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Baghdad gets make-over as repairs kindle guarded optimism
Reuters via Yahoo News· 10 months agoLiving in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City suburb for the past 15 years, Khodr Abbas, 73, had to walk...
Shock and awe: Robert Fisk’s dispatch as bombs rained down on Baghdad
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoFROM THE ARCHIVE: The Iraq war began 20 years ago with a night of bombing on capital Baghdad – and...
Historic Iraq-Iran railway link ready in 18 months -Iraq transport adviser
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIraq hopes to complete its first railway link with neighbouring Iran within 18 months, largely to...
Locals honor Boise man for sacrifice during war
The Courier via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA dump truck full of explosives sped toward a patrol base south of Baghdad. John Borbonus opened fire on it, killing the driver, causing it to veer off...
Wedding hall fire kills at least 100 people, injures 150 more in northern Iraq
KREX articles via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBAGHDAD (AP) — A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq killed at least 100 people and injured 150...
18 people have been killed in Iraq after a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims to Karbala overturned
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA bus carrying pilgrims to the Iraqi city of Karbala overturned north of Baghdad on Saturday,...
Nikki Sixx once claimed that Mötley Crüe were in secret negotiations with the US State Department to...
Louder Sound via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMotley Crue backstage in 2005. As any history buff will tell you, a coalition led by the US invaded...
Fire tears through wedding hall in Iraq, leaves almost 100 dead
CBS News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA fire tore through a wedding venue in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least 93 people and...
Here's how some Iraqis help dig up and disable thousands of bombs that are still buried in Iraq...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThousands of improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, are still buried in Iraq after the war with...
Islamic State attack kills one Iraqi soldier north of Baghdad
Reuters via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoThe attack took place in the town of Tarmiya, 25 km (15 miles) north of Baghdad, the ministry said. Islamic State formally claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it killed one soldier ...