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Baghdad's Green Zone has become the latest battleground in the struggle for Iraq. ... Iraq: Shiites Hit Green Zone with Rockets, Mortars. Published Apr 27, 2008 at 8:00 PM EDT Updated Mar 13, ...
Lonely Planet, take note. A new guide book has been written for Americans who plan to spend some time in Baghdad's Green Zone, the relatively secure area in the heart of the occupied Iraqi capital.
Violence continued to escalate Tuesday in Iraq's Green Zone. Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr clashed with Iraqi security forces, using grenades and machine guns.
The U.S. formally transferred control of the Green Zone to Iraqi authorities Thursday in a pair of ceremonies that also handed back Saddam Hussein's former palace.
In the heart of Iraq's capital lies Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, which last month saw angry protesters storm its perimeter -- the latest in nearly two decades of assaults on the seat of ...
BAGHDAD (AP) — Supporters of an influential Iraqi Shiite cleric fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns into Iraq’s Green Zone and security forces returned fire Tuesday, a serious ...
The Green Zone, which houses Iraqi government buildings and the sprawling US Embassy, will be open every day for 14 hours starting at 5 a.m., Maj. Gen. Jassim Yahya told The Associated Press.
Three katyusha rockets were fire at Iraq's Green Zone on Wednesday, wounding seven security force personnel, while parliament was in session, a statement by the security forces said.
The commanders decided to raise the readiness of the PMA's forces in the Green Zone, adding an additional 6,000-8,000 troops to the troops already deployed in and around the district.
Iraq’s military said four rockets were launched into the heavily fortified Green Zone. Al-Sadr’s sudden resignation Monday catapulted Iraq into violence and chaos with no clear path out.
Iraqi authorities reopened Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Sunday in an attempt to ease traffic jams in the capital after it was closed and reopened several times in recent years.
Supporters of a prominent Iraqi Shiite cleric fired rocket-propelled grenades into Iraq’s Green Zone as machine gun fire crackled overhead Tuesday, deepening the political chaos gripping the ...