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1. Iraq Protests Continue

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Political protest -- Analysis, Public radio, Activists, Political corruption, Prime ministers, Government resistance, Political issue, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=773305478 BYLINE: JANE ARRAF HOST: DAVID GREENE DAVID GREENE: In Baghdad, Iraq, protesters are gathering for a huge anti-government demonstration. This is the [...]

Published
2019

2. Saddam Hussein still hailed as the hero of Baghdad

Author

Rafhi, Izzeddin and Walker, Dennis

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Presidents -- Public opinion, History, Literature/writing
Abstract

The news media in the West has focused on President Saddam Hussein of Iraq since the beginning of the Gulf Crisis. His regime has received more attention than any other in the world. The Iraqi population recognize that Hussein is unable to keep his people from dying to starvation but many of the people consider him a hero.

Published
1998

3. Letter from Baghdad

Author

Kennedy, Tom

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Social aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Military aspects, Iraq War, 2003- -- Portrayals, Foreign correspondents -- Behavior, Foreign correspondents -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest
Published
2003

4. In Baghdad, Iraqis fear that U.S.-Iranian hostilities will play out on local soil

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Gulf of Oman Tanker Incident, 2019 -- Political aspects -- Military aspects, Iranian foreign relations, United States foreign relations, Iraqi foreign relations, Military operations -- Political aspects, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Louisa Loveluck BAGHDAD -- As tensions soared Friday between the United States and Iran, Iraqis weighed the prospect that their country would once again become a battleground for the [...]

Published
2019

5. Baghdad Attacks: Explosion Hits As Iraqis Head To Polls

Subjects
Elections -- Social aspects, Political violence, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Social aspects
Abstract

To view this video, click here: http://feeds.shadowtv.com/feed/player/D41C22B9-9DE3-9046-E181-F23B217D30DC/sK2HKShIdbn66RpU0gO68TbJez3qyz5C (Exterior shot) DAY BAGHDAD, IRAQ (Medium shot) NBC News' Richard Engel reports. 8:02:38 (:42) (Exterior shot) DAY BAGHDAD BRIEF CUTS: Emergency vehicles in […]

Published
2010

6. Rocket lands near U.S. Embassy inside Baghdad's Green Zone

Author

Salim, Mustafa and El-Ghobashy, Tamer

Subjects
Iraq. Embassy (United States) -- Buildings and facilities, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Iranian foreign relations, United States foreign relations, Iraqi foreign relations, Rocket airplanes -- Political aspects -- Investigations, Public buildings, Company legal issue, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Mustafa Salim;Tamer El-Ghobashy BAGHDAD -- A rocket landed inside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, which houses the sprawling U.S. Embassy, Iraqi security officials said Sunday, in an apparent warning shot [...]

Published
2019

7. Fallout in Kurds' Independence Vote Claims Longtime President of Region

Author

Coker, Margaret

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Autonomy (Political science) -- Forecasts and trends, Kurds -- Political activity, Company public relations, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

BAGHDAD -- The man who led an independence push for the Kurdish region of Iraq for more than a decade announced on Sunday that he would quit as president. The [...]

Published
2017

8. Local politics, Sunni-style

Author

Munro, Neil

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Sunnites -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, Sunnites -- Political activity, Political violence, Government, Political science
Abstract

The intense pressures on Sunni politicians in Baghdad amidst the violence, factionalism and political confusion in Iraq are presented.

Published
2007

9. Baghdad days: making sense of postwar Iraq is a daunting task because the look of the place keeps changing

Author

Durkin, Tish

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Iraq War, 2003- -- Social aspects, War -- Social aspects, Iraqis -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Government, Political science
Abstract

The author explores the current atmosphere in Iraq. Many Iraqis are grateful for their liberation by the Americans, even some Islamic fundamentalists who are now freer to participate in religious activities. Some want the Americans to leave quickly, others want them to stay and restore order.

Published
2003

10. Dispatch From Baghdad

Author

Kitfield, James

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Iraq War, 2003- -- Political aspects, War -- Political aspects, General interest, Political science
Published
2010

11. Go Down In Iraq, But Go Long

Author

Zakaria, Fareed

Subjects
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Evaluation -- Political aspects -- Military aspects, Sunnites -- Political activity -- Political aspects -- Military aspects, Shiites -- Political activity -- Military aspects -- Political aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects
Published
2007

12. Baghdad's New Owners; Shiites now dominate the once mixed capital, and there is little chance of reversing the process

Author

Dehghanpisheh, Babak and Kaplow, Larry

Subjects
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Evaluation -- Political aspects -- Statistics -- Military aspects, Sunnites -- Crimes against -- Political activity, Civilian casualties -- Statistics -- Military aspects -- Political aspects, Shiites -- Political activity -- Crimes against, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects
Published
2007

13. Summer in Baghdad.'

Subjects
Legislators -- Evaluation -- Political aspects, Parliamentary government -- Evaluation -- Political aspects, Sunnites -- Political aspects, Shiites -- Political aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects
Abstract

THE Iraqi parliament's decision to adjourn until September 4 gives an easy sound bite to American advocates of withdrawal from Iraq. 'Why should our soldiers fight and die in 120-degree […]

Published
2007

14. The Back-Street Front Lines

Author

Robinson, Linda

Subjects
United States. Army -- Military aspects, Military maneuvers, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Military aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects
Published
2007

16. Welcome to beautiful Baghdad

Author

Lowdown, Hightower

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Evaluation, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Veterans -- Aims and objectives, Web sites -- Evaluation, Partisanship -- Evaluation, Company Web site/Web page, Health, Psychology and mental health
Published
2006

17. 'We might be killed'

Author

Ozernoy, Ilana and Saleh, Amer

Subjects
Small business -- Economic aspects, Small business -- Iraq, Iraqis -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Insurgency -- Analysis, Insurgency -- Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Social aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Economic aspects, Small business, SOHO
Published
2004

18. A separate peace

Author

Ozernoy, Ilana

Subjects
Street fighting (Military science) -- Military aspects, Street fighting (Military science) -- Political aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Military aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects
Published
2004

19. The 'wolf' who would be king

Author

Liu, Melinda

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Muhammad Mohsen Zubaidi, a former Iraqi exile who slipped back into Baghdad, Iraq, even as regime was collapsing, began acting like the power broker in Baghdad after the liberation. Zubaidi, who was a secret agent, and ran networks of informants and saboteurs inside Iraq to bring down the Saddam regime, is aiming to run Baghdad.

Published
2003

20. Baghdad Blues

Author

Mazzetti, Mark and Grossman, Elaine M.

Subjects
Postwar reconstruction -- Planning, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Military aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Economic aspects, Company business planning
Published
2003

22. Arab League Holds Summit In Baghdad

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Summit meetings -- Conferences, meetings and seminars -- Political aspects, General interest, Arab League -- Conferences, meetings and seminars -- Political aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=149512233 This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm David Greene. And I'm Renee Montagne. Foreign ministers of the Arab League are meeting [...]

Published
2012

23. Iraq under sanctions: little has changed in 10 years

Subjects
United States. Department of Defense -- Reports -- Evaluation -- Political activity, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, United States -- Military policy, Iraq -- Economic aspects, International relations -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects -- Reports, Sanctions (International law) -- Evaluation -- Economic aspects -- Reports -- Political aspects, Business, Economics, Business, international, United Nations -- Political activity -- Reports -- Political aspects -- Evaluation
Abstract

Baghdad and its enemies at home and abroad marked the 10th anniversary of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on 2 August with little prospect of any change in the tough [...]

Published
2000

24. Baghdad's middle-class Sunnis prefer militants to al-Maliki

Author

Hauslohner, Abigail

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Prime ministers -- Social policy, Terrorist organizations -- Political activity, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Abigail Hauslohner BAGHDAD - The Sunni worshipers who visit the main mosque in this relatively affluent neighborhood of west Baghdad are a far cry from Islamist extremists. 'We are [...]

Published
2014

25. Tensions mount between Baghdad and Kurdish region as Kurds seize oil fields

Author

Hauslohner, Abigail

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Casualties, Political violence -- Investigations -- Casualties -- Political aspects, Kurds -- Political activity -- Investigations -- Political aspects -- Casualties, Oil fields -- Control -- Political aspects -- Casualties -- Investigations, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Abigail Hauslohner BAGHDAD - Iraqi Kurds seized control of two oil fields on Friday, vowing to use the oil to meet Kurdish consumption needs and raising tensions between the [...]

Published
2014

26. Iraqi Forces to Take Over Baghdad Security

Subjects
Armed Forces -- Safety and security measures, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Military aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94809861 MICHELE NORRIS, host: From NPR News, this is All Things Considered. I'm Michele Norris. Next month, the Iraqi government will take control [...]

Published
2008

27. No End in Sight to Sadr City Battles

Subjects
Violence -- Social aspects, Armistices, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Social aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89476108 ROBERT SIEGEL, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel. MICHELE NORRIS, host: And I'm Michele Norris. Today [...]

Published
2008

28. Violence, Political Rifts Erupt in Iraq

Subjects
Bombings -- Iraq, Bombings -- Casualties, Sunnites -- Political activity, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Social aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12430103 MELISSA BLOCK, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block. Thunderous blasts from at least three car bombs [...]

Published
2007

29. Baghdad Residents: Early Pullout a Disaster

Subjects
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Influence, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Military aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Social aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11959144 MICHELE NORRIS, host: In Baghdad, Iraqis are largely unaware of the political jostling that's going on here in the U.S. Their main [...]

Published
2007

30. Leader of Iraqi Parliament is Forced Out of Post

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10947951 MICHELE NORRIS, host: In Baghdad today, the Iraqi parliament voted to oust its outspoken speaker. Mahmoud Mashhadani is a leader of the [...]

Published
2007

31. A new kind of dictatorship

Author

Hussein, Adnan

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Prime ministers -- Influence, Dictatorship -- Analysis, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

After 30 years or so of roaming in exile, moving from Lebanon to Cyprus, then Damascus, Syria, and landing at last in London, I returned to Iraq just two years [...]

Published
2013

32. What (and who) lies on the cutting room floor in Baghdad

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Date (Fruit) -- Recipes and menus, Bodybuilding -- Social aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Prime ministers -- Political activity, Business, international
Abstract

The long knives come out in Baghdad In principle, the idea of streamlining the Iraqi government and making it more efficient is a capital one. But the reforms being pursued [...]

Published
2015

33. Calls For Kurdish Independence From Baghdad

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Kurdistan -- Political aspects, Kurds -- Political aspects -- Political activity, General interest
Abstract

MELISSA BLOCK' IdRef='1' Descriptor='Host:From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block. ROBERT SIEGEL' IdRef='2' Descriptor='Host:In Iraq today, insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at a bus filled with Iraqi [...]

Published
2005

34. Who rules in Baghdad?

Author

Cockburn, Patrick

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Military aspects, United States -- Military policy, Military occupation -- Public opinion, Military occupation -- Analysis, Politicians -- Safety and security measures, Politicians -- Travel, Literature/writing, Publishing industry
Abstract

The unpopularity of the U.S. military occupation of Iraq has been a fundamental political fact in Iraq which American and British officials fail to recognize. Visiting dignitaries to Baghdad seldom realize the massive effort to protect them and to provide an impression of normalcy. The U.S. military is still the dominant military power in the country but there are militants that will be difficult to eliminate.

Published
2008

35. Nowhere to hide: Patrick Cockburn in Iran

Author

Cockburn, Patrick

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Social aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Military aspects, Bush doctrine -- Analysis, Literature/writing, Publishing industry
Published
2007

37. Provincial election law left undecided in Iraq

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Election law -- Political aspects, Provincial governments -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: NYT Baghdad -- Iraqi legislators failed to come to an agreement on a provincial election law before adjourning for Parliament's month-long summer recess yesterday, leaving the matter unresolved for [...]

Published
2008

40. Iraqi Political Crisis Grows

Author

Yacoub, Sameer N..

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Cabinet officers -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Cabinet officers -- Political activity, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2007

41. Suicide bomber kills 13 at Iraqi police post

Author

Greenwell, Megan

Subjects
Al-Qaeda -- Military aspects, Suicide bombings, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Military aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects
Published
2007

44. Iraqi official warns of chaos if U.S. troops leave

Author

Susman, Tina

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Military aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Iraq War, 2003- -- Political aspects, Troop withdrawal -- Political aspects, Foreign ministers -- Political activity, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2007

45. Blasts kill 70 students; U.N. says 34,000 Iraqis died in '06

Author

Daragahi, Borzou

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Military aspects, United Kingdom -- Political aspects, United Kingdom -- Military aspects, Bombings -- Iraq, Bombings -- United Kingdom, Bombings -- Casualties, Bombings -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2007

47. In Baghdad, a Courtroom for U.S. Troops

Author

Von Zielbauer, Paul

Subjects
Company legal issue, Military personnel -- Cases -- Political aspects, Manslaughter -- Cases -- Political aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects
Abstract

In a musty courtroom overlooking a weed-choked lake created on orders from Saddam Hussein, Specialist Nathan B. Lynn and Sgt. Milton Ortiz Jr. sat quietly in a military hearing known […]

Published
2006

48. Dozens of Security Force Recruits Are Killed by Iraqi Insurgents

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Bombings -- Iraq -- Political aspects, Insurgency -- Iraq -- Political aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects
Abstract

At least 40 Iraqi civilians and security force recruits were either killed or found dead on Monday, the Iraqi authorities said, as insurgents unleashed a wave of car bombs across […]

Published
2006

49. Deadly clashes continue in Sunni area of Baghdad

Author

Daragahi, Borzou and Aziz, Shamil

Subjects
Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Military aspects, Baghdad, Iraq (City) -- Political aspects, Sunnites -- Military aspects, Sunnites -- Political aspects, Shiites -- Military aspects, Shiites -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2006

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