War Wire, Iraq Prime Minister, Nuri Kamal Al-Maliki, Baghdad, Iraq Occupation, General Ray Odierno, Iraq, Status of Forces Agreement, World News

On June 30, 2009, thousands of American troops will withdraw from Iraqi cities. The U.S. and Iraqi governments agreed last year to a security plan whi...

Read Whole Story

Iraq Prepares For U.S. Troop Withdrawal

Independent | Patrick Cockburn in Baghdad | Posted 07.15.2009 | World

Read More: US Troops Iraq, Iraq Us Troops, Iraq War, War Wire, Baghdad, Iraq, Us Troop Withdrawal, World News

There are few American patrols on the streets of Baghdad and soon there will be none. In just over two weeks, on 30 June, US military forces will with...

Read Whole Story

Harith al-Obeidi, Senior Sunni Lawmaker, Shot Dead In Broad Daylight In Iraq

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Harith Al-Obeidi Killed, War Wire, Baghdad, Al-Shawaf Mosque, Yarmouk, Iraq, Sunni Lawmaker, Senior Sunni Lawmaker, Harith Al-Obeidi, World News

BAGHDAD — The moderate leader of the largest Sunni bloc in parliament was assassinated Friday after delivering a sermon at a Baghdad mosque, a k...

Read Whole Story

After Trauma, Iraqi Refugees Look for Healing

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Violence, Iraqi Refugees, Baghdad, Iraq, Lebanon, Kidnapping, Trauma, War, Jordan, Amman, Beirut, World News
Catholic Relief Services

For thousands of Iraqis, kidnapping is a nightmare they cannot wake up from. Between 2004 and 2007, hundreds of children and adults were abducted, tortured and often killed.

Read Post

US, Iraqis Redraw City Borders To Meet June Deadline

csmonitor.com | Jane Arraf | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

Read More: Us Troops June, US Troops Iraq, US Troops, War Wire, Baghdad, June 30 Deadline, Iraq, Us Troop Withdrawal, June Us Troops, World News

Baghdad - On a map of Baghdad, the US Army's Forward Operating Base Falcon is clearly within city limits. Except that Iraqi and American military o...

Read Whole Story

Baghdad Bomb Kills US Soldier, Making May Deadliest In 8 Months

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: US Casualties Iraq, War Wire, Baghdad, Iraq, Abu Graib, Iraq Casualties, Abu Graib Bomb, World News

BAGHDAD — A roadside bomb killed a U.S. soldier Wednesday in Baghdad, making May the deadliest month for the American military since September. ...

Read Whole Story

Deaths In Baghdad's Fortified Green Zone Raise Security Fears

Washington Post | Ernesto Londoño | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: Green Zone, Baghdad, Iraq, US Troops, World News

An American working for a small company with a Defense Department contract was found dead in a vehicle in the fortified Green Zone on Friday morning, ...

Read Whole Story

Baghdad Roadside Bomb Kills 3 US Soldiers

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Violence, 3 Soldiers, War Wire, Baghdad Bomb, Baghdad, Iraq, Iraq Casualties, Baghdad Bombing Kills Three Us Soldiers, Wounds Nine, Baghdad-Iraq, World News

BAGHDAD — Bombers struck in Baghdad and a northern city Thursday, killing three American soldiers and nearly two dozen Iraqis in a new spasm of ...

Read Whole Story

Shula: Car Bomb Blast Kills 34 In Northwest Baghdad

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Violence, Shula Car Bomb, War Wire, Baghdad, Shula, Iraq, Shula Blast, Baghdad-Iraq, World News

BAGHDAD — A car bomb exploded Wednesday near several restaurants in a Shiite neighborhood of northwest Baghdad, killing 41 people and injuring m...

Read Whole Story

Baghdad Camp Liberty Shooting Kills 5 US Soldiers

Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Baghdad, Camp Liberty, Baghdad Shootout, Coalition Forces, US Soldiers Iraq, Iraq War, World News

...

Read Whole Story

Baghdad: Car Bombings Kill At Least 17

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

Read More: War Wire, Baghdad, Iraq, Car Bombs, Iraq War, Baghdad Car Bombs, World News

BAGHDAD — Car bombs killed 17 people Wednesday in Baghdad _ most of them at a wholesale produce market _ fueling concern about Iraqi capabilitie...

Read Whole Story

Iraq Fears Return To Sectarian Warfare Of 2006

LA Times | Liz Sly | Posted 06.02.2009 | World

Read More: Warwire, War Wire, Baghdad, Iraq, Sunnis, Iraq Sectarian Tensions, Shiites, World News

A string of devastating attacks mostly targeting Shiites has residents fearing a return to the sectarian warfare seen in 2006-07. The planned U.S. mil...

Read Whole Story