Read more Green Zone stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1125/green-zone.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:29:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69474/mortars-rock-baghdad-during-bidens-visit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMortar rounds exploded near the US Embassy in downtown Baghdad today during a surprise visit by Joe Biden, the New York Times reports. The vice president was inside the embassy compound when two mortars struck apartment buildings across the street. Two more rounds landed near the compound but didn’t explode,...http://www.newser.com/story/69474/mortars-rock-baghdad-during-bidens-visit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 14:57:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67249/7-bombs-batter-baghdad-95-dead-500-wounded.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScores of people are dead after seven coordinated bombings rocked Baghdad this morning, targeting both government ministries and poor Shia neighborhoods, the New York Times reports. Two huge bombs and three smaller blasts, probably from mortars, went off at the entrance to the fortified Green Zone, while other explosions hit...http://www.newser.com/story/67249/7-bombs-batter-baghdad-95-dead-500-wounded.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 11:54:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66471/uk-contractor-held-in-green-zone-killing-of-2-co-workers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA security contractor working in Iraq has been charged with fatally shooting two of his co-workers in Baghdad’s Green Zone, the Washington Post reports. Danny Fitzsimmons, an employee of British firm ArmorGroup Iraq, has been arrested in the killing of fellow Briton Paul McGuigan and Australian Darren Hoare in an...http://www.newser.com/story/66471/uk-contractor-held-in-green-zone-killing-of-2-co-workers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Aug 2009 10:33:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63181/parade-jubilation-follow-us-pullout-of-iraqi-cities.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIraq held its first full military parade since the fall of Saddam today—now known as Sovereignty Day—to celebrate the official withdrawal of US troops from cities and towns. The proceedings took place inside the Green Zone and were screened on television, but several media outlets, including the New...http://www.newser.com/story/63181/parade-jubilation-follow-us-pullout-of-iraqi-cities.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 7:17:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56567/shells-hit-baghdads-green-zone-after-3-month-lull.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSuspected militants shelled Baghdad's protected Green Zone today in the first such bombardment in more than 3 months. The back-to-back strikes reverberated across the Tigris River to a popular promenade, sending families packing up from fish restaurants and abruptly halting a party at a club. No casualties or damage have...http://www.newser.com/story/56567/shells-hit-baghdads-green-zone-after-3-month-lull.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Apr 2009 16:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/46772/green-zone-turned-over-to-iraqis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe heart of the US occupation in Iraq was returned to Iraqi control at midnight last night, the Washington Post reports. Iraqi soldiers now control checkpoints leading to the heavily fortified Green Zone enclave in Baghdad. American troops and workers have moved out of many buildings, including the former palace...http://www.newser.com/story/46772/green-zone-turned-over-to-iraqis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Jan 2009 8:55:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/32779/iraqi-visits-much-ado-but-few-epiphanies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLawmakers have been flocking to Iraq to assess the situation on the ground, as Barack Obama is about to do, but the visits rarely result in any revelations for them, writes Karen DeYoung in the Washington Post . The itineraries are fairly routine by now—meet the generals, the troops, and...http://www.newser.com/story/32779/iraqi-visits-much-ado-but-few-epiphanies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Jul 2008 11:45:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25847/green-zone-strike-kills-2-in-sandstorm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHidden in a sandstorm, militants struck the US-protected Green Zone in Baghdad today and killed at least two Iraqis, the Los Angeles Times reports. The mortar or rocket attack, which also wounded 25, came just 2 days after influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered members of his Mahdi Army to end...http://www.newser.com/story/25847/green-zone-strike-kills-2-in-sandstorm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 27 Apr 2008 18:35:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23709/iraqi-pm-no-elections-for-militias.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMuqtada al-Sadr and his loyalists will be banned from upcoming elections if the Mahdi Army doesn't disband, Nouri al-Maliki said today, in his toughest rhetoric yet against the popular cleric. Sadrists say the Iraqi PM has no constitutional power to make that threat, but even if lawmakers succeed in banning...http://www.newser.com/story/23709/iraqi-pm-no-elections-for-militias.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Apr 2008 8:32:00 CDT