Green Zone

Baghdad Bombed Again, Multiple Explosions Outside Green Zone

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 12.16.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — A barrage of bombings killed nine people in two of Iraq's largest cities Tuesday, stoking Iraqis' anger that insurgents continue to sl...

Of Bush's Iraq Delusion and Obama's Dilemma

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


Barton Kunstler, Ph.D.

The longer President Obama avoids confronting the perverse legacy of the war, the more distorted our decisions and strategy will be.

Mercenaries and Murder in Iraq

Eric Stoner | Posted 09.14.2009 | World


Eric Stoner

With no countries officially left in the so-called "coalition of the willing", contractors are now playing a more important role than ever, as Obama begins to slowly scale back the war in Iraq.

Deaths In Baghdad's Fortified Green Zone Raise Security Fears

Washington Post | Ernesto LondoƱo | Posted 06.22.2009 | World


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, ...

You Won't Believe What Martin Eisenstadt Said At The White House Correspondents Dinner

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.10.2009 | Media


Diane Tucker

TIME.com followed several members of the "elite Twitterati" as they attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner in the ballroom of the Washington ...

Obama Went to Iraq and Visited... the Airport. Was it the Sandstorms or the Rising Shitstorm?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.08.2009 | World


Jeremy Scahill

it is hard not to wonder about the "coincidence" of Obama's visit being confined to the airport and coming in the midst of a rising tide in violence in Iraq over the past several days.

President Obama's Trip to Iraq Today

Matt Littman | Posted 04.27.2009 | World


Matt Littman

President Obama must step outside the walled-off American base, for it's difficult to obtain an objective assessment of the situation if you only talk to people pre-selected to speak with you.

Mohammed al Dayni, Sunni Lawmaker, Wanted In Green Zone Cafeteria Attack

McClatchy Newspapers | Trenton Daniel | Posted 03.26.2009 | World


A Sunni Arab lawmaker is wanted in connection for a string of retaliation attacks and mortar strikes on the fortress-like Green Zone compound after a ...

US Inaugurates New $700 Million Embassy In Baghdad

AP | CHELSEA J. CARTER | Posted 02.05.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — The United States inaugurated its largest embassy ever on Monday, a fortress-like compound in the heart of the Green Zone _ and the mo...

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...

Five Reasons For Hope In Iraq

Time | BOBBY GHOSH / BAGHDAD | Posted 01.02.2009 | World


Bombings and casualties are way down; arrests of militants and the number and confidence of the Iraqi security forces are way up. Most of the addition...

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 ...

Good Options for Iraq

Norman MacAfee | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics


Norman MacAfee

Let us break up the world into two groups -- (1) the Bush coup group and its supporters and (2) everybody else.

Shout It Out: There's Still a War Going On!

R.T. Eby | Posted 05.20.2008 | Home


R.T. Eby

The media have stopped covering the war. Bush has given up trying to accomplish his mission. Meantime, PFC George Delgado may very well have been the 4,000th American death in the war.

Pentagon To Patrick McHenry: Stop Showing Green Zone Video

McClatchy | Lisa Zagaroli | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics


The Pentagon told a North Carolina lawmaker Tuesday that he couldn't re-air a video he'd shot in Baghdad after accusations surfaced that he breached o...

Low Expecations Have Supplanted High Ideals Inside Baghdad Green Zone

Washington Post | Karen DeYoung | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Several dozen soldiers and embassy staff members relaxed on the patio around Saddam Hussein's old swimming pool, shivering in the desert chill, as a b...

PM: Release Iraq Insurgents To Promote National "Unity"

Washington Post | Joshua Partlow and Amit R. Paley | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


During an optimistic address in which he described the changes in Iraqi security as "remarkable" and pronounced the country "revived," Prime Minister ...