Flexing Muscle, Baghdad Detains U.S. Contractors

15 January 2012, 9:52 pm

BAGHDAD -- Iraqi authorities have detained a few hundred foreign contractors in recent weeks, industry officials say, including many Americans who work for the United States Embassy, in one of the first major signs of the Iraqi government's asserting its sovereignty after the American troop withdrawal last month.... Read More »

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