Baghdad

Who Gets Billed for a New Baghdad?

time.com     4 hrs ago   54 related          

On any given day in Baghdad it's hard to envision a city on the rise amid the shattered buildings, fields of trash and pools of smelly greenish waste water baking under the sun in many neighborhoods. The Iraqi government has...                    

Sources: U.S., Iraq near pullout terms

msn.com     4 hrs ago   7 related          

Legal immunity for troops is still a potential stumbling block BAGHDAD - The U.S. and Iraq are close to a deal under which all American combat troops would leave by October 2010 with remaining U.S. forces gone about three years...                    

Suspected terrorists, weapons seized

upi.com     2 hrs ago   3 related          

Published: Aug. 7, 2008 at 3:13 PM WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Coalition and Iraqi forces captured dozens of suspects and seized weapons caches in Iraq over the past three days, military officials said Thursday. This was a busy...                    

Shiite cabbie plays middleman for Sunnis

upi.com     3 hrs ago   1 related          

Published: Aug. 7, 2008 at 2:09 PM BAGHDAD, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A Baghdad cab driver makes money by picking up passports, pension checks and identity cards for Sunnis afraid of being kidnapped at Shiite-run Iraqi offices. Mouayed...                    

IRAQ: Increased oil revenues to fund housing scheme for the poor

irinnews.org     10 hrs ago          

Money has been allocated to build “simple houses for poor people who are living in inadequate places made either of reeds or strips of metal.â€_ BAGHDAD, 7 August 2008 (IRIN) - The Iraqi government is planning to make use of...                    

Iraqis: US, Iraq close to deal on troop withdrawal

thenewstribune.com     1 hr ago   24 related          

Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. officials,...                    

Iraq MPs break for summer without passing elections law

zawya.com     16 hrs ago   515 related          

BAGHDAD, Aug 6, 2008 (AFP) - The Iraqi parliament broke for summer recess on Wednesday after adopting a 21-billion-dollar supplementary budget but failing to pass a contentious provincial elections bill, members said. Speaker...                    

A Glossary of Iraq Euphemisms

prospect.org     17 hrs ago          

The Iraq War has been characterized by euphemism since its inception. The name "Operation Iraqi Freedom" denotes a foreign military occupation of Iraq endlessly described as liberation -- a term that, in practice, means the...                    

In Baghdad, Life Returns to 'City of Ghosts'

aina.org     21 hrs ago          

Baghdad (Reuters) -- The pessimism haunting me about Iraq's future disappeared last week as I returned to Baghdad from a vacation in Syria. In Syria, my eight-year old son Hani enjoyed the things that we Iraqis have not been...                    

Iraqis Hit Impasse on Election Law

wsj.com     yesterday   19 related          

BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi parliament failed Wednesday to agree on a provincial elections law, a sign that the improving relationship among the different political factions may rapidly come undone. After several days of intense...                    

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