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  • May 2007

    • Cheney Drops In On Baghdad

      newser  |  BBC  |  May 9, 07 6:27 AM CDT

      Cheney Drops In On Baghdad

      Vice President Dick Cheney made a surprise visit to Baghdad this morning, hours after the White House alerted 35,000 more troops of impending deployment to the fractious capital. Cheney met with top general David Petraeus and top envoy Ryan Crocker, and is expected to consult with PM Maliki and other top officials today. It's his second trip to Iraq as VP. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • David Petraeus  • Dick Cheney  • Ryan Crocker  • Kurdistan

  • April 2007

    • Baghdad Blasts Claim Nearly 200 LIives

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 19, 07 7:35 AM CDT

      Baghdad Blasts Claim Nearly 200 LIives

      Nearly 200 people were killed, and more than 200 injured, by five apparently coordinated explosions that rocked Baghdad yesterday. It was the deadliest day since the U.S. troop surge in the besieged capital, and a chilling backdrop to an announcement by PM al-Maliki that Iraqis will be completely in charge of the country by 2008. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • troop surge  • bombing  • security  • explosion

    • Explosion Rocks Iraqi Parliament

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 12, 07 7:39 AM CDT

      Explosion Rocks Iraqi Parliament

      An explosion hit a restaurant inside the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad today, killing two members of parliament, wounding dozens and creating chaos in the capitol. The blast occurred when many MPs were having lunch, on a day when parliament was in session. The parliament building is deep within Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone. More »

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      Iraq  • terrorism  • Baghdad  • bombing  • violence  • Green Zone  • Iraqi Parliament  • Mahmoud Mashhadani

    • Mosque Raid Ignites Baghdad Battle

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 11, 07 5:48 AM CDT

      Mosque Raid Ignites Baghdad Battle

      Iraqi soldiers who raided a Baghdad mosque during worship set off an all-day battle yesterday the New York Times calls the most sustained fighting since the start of the new security plan. US troops and Iraqi soldiers fought Sunni militants joined by residents in the largely Sunni Ineighborhood of Fadhil. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • Sunni  • violence  • militant

    • Baghdad No Safer 2 Months Into Surge

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 9, 07 1:40 PM CDT

      Baghdad No Safer 2 Months Into Surge

      Baghdad is no more stable than it was before the American troop surge, the Times reports. With death squads trying to stay off the radar, sectarian executions have dropped in some corners of the city. But executions have given way to increased car bombings, chlorine gas attacks, and the burning of local shops and homes. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • troop surge  • American troops  • violence  • security

    • Officer Walls Sects Apart in Baghdad

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 5, 07 11:34 AM CDT

      Officer Walls Sects Apart in Baghdad

      Lt. Col. Jeff Peterson is trying to pacify Baghdad one wall at a time, erecting concrete barriers around Sunni and Shiites neighborhoods in the sector of the city he controls. Each mini-community has its own market, mosque, and generator. It's a controversial strategy most often used during civil wars, the Journal notes—and thus flies in the face of official U.S. policy. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • US Army  • military  • Shiite  • Sunni  • military strategy

    • The Surge Is Our Last Stand

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 3, 07 3:37 PM CDT

      The Surge Is Our Last Stand

      "We are in a position of strategic peril," says a retired general who's just back from Bagdhad in a blunt, sobering piece in the L.A. Times . Barry McCaffrey, now at West Point, urges support of the surge and the new strategy to secure Baghdad without  sugar coating the prospects for success, which are grim. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • US Army  • troop surge  • American troops  • timetable

    • Baghdad Merchants Beg to Differ With McCain

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 3, 07 7:45 AM CDT

      Baghdad Merchants Beg to Differ With McCain

      Of course John McCain found Baghdad's central market perfectly safe during his weekend visit: He came with 100 soldiers in armored Humvees, backed by attack helicopters and sharpshooters. In a follow-up visit, Kirk Semple of the New York Times found merchants  incredulous at the Congressional delegation's sunny description of the security situation there. More »

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      Iraq  • John McCain  • election 2008  • Congress  • terrorism  • Republicans  • Middle East  • Baghdad  • War on Terror  • sectarian violence  • security  • market  • Humvees

  • March 2007

    • Iraqis Flee on the "Highway From Hell"

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Mar 29, 07 9:49 AM CDT

      Iraqis Flee on the &quot;Highway From Hell&quot;

      Every day, more than a thousand Iraqis risk their lives on a nightmarish journey from Baghdad to crowded, chaotic border crossings into Syria. Ambushes, murders, roadside bombs and kidnappings are common hazards along the 340-mile road   "Highway From Hell." More »

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      Iraq  • kidnapping  • Baghdad  • Syria  • bombing  • war  • refugee  • Jordan

    • Sadr City Safest Spot in Baghdad

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Mar 27, 07 12:54 PM CDT

      Sadr City Safest Spot in Baghdad

      Six weeks into the surge the vast Baghdad slum called Sadr City is the safest and best-run part of  the city—but not because of the stepped-up efforts on the part of government forces.  Moqtada al-Sadr is said to be somewhere in Iran, but his representatives run hospitals, school, courts, police, and mosques. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • American troops  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Mahdi Army  • Sadr City

    • Sunni Baghdad Lies in Ruins as Shiites Rebuild

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Mar 26, 07 12:05 PM CDT

      Sunni Baghdad Lies in Ruins as Shiites Rebuild

      Baghdad's Sunni neighborhoods are in collapse, lacking food, fuel,  electricity and health care even as their Shiite neighbors have regained basic services, Alissa Rubin reports. In Shiite areas, the Mahdi Army fills in for the government by keeping order and organizing resources, but Sunnis now find themselves under attack both from Shiite forces and Sunni insurgents. More »

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      Iraq  • Middle East  • Baghdad  • Islam  • insurgents  • Shiite  • Sunni  • Mahdi Army  • sectarian violence

    • Iraqi Bombers Use Kids to Get Through Checkpoint

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Mar 21, 07 9:00 AM CDT

      Iraqi Bombers Use Kids to Get Through Checkpoint

      Insurgents in Baghdad used two children in the backseat of a car to lower suspicion at an American security checkpoint, then blew up the car, with the children in it.  Once they cleared the checkpoint, the bombers parked near a school, ran from the car, and detonated the bomb, killing the children and three other civilians, and wounding seven. More »

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      Iraq  • Middle East  • Baghdad  • War on Terror  • insurgents  • military  • Shiite  • car bomb

    • Chalabi Rides Surge Back Into Office

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 6, 07 11:04 AM CST

      Chalabi Rides Surge Back Into Office

      Ahmed Chalabi, the former U.S. darling and deputy prime minister spurned by Iraqi voters in the 2005 elections, is back in office. He won a post created as a buffer between residents and the troops pouring into Baghdad for the new security push. Chalabi's new role involves organizing reimbursement for citizens whose property is damaged by counterinsurgency raids. More »

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      Iraq  • Middle East  • Baghdad  • insurgents  • politics

    • Bombers Strike Baghdad Booksellers

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Mar 5, 07 5:26 PM CST

      Bombers Strike Baghdad Booksellers

      A noon car-bomb blast ravaged Baghdad's historic book market, killing dozens of people and wounding over 100. The bomb destroyed many shops, including the venerable Shahbandar cafe, a popular haven for writers. Poet Abdul Baqi Faidhullah said, "Those who did this are like savage machines intent on harvesting souls and killing all bright minds." More »

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      Iraq  • Middle East  • Baghdad  • bombing  • literature

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