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(AFP) The sign, written in both Arabic and Chinese characters and hoisted above a bland yellow shop front in Baghdad's popular Karrada neighborhood, is hard to miss-"Chinese Restaurant.
A young woman wearing skintight jeans, her hair blowing in the slight breeze, is sweeping the entrance. "Welcome!" she says in halting English. Yan returns inside and joins the three others involved in the venture-all Chinese: her husband Tsao, who owns the restaurant, Lo and Wo. Tsao attends to customers, Lo and Wo do the cooking and Yan handles the...
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FOXNews reporter Courtney Keely reports from Baghdad that the surge is working. Really, it is. Don’t pay attention to the fact that she’s in a Baghdad market surrounded by MORE security than John McCain and every Iraqi she speaks to tells her about the death and destruction all around them.
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nugen 1 year 6 months ago
Baghdad, Dec 30 Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed early Saturday morning.
Saddam's death came four days after an Iraqi court upheld the death sentence handed down after he was convicted for the 1982 massacre in the Iraqi city of Dujail, according to information based on Iraqi television reports.
The hanging took place more than three years after Saddam's regime was toppled by a US-led invasion and after a lengthy Iraq judicial process that resulted in his conviction and sentencing in November.
Since receiving the...
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Andrew Sullivan writes: The commander-in-chief has abandoned an American soldier to the tender mercies of a Shiite militia. Yes, there are nuances here, and the NYT fleshes out the story today. But the essential fact is clear. In a showdown for control of Baghdad, the Iraqi prime minister took orders from Moqtada al-Sadr, and instructed the U.S. military to withdraw from Sadr City. The American forces were trying both to stabilize the city but also to find a missing American serviceman. He is still missing. Money quote from the WaPo:
The move...
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