That was in 2003 and 2004, when there were up to 150,000 U.S. troops in Iraq ... mosques, and intersections in predominately Shiite areas. Sunni neighborhoods are marked by a lack of flags ...

Thousands of Shiite pilgrims are marching in Iraq dressed in black, heading on foot toward the golden twin-domed shrine of ...

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Mosques had minarets which are thin towers with balconies. Doors and windows were often designed as arches. The River Tigris in Baghdad was used for trade, travel and irrigation (watering crops).

Ahead of the census, leaders in Iraq’s various communities urged people to be counted. In Baghdad’s Adhamiyah district, Abdul Wahhab al-Samarrai, preacher at Imam Abu Hanifa Mosque ...

Where the country of Iraq will be one day. You made it! I’m Ali. I live here in Baghdad – a city of over ... important things in the middle: Our mosque where we all pray 5 times a day and ...