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Iranian outmaneuvers U.S. in Iraq
Iranian Brig. Gen. Qassem Suleimani has ensured the election of pro-Iranian politicians, met frequently with Iraqi leaders, and backed Shiite elements in the Iraqi security forces. His behind-the-scenes role illustrates how President Bush's decision to topple Saddam Hussein enabled Iran to extend its influence in Iraq. | 04/28/08 15:52:00 By - Hannah Allam, Jonathan S. Landay and Warren P. Strobel
Iraqi troops free British hostage held by militants
Richard Butler, a photographer who was on assignment for CBS, appeared to be in good condition in Iraqi television footage that showed him smiling broadly as jubilant Iraqi officials embraced him and celebrated the rescue, a sorely needed morale boost for the country's beleaguered security forces. | 04/14/08 09:58:00 By - Hannah Allam
United States blamed for assassination of Sadr aide
Followers of the renegade cleric Muqtada al Sadr chanted anti-American slogans and vowed revenge for the assassination Friday of Sadr's top aide in Najaf, where outrage over the killing threatens to spiral into the second deadly uprising in southern Iraq in a month. | 04/11/08 18:40:00 By - Qassim Zein and Hannah Allam
Low-power air conditioners are hot items in Baghdad
Khalida Waleed has no idea who designed the new low-power air-conditioning unit she bought for her family a few weeks ago, but she knows what she would do if she ever met the mystery engineer. "I'd kiss him!" she said, fluttering her eyelashes in a mock swoon. | 04/11/08 16:28:00 By - Hannah Allam
Roadside bomb kills 4, brings U.S. deaths in Iraq to 4,000
The deaths came after a day of mayhem that included rocket and mortar attacks on the Green Zone, where the U.S. presence is headquartered. | 03/24/08 08:12:02 By - Hannah Allam and Leila Fadel
Cheney again links Iraq invasion to 9/11 attacks
Cheney gave an upbeat review of Iraqi events as mourners buried the victims of Monday's suicide bombing and a long anticipated national reconciliation conference quickly dissolved into stalemate. | 03/18/08 17:20:00 By - Hannah Allam and Laith Hammoudi
Cheney cites 'phenomenal' Iraqi security progress as bombing kills 40
Vice President Dick Cheney made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Monday and credited Iraqi leaders and a massive U.S. troop build-up with security improvements he described as "phenomenal" after meetings with U.S. military commanders and Iraqi politicians. | 03/17/08 00:10:00 By - Hannah Allam and Qassim Zein
Fact-finder McCain visits Baghdad
Republican presidential candidate John McCain made his eighth trip to Iraq on Sunday, this time holding private talks with U.S. and Iraqi officials about security developments at the end of a bloody week marked by a spike in U.S. troop deaths and a new wave of suicide bombings. | 03/16/08 17:42:00 By - Hannah Allam and Yasseen Taha
5 years after Iraq's 'liberation,' there are worms in the water
Five years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Iraqis still swelter in the summer and freeze in the winter because of a lack of electricity. Government rations are inevitably late, incomplete or expired. Garbage piles up for days, sometimes weeks, emanating toxic fumes. | 03/16/08 18:00:00 By - Hannah Allam
Severed fingers of 5 hostages given to U.S. officials in Iraq
U.S. authorities in Baghdad have received five severed fingers belonging to four Americans and an Austrian who were taken hostage more than a year ago in Iraq. | 03/12/08 17:46:00 By - Hannah Allam
Severed fingers of 5 hostages held in Iraq delivered to U.S.
U.S. authorities in Baghdad have received five severed fingers belonging to four Americans and an Austrian who were taken hostage more than a year ago in Iraq, officials here said today. | 03/12/08 13:37:54 By - Hannah Allam
8 U.S. troops, 14 Iraqis die in wave of insurgent bombings
Bombers struck four times in Baghdad and at three locations north of the capital Monday with explosions aimed at an array of targets: a U.S. military foot patrol, a hotel in the typically safe Kurdish region, a police station, and civilians near a hospital and a mosque, authorities and witnesses said. | 03/10/08 14:30:00 By - Hannah Allam and Yasseen Taha
Abu Dhabi seeks to build without Dubai's excesses
Tired of playing second fiddle to the shimmering hub next door, Abu Dhabi — which is bigger and wealthier than Dubai — is working hard to reclaim its place as the United Arab Emirates' capital city. With world-renowned architects and highbrow inclinations, Abu Dhabi is emerging as the more sophisticated and responsible emirate. | 02/28/08 16:32:00 By - Hannah Allam
Hezbollah vows revenge for militant's death
Thousands of Shiite Muslims filled the rundown streets of south Beirut on Thursday to mourn Imad Mughniyeh, a man they hailed as the consummate guerrilla warrior for his role in attacks that killed hundreds of Americans and made him one of the world's most wanted terrorist suspects. | 02/14/08 14:53:00 By - Hannah Allam
Ships arrive off Egypt's coast to fix undersea cables
Repair ships arrived off Egypt's Mediterranean coast Tuesday to begin fixing the severed underwater cables that have bedeviled Internet service throughout the Middle East and India since last week. | 02/05/08 16:17:00 By - Hannah Allam
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