Baghdad

The Surge "Success" Debunked

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


Luis Carlos Montalván

Iraq remains a powder keg. "The Surge" has done little to increase security, a state of civil war remains and regional conflict threatens greater problems for the future.

Legalized Murder

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics


Allison Kilkenny

Remember the wars, everyone? I know, it's easy to get distracted with all of this talk about pigs and lipstick, but in Iraq and Afghanistan, the killi...

Bombs In Baghdad Region Kill At Least 32

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber blew herself up Monday among police officers who were celebrating the release of a comrade from U.S. custody, killing...

Car Bomb Kills 32 North Of Baghdad, Where "Surge" Has Not Stopped Violence

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 10.13.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD — A car bomb ripped through a crowded commercial district in a mainly Shiite town on Friday, killing at least 32 people, Iraqi officials...

Petraeus: Troops May Leave Baghdad Next Summer

Financial Times | Demetri Sevastopulo | Posted 10.04.2008 | Home


General David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, said declining violence in Baghdad raised the possibility that American combat troops could leav...

Abu Ghraib To Reopen, Museum Planned

Reuters | Posted 10.04.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD - Iraq plans to renovate and reopen Abu Ghraib prison, the notorious site of executions and torture under Saddam Hussein and later of a U.S. p...

Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens In West Baghdad

Reuters | Posted 09.24.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at a dinner feast in western Baghdad's Abu Ghraib district, killing at least 21 people, police ...

John McCain as a Hood Ornament

Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics


Bella DePaulo

The New York Times has William Kristol on its opinion page, and the Wall Street Journal now has Thomas Frank. What Kristol writes could be called scho...

The New York Times finds Heroes in Tbilisi: in Baghdad, only Terrorists.

Laura Flanders | Posted 09.13.2008 | Media


Laura Flanders

The New York Times ran a feature August 12, on Georgian civilians who've joined the fight against the Russian invasion of that former Soviet republic....

Baghdad Bling

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics


Amb. Marc Ginsberg

The sheer audacity of this White House is beyond belief -- why are we permitting Iraq's government to get away with this highway robbery when it could easily shoulder more of the reconstruction burden?

Bombs Over Baghdad

Juli Weiner | Posted 08.12.2008 | Entertainment


Juli Weiner

The decision to give cameras to four Baghdadi teenagers is inspired; the boys document school and warfare with neutral equality, and it's thanks to this blind prioritizing that the film is able to capture the interiority of its subjects.

Iraq Bombings Kill Scores, Wound Hundreds in Baghdad, Kirkuk

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Female suicide bombers struck a Shiite pilgrimage in Baghdad and a Kurdish protest rally in northern Iraq on Monday, killing at least ...

US Diplomats In Iraq Required To Carry Weapon At All Times, Even At The Pool

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Trying to escape Baghdad's sweltering summer with a quick Green Zone dip? Don't forget your poolside weapons etiquette if you work ...

US: Shiite 'Special Group' Responsible For Deadly Baghdad Car Bomb

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 06.26.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD — The U.S. military blamed a renegade Shiite militiaman on Wednesday for a truck bombing that killed 63 people in a Shiite area of Baghd...

Baghdad Car Bomb Kills Over 50, Wounds 75

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — A car bomb ripped through a busy commercial street in a Shiite area of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 51 people and wounding sco...

Mosul Car Bomb Kills Policemen, Civilians In Iraq

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 06.10.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD — A suicide car bomber targeted the provincial police headquarters in Mosul on Monday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens,...

U.S. And Iraq Forces Raided Shiite Areas During Prayers

McClatchy Newspapers | By Raviya H. Ismail | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics


U.S. and Iraqi forces detained nearly 200 people during operations that targeted two prominently Shiite Muslim neighborhoods during Friday prayer serv...

Thousands Of Iraqi Troops Flood Into Sadr City

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and LEE KEATH | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Some 10,000 Iraqi troops fanned out in Baghdad's Sadr City on Tuesday, taking positions on main roads, rooftops and near hospitals in ...

Iraq Backs Off Allegations That Iran Is Behind Violence

McClatchy Newspapers | By Leila Fadel and Shashank Bengal | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics


The Iraqi Government seemed to distance itself from U.S. accusations towards Iran Sunday saying it would not be forced into conflict with its Shiite n...

Double suicide attack on wedding party kills 35 in Iraq

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Two suicide bombers attacked a wedding caravan Thursday as it drove through a crowded market district past bystanders cheering the bri...

Baghdad Green Zone Bombarded With Rockets

Huffington Post | Posted 05.05.2008 | Home


Reuters reports that the U.S. Green Zone in Baghdad was bombarded by rockets in one of the heaviest assaults in weeks on the fortified compound: Mili...

'Disneyland In Iraq': Multi-Million Dollar Entertainment Park Coming To Baghdad

Huffington Post | Posted 05.01.2008 | Home


Some would say the last thing that war-torn Iraq needs is an entertainment park. California businessman Llewellyn Werner says different (from Times O...

Baghdad Orders Lockdown As Petraeus Testifies

Huffington Post | Posted 04.16.2008 | Home


Unauthorized vehicles will be banned in Baghdad from 5 a.m. to midnight on Wednesday, the fifth anniversary of the city's capture by U.S. troops, the ...

Fighting Erupts In Baghdad After Week Of Relative Calm

Reuters | Wisam Mohammed | Posted 04.14.2008 | Home


Twenty-two people were killed and 55 wounded in clashes in Baghdad, police said on Sunday, the worst eruption of violence in the capital since Shi'ite...

Iraq Violence Continues As Death Toll Nears 300

CNN | Posted 04.07.2008 | Home


A strict curfew was extended indefinitely in the Iraqi capital Sunday as the death toll mounted from clashes between government troops and Shiite Musl...