Faced with death, choice is life
When the U.S. government put up the money for a new TV network in Iraq in early 2004, one of its first recruits was Mahmoud Fouad, 35, who was assigned...
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Faced with death, choice is life
BAGHDAD — When the U.S. government put up the money for a new TV network in Iraq in early 2004, one of its first recruits was Mahmoud Fouad, 35, who...
Beer on bridge a sign of the times
First in an occasional series BAGHDAD—Every evening at dusk, men gather on the Jadriyah Bridge spanning the Tigris River and turn it into an impromptu bar. It's a sign of...
Sadr takes break from politics, cites failures
Iraq's elusive Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr has decided to drop out of politics for the time being because his disillusionment with the political scene in Iraq has left him sick...
After flight, Iraq fugitive back in fray
Eight months after Aiham Alsammarae escaped from a Baghdad jail and returned to his home in suburban Chicago, an Iraqi judge has thrown the book at him, sentencing the former...
No. 1 question: How to deal with Sadr?
As Saddam Hussein's neck was slipped into the hangman's noose, a voice in the background cried out loud and clear: "Moqtada, Moqtada, Moqtada!" That Hussein plunged to his death with...
Hussein’s end brings condemnation, praise
Iran rejoiced, Saudi Arabia disapproved, Europe stood aloof, and Afghanistan fretted that the execution of Saddam Hussein had occurred on a Muslim holy day more typically associated with forgiveness. Around...
Israel suspends air raids
Israel agreed late Sunday to suspend aerial attacks in southern Lebanon for up to 48 hours after one of its air strikes killed more than 50 civilians, most of them...
Rice makes surprise visit to Beirut
Making an unannounced visit to Beirut, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday refused a Lebanese government request to press Israel for an immediate cease-fire in their intensifying war...
Israeli troops mass at border
Israel's military leaders Friday readied its army and people for intense ground battles in southern Lebanon by massing troops at the border, calling up thousands of reservists and characterizing the...