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It's Saturday night at the Alwiyah Club, and 21-year-old Sarah al-Kimackchy is doing the hip thing — playing bingo.
When Haifa Zangana was captured by Iraq's secret police in 1971, she feared she might never see her friends or family again.
Some worshippers stayed away from mosques Friday, offering their traditional prayers at home. Markets had fewer-than-usual shoppers. Parks were strangely uncrowded — unusual for a hot August day.
Antique dealer Riyadh al-Khafaf has so few customers he hasn't bothered to dust his collection of fine metalware from the early 20th century. Other dealers say they can go for days without seeing even a browser.
American and Iraqi forces arrested suspected suicide bombers and others during targeted sweeps in the hours leading up to last weekend's relatively violence-free provincial elections, the top U.S. commander in Baghdad said on Tuesday.
Baghdad authorities killed more than 200 stray dogs on Sunday, the opening day of a campaign to cull dog packs roaming the capital that was prompted by a spate of fatal attacks on residents.
Iraq plans to build a subway in Baghdad to help cut pollution and ease traffic on the city's chronically clogged streets.
Engineering student Haifaa Salman has discarded the Islamic head cover she started wearing two years ago after militants threatened to "punish" her if she kept showing up at college with her hair uncovered.
Iranian-backed Shiite militiamen who fled U.S.-Iraqi operations in Baghdad hope to return, but the U.S. military is confident they won't receive a warm homecoming, officials said Wednesday.
The mission was to get Simba al-Tikriti out of Iraq and to a new life in Britain.
In just a week, Baghdad has seen a spate of suicide bombings that have killed scores of Iraqis and five U.S. soldiers — among 12 Americans who have fallen in the line of duty during the past three days in Iraq.
The Iraqi parliament building is a former convention center, a place that might host a high school graduation or a health fair in the United States — if somebody cleared the barbed wire and sand bags from the gate.
The head of an Iraqi electricity plant ranted about lack of help from officials in faraway Baghdad. The local governor grumbled about being ignored on project planning.
Dusty books lie on flattened cardboard boxes on a sidewalk buried in litter and building debris. Their vendors hunch their shoulders and sip hot black tea to fend off the cold. What matters is that they're here.
Strings of bulbs festooning the Imam Kazim shrine's four majestic minarets light up the sky over Baghdad's Shiite Kazimiyah neighborhood, attracting thousands of nighttime worshippers.
Rocket and mortar attacks have fallen to their lowest level in nearly two years. Civilian deaths have dropped sharply since summer. Shoppers are venturing out, even in Baghdad's most dangerous neighborhoods.
The portion of Baghdad in which Iraqi security forces are in control with minimal help from the American military has grown only slightly in recent months, to just over 8 percent.
They number only eight, but are caretakers of a story stretching back 2,600 years. Now, it's up to the last Jews of Baghdad to decide whether to remain or flee their ancient home.
Detailed plans for the new U.S. Embassy under construction in Baghdad appeared online Thursday in a breach of the tight security surrounding the sensitive project.
A suicide bomber exploded a tanker truck near a police checkpoint outside a market west of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least two officers and injuring nine people, police said.
The mosque of Imam Kadhim, the most revered Shiite shrine in Baghdad, is a tempting target for Sunni insurgents. To protect it, Iraqi and U.S. troops rely on the Mahdi Army, the same Shiite militia that Washington considers a threat to Iraq's stability.
Jane Stillwater is an unlikely war correspondent. She's 64, a self-described Berkeley "flower child, 40 years later" and broke. So how did this mother of four grown children end up in Baghdad, churning out commentary ranging from shock at Thursday's bombing of the Iraqi parliament cafeteria, to the weirdness of touring Saddam Hussein's bathroom?
U.S. and Iraqi troops on Tuesday finished two weeks of building-by-building sweeps in a Shiite section of Baghdad that had been wracked with sectarian violence, part of a campaign launched this summer to try and pacify the capital.
Iraqi parliament fails to reach election dealBAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi parliament on Sunday failed to resolve an impasse threatening to delay the country's election in January, which could affect the U.S. military's plans for a partial pullout next year.
The Fruits of InterventionIf we had it to do over, would we send an army into Afghanistan to build a nation?
Iraq Pays $85 Million for Magic "Explosives Detectors"-- i.e. Dowsing RodsThe small hand-held wand, with a telescopic antenna on a swivel, is being used at hundreds of checkpoints in Iraq. But the device works "on the same principle as a Ouija board" — the power of suggestion — said a retired United States Air Force officer, Lt. Col.
Dissident Iranians Live In Limbo In Iraq : NPRAn old Middle East aphorism says "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." With the United States and Iran at odds, it should mean warm relations between the United States and the opponents of Tehran.
University blasts in Pakistan and the future of IslamLund, Sweden - When the Taliban attacked the International Islamic University in Pakistan this week, many were shocked that militants were targeting an Islamic school.
Bombings in Iraq, Deadliest Since 2007, Raise Security Issue BAGHDAD — Two synchronized suicide car bombings struck at the heart of the Iraqi government here on Sunday, severely damaging the Justice Ministry and provincial council complexes, leaving a scene of carnage that raised new questions about the government's ability to secure i …
Carnage and corruption in IraqIgnored by the west, Iraqis continue to suffer as the US's 'exit strategy' begins to unravel
Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army"The often overlooked subplot of the wars of the post-9/11 period is their unprecedented scale of outsourcing and privatization," author Jeremy Scahill writes in The Nation.
Baghdad Car Bombs Kill at Least 147"At least 147 people were killed in two car bombings in central Baghdad" on October 25, 2009. Note: The title and article description above were changed on October 26, 2009 to reflect an article update by the Times.
Car bombs targeting Baghdad government kill 91 - Yahoo! NewsAt least 91 peoples are killed in heavy bomb blast in Baghdad. The target of bomb is government office.
Trust quotient needle near zeroBefore we throw caution to the wind and build a new embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan - a la Baghdad - fit for 1,000 employees, let's first acquire a proper understanding of the nature of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship. A majority of Pakistanis believe that Sept.
U.S. Meets Target for Resettling Iraqi RefugeesThe U.S. has made significant strides in its efforts to bring vulnerable Iraqi refugees to safety.
Iraq – The Women's StoryThe invasion of Iraq heralded promises of freedom from tyranny and equal rights for the women of Iraq. But three years on, the reality of everyday life for women inside Iraq is a different story.
48 hours in Baghdad, IraqHome to what many call the Cradle of Civilisation, and whose capital was later immortalised for its splendour and sensuality in tales of the "Arabian Nights," Iraq has millennia of rich history to offer tourists.
Why Is Obama Still Using Blackwater?Two years ago on September 16, 2007, on a steamy hot Baghdad day with temperatures reaching 100 degrees, a heavily-armed Blackwater convoy entered a congested intersection at Nisour Square in the Mansour district of the Iraqi capital.
Court rules that KBR employee's gang rape wasn't a personal injury arising in the workplaceexcerpt: "" In 2005, Jamie Lee Jones was gang-raped by her co-workers while she was working for Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad.
How homophobic gangs use internet to track, torture and kill Iraqi gaysTwo articles: How homophobic gangs use internet to track, torture and kill Iraqi gays Sitting on the floor, wearing traditional Islamic clothes and holding an old notebook, Abu Hamizi, 22, spends at least six hours a day searching internet chatrooms linked to gay websites.
Iraqi shoe-thrower says he was tortured in jailAn Iraqi reporter who hurled his shoes at former American President George W. Bush was released from prison on Tuesday and greeted as a hero as he described how he was tortured in prison.
Who Benefitted from 9/11?On the day of the 9/11 attacks, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was asked what the attack would mean for US-Israeli relations. His quick reply was: "It's very good…. Well, it's not good, but it will generate immediate sympathy (for Israel)."
Iraq frees journalist who threw shoes at BushThe Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush was released from jail on Tuesday, NBC News reported.
Policy Has to Match the SacrificeOn Sept. 3, this newspaper published a very revealing front-page article from Iraq about a bizarre bank-robbery that summed up the challenge of where we are in Baghdad and Kabul and how to think about what it will take to succeed in both places.
Prosecutors in Iraq Case See Pattern by GuardsPrivate security guards who worked for Blackwater repeatedly shot wildly into the streets of Baghdad without regard for civilians long before they were involved in a 2007 shooting episode that left at least 14 Iraqis dead, federal prosecutors charge in a new court document.
Afghanistan proves war even with Obama is uncivilisedAn extensive exposure on what is happening almost on a weekly basis at Camp Sullivan in Kabul, Afghanistan proves that no war can be decent and honourable, even under the Democratic President Obama.
Iraqi woman fears execution, can't stop thinking of gallows - CNN.comIraqi woman fears execution, can't stop thinking of gallows
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