Tag: #GreenZone
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Iraq names new PM as rockets hit base hosting foreign troops
Baghdad, March 17 (AFP/APP): Iraq’s president on Tuesday named pro-Western lawmaker and former Najaf city governor Adnan Zurfi as the next prime minister, tasked with ruling a country hit by military unrest, street protests, and the coronavirus outbreak. The nomination came as Iraq faced two separate rocket attacks, one near the high-security Green Zone in…
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Two rockets hit Iraqi capital’s Green Zone: security source
Baghdad, March 2 (AFP/APP): Two rockets crashed overnight near the US embassy in the Iraqi capital’s Green Zone, a security source said, in the 20th attack against US assets in the country in four months. None of the multiple attacks since October targeting either the Baghdad embassy or the roughly 5,200 US troops stationed across…
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Rocket attack near US embassy in Iraq capital: US military source
Baghdad, Feb 16 (AFP/APP): Multiple rockets hit near the US embassy in Iraq’s capital early Sunday, an American military source said, the latest in a flurry of attacks against US assets in the country. The assault sent warning sirens blaring across the diplomatic compound but it was unclear exactly what was hit and how many…
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Blocking police at checkpoints, Iraqis revel in people power
Baghdad, Nov 8 (AFP/APP): “I’m sorry, I can’t let you through without orders,” said the Iraqi civilian manning the makeshift checkpoint, smirking at the befuddled policeman he had waved down in the capital Baghdad. After a month of defying official curfews and road closures to protest, Iraqis have flipped the rule book. One recent evening,…
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Protests linger in Iraq capital ahead of parliament session
Baghdad, Oct 26 (AFP/APP): Iraqi security forces fired tear gas to force protesters away from Baghdad’s Green Zone Saturday ahead of a planned parliament session, AFP correspondents said, a day after 42 demonstrators were killed. In the capital and across the south, protesters died Friday from live rounds, wounds sustained from tear gas canisters and…