http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Baghdad_Green_ZoneFind stories, videos, and photos about Baghdad Green Zone from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:56:18 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/meast/08/22/iraq.bombing.collaborators/tztop.baghdad.gi.jpghttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Baghdad_Green_Zone14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Baghdad Green Zone from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/22/iraq.bombing.collaborators/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/22/iraq.bombing.collaborators/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Iraqi government is investigating whether Iraqi security forces were collaborators in this week's deadly bombings in Baghdad, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Saturday.Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:42:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/21/iraq.bombings.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/21/iraq.bombings.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Iraqi government said Friday it has arrested members of a cell believed responsible for Wednesday's truck bombings in which more than 100 people were killed.Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:03:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/21/iraq.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/21/iraq.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least two people were killed and 20 injured in a bombing in southern Baghdad on Friday morning, an Interior Ministry official told CNN.Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:49:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/19/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/19/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextA series of bombings rocked Iraq's capital within one hour Wednesday, killing at least 95 people and wounding 563 others, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:11:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/09/iraq.contractors.shot/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/09/iraq.contractors.shot/index.html#cnnSTCTextA British security contractor faces charges in an Iraqi court in the killings of two co-workers in Baghdad's Green Zone early Sunday, an Iraqi military spokesman said.Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:11:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iraq.contractors/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iraq.contractors/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo American contractors being held by Iraqi authorities were handed over to U.S. custody on Sunday, the U.S. Embassy said.Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/13/iraq.contractors/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/13/iraq.contractors/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo more U.S. contractors initially detained in connection with the slaying of a contractor in Baghdad were released from Iraqi custody on bond late Friday, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said Saturday.Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/11/iraq.contractors/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/11/iraq.contractors/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree of five Americans contractors detained in Baghdad have been ordered released by an Iraqi judge, because of insufficient evidence, a court spokesman said Thursday.Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/10/iraq.contractors/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/10/iraq.contractors/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne of five U.S. contractors who had been detained in Baghdad has been released and others will be freed soon, the wife of the released man said.Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:57:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.legal.system/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.legal.system/index.html#cnnSTCTextFive U.S. contractors detained inside Baghdad's Green Zone now face the Iraqi judicial system, which critics say is rife with problems.Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:39:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.contractors.held/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.contractors.held/index.html#cnnSTCTextFive U.S. contractors appeared in an Iraqi court Monday and were told to expect a decision Tuesday on whether they would be freed or stand trial, a source close to the suspects told CNN.Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:12:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/07/iraq.green.zone.killing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/07/iraq.green.zone.killing/index.html#cnnSTCTextAllegations that five U.S. contractors detained inside Baghdad's Green Zone were somehow involved in the death of another American contractor last month are "completely false," a son of one of the detainees told CNN Sunday.Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:36:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/07/iraq.green.zone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/07/iraq.green.zone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo people were injured Sunday when a mortar round landed near the U.S. embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone.Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:29:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/23/iraq.us.man.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/23/iraq.us.man.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo Americans were killed in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, one in a rocket attack and the other under mysterious circumstances, officials in Iraq said.Sat, 23 May 2009 13:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/22/iraq.lawmaker.accused/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/22/iraq.lawmaker.accused/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi authorities Sunday linked a Sunni Arab lawmaker to a series of attacks and insurgent plots, including an April 2007 bombing that killed two of his own colleagues.Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:49:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextJust days after the U.S. military formally handed authority of Baghdad's "Green Zone" over to the Iraqis, the new American Embassy opened in Baghdad.Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:49:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/01/iraq.green.zone/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/01/iraq.green.zone/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military formally handed authority over Baghdad's "Green Zone" to Iraqis on Thursday as new pacts governing the mission of international troops replaced a U.N. mandate.Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:47:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/14/bush.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/14/bush.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextA man identified as an Iraqi journalist threw shoes at -- but missed -- President Bush during a news conference Sunday evening in Baghdad, where Bush was making a farewell visit.Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:52:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least two people were killed early Saturday in a rocket attack near a U.N. compound in Baghdad's Green Zone, an official with the United Nations mission in Iraq said.Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:40:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/24/iraq.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/24/iraq.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe female bomber who killed five people just outside the heavily fortified Green Zone on Monday was mentally disabled and her explosives vest was triggered by remote control, an official said.Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:01:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1823684,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1823684,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsTIME's world editor Bobby Ghosh, a veteran of the Baghdad press corps, explains how the Democratic candidate could gain an unfiltered picture of Iraqi reality Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739301,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739301,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsRepresentatives of firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and lawmakers from Iraq's main Shiite political bloc signed a four-day cease-fire MondayMon, 12 May 2008 14:55:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/14/embassy.baghdad/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/14/embassy.baghdad/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfter months of delay, the United States has established an embassy in Baghdad, the State Department said Monday.Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:49:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1730885,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1730885,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA State Department official says the United States has taken ownership of the mammoth new, heavily fortified embassy in Baghdad after months of delayMon, 14 Apr 2008 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1729309,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1729309,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAnalysis: The general's testimony revealed some important aspects to US strategy -- and vulnerabilities -- in IraqWed, 09 Apr 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1728286,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1728286,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsRockets or mortars slammed into the U.S.-protected Green Zone and a military base elsewhere in Baghdad on Sunday, killing three American soldiers and wounding 31Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726559,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726559,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe fortified Green Zone came under renewed attack Monday, less than 24 hours after anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for his fighters to stand downMon, 31 Mar 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726055,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726055,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsFighting escalates, a curfew is imposed, and the US maintains a fig leaf of a ceasefire with Moqtada al-SadrThu, 27 Mar 2008 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1725109,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1725109,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAs the US death toll reaches 4,000, a spurt of attacks over Easter weekend raises fears that, as one Baghdad resident put it, "in a minute ... we can fall into hell again"Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/13/iraq.teen/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/13/iraq.teen/index.html#cnnSTCText"When a bomb blows or something explodes, you know, I just keep on sitting here. I don't move."Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:19:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20183068,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20183068,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe couple have another baby on the way, their rep tells PEOPLEMon, 10 Mar 2008 22:24:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1716805,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1716805,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsExtremists fired an explosive barrage Saturday into the capital's heavily protected Green Zone, targeting the heart of America's diplomatic and military mission in IraqSun, 24 Feb 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/dave_zirin/02/19/neworleans/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/dave_zirin/02/19/neworleans/index.htmlLast weekend the NBA All-Star Game came to New Orleans. If you were one of the thousands to make the trip to the Big Easy and hang out on Bourbon Street, you no doubt saw one kind of New Orleans. Like the Green Zone in Iraq, offering salsa lessons and satellite television, this is an area of unreality. But many see economic investment in the NOLA tourist center as critical to economic revival.Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:18:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1700836,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1700836,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA TIME reporter returns to a Baghdad he has not seen in four years and discovers that it is not the same city he knewMon, 07 Jan 2008 15:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide car bomb slammed an Iraqi police patrol in Mosul, Iraq, on Friday afternoon, killing nine people and wounding 21, according to a police official.Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:37:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1687188,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1687188,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIn spite of the recent calm, bombs and death linger on the streets of the Iraqi capital, still the most dangerous city on earthFri, 23 Nov 2007 18:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/22/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/22/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA bomb tore through a pet market in central Baghdad on Friday, killing 13 people and wounding 58 others, Iraq's Interior Ministry said. Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:58:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/04/iraq.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/04/iraq.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice defused a parked car bomb just outside the northern Iraqi city of Samarra Sunday morning, near where a car bomb exploded the previous day, killing five Iraqis and wounding 15 others, Samarra police said.Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:22:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1679818,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1679818,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe State Department deals with a revolt of diplomats over being assigned to Baghdad. It's no fun being in the Green Zone, but there are also doubts about the missionFri, 02 Nov 2007 16:40:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672792,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672792,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe killing of 17 Iraqis by Blackwater contractors puts the spotlight on private security companies. Who are these guns for hire, and who pays when they mess up? Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/18/magazines/fortune/gimbel_blackwater.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/18/magazines/fortune/gimbel_blackwater.fortune/index.htmIn Baghdad, you can always pick out the Blackwater security guys. They're the burly Americans wearing dark green fatigues, wrap-around Oakleys and enough weaponry to take over a small country. They keep to themselves, throw big parties and are universally despised - and sometimes genuinely feared - by their rival security contractors.Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:47:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/01/iraq.blackwater.secondshooting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/01/iraq.blackwater.secondshooting/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne group of Blackwater USA contractors was involved in two separate shootings on September 16, according to a senior Iraqi National Police official who contributed to a report detailing the second shooting.Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/21/blackwater/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/21/blackwater/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe security firm Blackwater USA is starting to resume normal operations in Iraq after a hiatus sparked by concerns among Iraqi and U.S. government officials over its actions.Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:48:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1664129,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1664129,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAmerican convoys protected by Blackwater USA resumed, four days after the U.S. Embassy suspended land travel by its diplomats in response to its alleged killing of civiliansFri, 21 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/19/blackwater.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/19/blackwater.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextA joint U.S.-Iraq commission will focus on security contractors in Iraq after an uproar over a Baghdad firefight involving Blackwater USA, the U.S. State Department announced Wednesday. Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:14:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1663306,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1663306,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWith the Iraqi government pushing for the security firm to be fired, the President will engage in some high-level diplomacy Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/18/blackwater.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/18/blackwater.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextGround movements of American civilians in most of Iraq were on hold Tuesday after an uproar over a Baghdad firefight involving American security firm Blackwater USA.Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:08:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1662586,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1662586,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Maliki cabinet shrinks the security firm's range to the Green Zone, curtailing its ability to protect U.S. personnelMon, 17 Sep 2007 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1649514,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1649514,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIraq anxiously awaited the arrival of its Asian Cup soccer champs Friday, but most Baghdad residents would be barred from the homecoming celebrationFri, 03 Aug 2007 13:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1643773,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1643773,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWith the surge assessment just weeks away, U.S. commanders worry about massive insurgent attacksTue, 17 Jul 2007 20:20:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/10/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/10/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree people, including one U.S. service member, were killed Tuesday in a barrage of up to 35 mortars fired into the Green Zone in Baghdad, U.S. military and State Department officials said.Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:55:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/12/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/12/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide attack in Iraq's parliament building on Thursday killed eight people, including two Iraqi lawmakers, and wounded 20, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/01/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/01/iraq.main/index.htmlSen. John McCain visited a Baghdad market Sunday and later told reporters the American people were not getting the full story on what he said were improving security conditions in the war-ravaged capital.Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/28/btsc.perry.iraq/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/28/btsc.perry.iraq/index.htmlI'm standing with a video camera, held down as far as I can, in the exact spot where less than 15 minutes earlier a man made the choice to blow himself up in an attempt to kill as many people as he could.Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/23/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/23/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide bomber who wounded Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zubaie and killed nine people Friday was a friend of one of the deputy's bodyguards, a security adviser said.Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:46:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/22/iraq.moon/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/22/iraq.moon/index.htmlU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon ducked in surprise when an explosion rattled Baghdad's Green Zone on Thursday where he was delivering a televised news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/22/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/22/iraq.main/index.htmlA man with ties to a radical Shiite cleric is in U.S. custody in connection with an attack that killed five American soldiers in Karbala in January, U.S. officials said.Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/11/ivins.surge/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/11/ivins.surge/index.htmlThe purpose of this old-fashioned newspaper crusade to stop the war is not to make George W. Bush look like the dumbest president ever. People have done dumber things. What were they thinking when they bought into the Bay of Pigs fiasco? How dumb was the Egypt-Suez war? How massively stupid was the entire war in Vietnam? Even at that, the challenge with this misbegotten adventure is that WE simply cannot let it continue.Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:54:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/11/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/11/iraq.main/index.htmlThe U.S. military has put up a $50,000 reward for anyone who helps find an American soldier kidnapped in Baghdad, the Army said Saturday.Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:51:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/30/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/30/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi and U.S. troops fanned out across the volatile Iraqi capital of Baghdad, enforcing a tough curfew until early Sunday in a tightly packed city living with daily insurgent strikes and Shiite-Sunni sectarian killings.Sat, 30 Sep 2006 08:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/22/holmes.acronyms/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/22/holmes.acronyms/index.htmlCome to Iraq, and it's handy to know a second language.Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/06/time.coverstory.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/06/time.coverstory.tm/index.htmlTime's Aparisim Ghosh has reported extensively from the boiling cauldron that is Baghdad. In an excerpt from this week's Time, he describes his most recent visit -- a rare look inside the most lethal place on Earth.Sun, 06 Aug 2006 13:31:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/11/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/11/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi politicians are considering a formal request for U.N. troops to provide security, a Sunni official said on Tuesday, as attackers killed as many as 37 people across the country.Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/13/alqaeda.iraq/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/13/alqaeda.iraq/index.htmlThe newly named leader of al Qaeda in Iraq threatens to attack Sunni government officials in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, according to a statement published Tuesday on a Web site often used by insurgents.Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/23/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/23/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide car bomber blew up at an Iraqi police checkpoint Monday near the city's heavily fortified Green Zone, killing at least three people, an official with the Baghdad emergency police told CNN.Mon, 23 Jan 2006 07:50:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/22/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/22/iraq.main/index.htmlGunmen killed four police commandos and wounded six others Thursday morning at an Iraqi police checkpoint in southern Baghdad, police said.Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:58:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/14/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/14/iraq.main/index.htmlThe U.S. Army discovered scores of detainees in poor health at a building run by the Iraqi Interior Ministry during a search for a missing 15-year-old boy, a U.S. general said Monday.Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:10:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/19/saddam.trial.security/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/19/saddam.trial.security/index.htmlCNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour is inside the Baghdad courthouse where the first trial of Saddam Hussein on charges of crimes against humanity is scheduled to begin Wednesday.Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/23/schuster.column/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/23/schuster.column/index.htmlDan Thomas never expected to have a friend like Riyadh Wahiab Hamad.Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:43:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/29/embassy.detainees/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/29/embassy.detainees/index.htmlSeven suspected insurgents were being held in connection with a rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy in central Baghdad that killed an American military service member and a civilian, U.S. military officials said.Sun, 30 Jan 2005 02:50:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.main/index.htmlA trickle of Iraqis have begun voting in milestone elections designed to steer the country down the road of democracy.Sat, 29 Jan 2005 09:39:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/04/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/04/iraq.main/index.htmlThe governor of Baghdad province was assassinated Tuesday morning in the Iraqi capital, an Iraq Interior Ministry official said.Tue, 04 Jan 2005 07:20:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/12/13/saddam.capture/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/12/13/saddam.capture/index.htmlWhen Saddam Hussein was dragged out of a hole in the ground, many expected the insurgency would soon be buried. Monday morning, the skies over Baghdad prove it's anything but.Mon, 13 Dec 2004 22:07:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/13/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/13/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide car bomb exploded early Monday morning outside the Green Zone, the area where the seat of Iraq's interim government and the U.S. Embassy are situated, killing eight people and wounding 15 others.Mon, 13 Dec 2004 05:06:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/04/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/04/iraq.main/index.htmlTwo car bombs killed sixteen people and wounded 38 others Saturday when they exploded at an entrance to Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, Iraq's Ministry of Health said.Sat, 04 Dec 2004 07:10:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/26/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/26/iraq.main/index.htmlA group of 15 Iraqi political parties, backed by former Iraqi foreign minister Adnan Pachachi, called Friday for a delay in the national elections scheduled for January 30.Fri, 26 Nov 2004 12:48:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/14/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/14/iraq.main/index.htmlAmerican troops and Iraqi special forces launched a major operation in Falluja late Thursday aimed at disrupting future attacks by insurgents who control the volatile city, the U.S. military said.Thu, 14 Oct 2004 04:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/07/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/07/iraq.main/index.htmlMore than 2,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops are targeting insurgents in the northern section of Babil province, even as insurgents targeted a hotel near Baghdad's Green Zone.Thu, 07 Oct 2004 11:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/01/iraq.chalabi/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/01/iraq.chalabi/index.htmlSuspected insurgents fired mortars near the meeting of Iraq's new 100-member National Council and ambushed a convoy of Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi on his way to the session.Wed, 01 Sep 2004 08:20:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/07/02/erwin.ambush/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/07/02/erwin.ambush/index.htmlScott Erwin credits his brave Iraqi friend and a spare AA battery for his MP3 player for saving his life during an ambush in Baghdad, Iraq.Fri, 02 Jul 2004 16:27:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/28/iraq.handover.intl/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/28/iraq.handover.intl/index.htmlThe U.S.-led coalition has formally handed over sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government at 10:26 a.m. on Monday in a surprise move two days ahead of schedule.Mon, 28 Jun 2004 07:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/01/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/01/iraq.main/index.htmlPresident Bush on Tuesday praised the naming of a new Iraqi interim government, saying it brings Iraq closer to "a fully sovereign nation."Tue, 01 Jun 2004 06:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/31/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/31/iraq.main/index.htmlAn American adviser said the U.S. Army "dropped the ball" by providing inadequate accommodations for Iraqi police officers who were to begin joint patrols with coalition troops in Najaf on Sunday.Mon, 31 May 2004 06:12:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/06/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/06/iraq.main/index.htmlCoalition forces battled Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia on Thursday in the militant Shiite cleric's strongholds of Karbala, Najaf and Kufa.Thu, 06 May 2004 04:21:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/21/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/21/iraq.main/index.htmlA rocket attack in the vicinity of Baghdad's Green Zone has killed two Iraqi civilians and wounded at least five others, U.S. military and hospital sources said.Sun, 21 Mar 2004 07:43:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/08/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/08/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlCalling it a new beginning for their country, Iraqi Governing Council members Monday signed an interim constitution, laying the groundwork for future elections, a permanent constitution and eventually a return to self-rule.Mon, 08 Mar 2004 07:41:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/07/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/07/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlA barrage of 11 small rockets damaged a hotel Sunday evening in central Baghdad, but fell short of the conference center where Iraqi Governing Council members were expected to sign an interim constitution Monday, a senior coalition official said.Sun, 07 Mar 2004 15:05:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/18/sprj.nitop.baghdad.blast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/18/sprj.nitop.baghdad.blast/index.htmlA suicide bombing outside the compound of the U.S.-led occupation authority in Baghdad killed at least 23 people, most of them Iraqi civilians trapped in their cars as they were waiting to pass through security checks.Sun, 18 Jan 2004 06:00:00 EST