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Green Zone stories: 28 news summaries

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 Mortars Rock Baghdad
During Biden's Visit

Vice president unharmed; will meet with Iraqi political leaders

Sep 15, 09 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mortar rounds exploded near the US Embassy in downtown Baghdad today during a surprise visit by Joe Biden, the New York Times reports. The vice president was inside the embassy compound when two mortars struck apartment buildings across the street. Two more rounds landed near the compound but didn’t... More »

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Iraq • Joe Biden • Green Zone • Nouri al-Maliki • US embassy in Baghdad • US Embassy in Iraq • mortar attack

(Newser) - Scores of people are dead after seven coordinated bombings rocked Baghdad this morning, targeting both government ministries and poor Shia neighborhoods, the New York Times  reports. Two huge bombs and three smaller blasts, probably from mortars, went off at the entrance to the fortified Green Zone, while other explosions hit... More »

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Iraq • terrorism • Sadr City • Baghdad • Green Zone • bomb • Sunni extremism • explosion

UK Contractor Held in Green Zone Killing of 2 Co-Workers 

Incident is second this summer of violence within protected Baghdad area

Aug 9, 09 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A security contractor working in Iraq has been charged with fatally shooting two of his co-workers in Baghdad’s Green Zone, the Washington Post reports. Danny Fitzsimmons, an employee of British firm ArmorGroup Iraq, has been arrested in the killing of fellow Briton Paul McGuigan and Australian Darren Hoare in... More »

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Australia • Baghdad • Green Zone • contractors • Britain • killings

OPINION

 Parade, Jubilation Follow 
 US Pullout of Iraqi Cities 

Maliki warns media not to question his forces' abilities

Jun 30, 09 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq held its first full military parade since the fall of Saddam today—now known as Sovereignty Day—to celebrate the official withdrawal of US troops from cities and towns. The proceedings took place inside the Green Zone and were screened on television, but several media outlets, including the New ... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Green Zone • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraq death toll • sovereignty • parade • transfer of power

Shells Hit Baghdad's Green Zone After 3-Month Lull

Baghdad violence is down sharply, but has been increasing recently

Apr 18, 09 4:45 PM CDT
(AP) - Suspected militants shelled Baghdad's protected Green Zone today in the first such bombardment in more than 3 months. The back-to-back strikes reverberated across the Tigris River to a popular promenade, sending families packing up from fish restaurants and abruptly halting a party at a club. No casualties or damage have... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Green Zone • attack • Iraq violence

 Green Zone 
 Turned Over 
 to Iraqis 

US transfers control of Baghdad's fortified enclave

Jan 1, 09 8:55 AM CST
(Newser) - The heart of the US occupation in Iraq was returned to Iraqi control at midnight last night, the Washington Post reports. Iraqi soldiers now control checkpoints leading to the heavily fortified Green Zone enclave in Baghdad. American troops and workers have moved out of many buildings, including the former palace... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Green Zone • Iraq pullout • US military • Iraqi government • Iraq exit strategy

analysis

Iraqi Visits: Much Ado
but Few Epiphanies

Obama's pledged trip to Baghdad likely won't change his mind

Jul 18, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lawmakers have been flocking to Iraq to assess the situation on the ground, as Barack Obama is about to do, but the visits rarely result in any revelations for them, writes Karen DeYoung in the Washington Post. The itineraries are fairly routine by now—meet the generals, the troops, and... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • John McCain • Green Zone • US embassy in Baghdad • US Congress • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy • political strategy

 Green Zone
 Strike Kills 2
 in Sandstorm 

Violence comes after al-Sadr's plea to end fighting

Apr 27, 08 6:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hidden in a sandstorm, militants struck the US-protected Green Zone in Baghdad today and killed at least two Iraqis, the Los Angeles Times reports. The mortar or rocket attack, which also wounded 25, came just 2 days after influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered members of his Mahdi Army to end... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Sadr City • Baghdad • Mahdi Army • Green Zone • Shiite insurgents • Muqtada al-Sadr

Iraqi PM:
No Elections
for Militias

Mahdi Army must disband, Maliki says,
or lose political power

Apr 7, 08 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Muqtada al-Sadr and his loyalists will be banned from upcoming elections if the Mahdi Army doesn't disband, Nouri al-Maliki said today, in his toughest rhetoric yet against the popular cleric. Sadrists say the Iraqi PM has no constitutional power to make that threat, but even if lawmakers succeed in banning... More »

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Iraq • Sadr City • Mahdi Army • Green Zone • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraq government • Sadrists • Iraqi militias • Muqtada al-Sadr

 Baghdad Curfew Lifted;
 Basra Violence Slows 

Move comes a day after Sadr ordered militants to stand down

Mar 31, 08 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Baghdad authorities lifted a 3-day-old curfew today as violence ebbed and soldiers from Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army began to heed his call yesterday to stand down, reports the AFP. The southern city of Basra also eased its curfew as 6 days of violent clashes wound down, although the BBC reported... More »

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Baghdad • Green Zone • Basra • curfew • ceasefire • Muqtada al-Sadr • mortar attack

Petraeus: Iran Behind
Green Zone Attack

General: Tehran equipped and trained Iraqi insurgents

Mar 24, 08 4:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gen. David Petraeus says Iran was behind yesterday's mortar attack on Baghdad's Green Zone, the BBC reports. Tehran trained, equipped, and funded the insurgents who carried out the attack, he said. "All of this in complete violation of promises made by President Ahmadinejad and the other most senior Iranian... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Baghdad • Green Zone • David Petraeus • al Quds Force • Iranian Revolutionary Guard

updated

 Easter Bombings in
 Iraq Kill at Least 57 

Al-Qaeda bomber kills 13 in Mosul, while rockets hit Green Zone

Mar 23, 08 6:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite a yearlong decline in violence in Iraq, a series of attacks on Easter Sunday killed at least 57, reports the AP. In the most severe, a suicide car bomber killed at least 13 Iraqi soldiers and wounded 42 people at a military base in Mosul, an al-Qaeda holdout. A... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Baghdad • Green Zone • US embassy in Baghdad • Mosul • Shiite militia • Shiite cleric • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Cheney Makes Surprise Visit
to Baghdad

Promises 'unwavering commitment' of US as war begins 6th year

Mar 17, 08 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Leading Iraq war architect Dick Cheney made an unannounced visit to Baghdad today, beginning a nine-day Middle East tour by promising Iraq the "unwavering commitment of the United States in finishing the difficult work that lies ahead." John McCain, traveling as a member of the Senate Armed Services... More »

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Iraq • John McCain • Dick Cheney • Middle East • Baghdad • Green Zone • Nouri al-Maliki • David Petraeus • Ryan Crocker • Jalal Talabani • Iraq war

Ahmadinejad
to Visit Iraq

First-ever trip by an Iranian prez upsets Sunnis, poses security risk to hosts

Mar 1, 08 7:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will fly to Baghdad Sunday to meet with Iraqi president Jalal Talabani, the first state visit ever by an Iranian president, the BBC reports. Sunni Iraqi leaders expressed outrage over the visit, which also comes a day after the US claimed further evidence of Iranian meddling in the... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Taliban • Tehran • Baghdad • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Green Zone • US military • Jalal Talabani • Shiite insurgents • Sunni leaders • explosively formed penetrators • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Militias Shell Green Zone
in Baghdad

Assault on US-protected compound
could hurt al-Sadr's credibility

Feb 23, 08 1:57 PM CST
(Newser) - A volley of rockets or mortar rounds hit Iraq’s Green Zone today, causing no injuries except perhaps to the credibility of a Shiite militia cease-fire extended just one day ago. The AP reports that nearly 10 explosions were heard inside the zone, which houses the American embassy, Iraqi government... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • troop surge • Green Zone • US military • Sunnis • Shiite militia • Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council • Muqtada al-Sadr

Iraq Splinters
as Surge
Quells Violence

Government holds
no sway over 'highly decentralized situation'

Dec 10, 07 2:21 PM CST
(Newser) - The US troop surge has stemmed the bloodshed of Iraq's civil war but has failed in its other key objective of rebuilding the fragmented country into a cohesive nation. Ten months into the surge, Iraq has further splintered into sectarian strongholds run by warlords and militias, while the government's bickering... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Green Zone • Iraqi interim government • Shiite militia • Iraq Civil War • Iraq war

Diplomats Raise Stink Over Iraq Assignments

'Potential death sentence’ in required postings, staffers say

Oct 31, 07 5:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Foreign service officers vented anger today over the State Department's plan to require some to serve in Iraq, chewing out their director in a meeting. One senior officer called the “directed assignments”—which could force diplomats to take postings in Baghdad or outlying provinces—a “potential death... More »

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Iraq • Green Zone • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • foreign service • town hall meeting

Diplomats to
Be Ordered to Serve in Iraq

Lack of volunteers spurs biggest call-up since Vietnam War

Oct 27, 07 7:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lacking volunteers for dozens of vacancies at the US Embassy in Baghdad, the State Department is set to order its diplomats to serve one-year postings in Iraq. Those selected for the postings will be notified Monday; if not enough take the bait, assignments will be made mandatory, on pain of ... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Green Zone • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • diplomat • Vietnam War • US Embassy in Iraq

Washington Post Reporter Killed in Iraq

Shot taking photos in embattled neighborhood

Oct 15, 07 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Washington Post correspondent in Iraq was killed yesterday reporting from one of the  most volatile neighborhoods in Baghdad. Iraqi Salih Saif Aldin, 32, was shot in the head while taking photographs of burned-out homes. US news organizations rely heavily on Iraqi correspondents willing to  brave the hazards outside the... More »

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Iraq • Mahdi Army • Green Zone • Washington Post • journalists killed • Tikrit • Salih Saif Aldin • Sadiyah • Sudarsan Raghavan • Al Iraq Al Yawm • David E. Hoffman

US Ignored Blackwater Warnings

Immunity for guards was 'a bomb that could go off at any time'

Oct 7, 07 8:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The White House ignored signals about Blackwater and other private mercs for years, rejecting the idea that they were "a bomb that could go off at any time," the Los Angeles Times reports. One official says that contract guards blatantly smashed property and scared Iraqis, then argued that... More »

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Iraq • Green Zone • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Blackwater • contractors • diplomat • immunity

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