10 February 2012, 11:00 am
We asked, and you answered. The entries are pouring in to the Loop’s contest to figure out what in the heck the United States should do with that massive embassy complex sitting in Baghdad, now that we’re... ahem, scaling back there . Read full article >>... Read More »
10 February 2012, 5:40 am
* New Gulf outlet due to start on Sunday * South oilfield exports to rise to 1.9 bpd BAGHDAD, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Iraq aims to boost oilexports by 200,000 barrels per day next month after it opens upa new ...... Read More »
8 February 2012, 5:10 pm
The State Department has asked each component of the massive U.S. diplomatic mission in Baghdad to analyze how a 25 percent cut would affect operations, part of a rapidly moving attempt to save money and establish what a top official on Wednesday called “a more normalized embassy presence.” Read... Read More »
8 February 2012, 9:56 am
So, the inevitable has occurred: Following the withdrawal of troops, the American diplomatic presence in Baghdad may be cut drastically , making the massive, $750 million New Embassy Compound a monstrous white elephant. Read full article >>... Read More »
31 January 2012, 1:05 pm
Kimberly Dozier, a 1993 University of Virginia alumna, will be honored with the 2012 UVa. Distinguished Alumna Award. In 2006, while preparing a story in Baghdad for CBS News, she was seriously injured when a nearby car bomb exploded.... Read More »
26 January 2012, 4:03 am
Iraqi officials say a suicide attack on a Baghdad Shiite district has killed 26 people.... Read More »
26 January 2012, 1:00 am
BAGHDAD — Three bombs exploded around the home of two policemen south of Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing nine people inside, including two babies less than 6 months old, an Iraqi security official said. Read full article >>... Read More »
23 January 2012, 10:05 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) - A wave of car bombings hit the Iraq capital on Tuesday, killing 14 people and wounding more than 70 as violence surges in the country amid an escalating political crisis a month after the U.S. military withdrawal.... Read More »
15 January 2012, 8:17 am
The Iraqi judiciary says a court in Baghdad has ruled that the Sunni vice president must stand trial on terror charges in Baghdad, not the northern city of Kirkuk.... Read More »
12 January 2012, 1:00 pm
BAGHDAD — Four U.S. Embassy workers driving through Baghdad were stopped and detained by Iraqi security forces for two hours Thursday, a day after the embassy warned that some American citizens working here had been held for days over “discrepancies in permits and paperwork.” Read full article... Read More »
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