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Farewell Camp Victory – Baghdad’s Boomtown, Death Star and OK Corral rolled into one.

By Dominic Di-Natale, World Affairs Contributor There was no better way to arrive at Camp Victory than by the Rhino, an armored bus lined with Kevlar so thick the vehicle’s suspension coils would pop quicker than prom queen’s garter. The Rhino would run from the Green Zone (before it was renamed the IZ) through Baghdad’s affluent neighborhoods and down the airport road that during the height of the violence was ... read more

Dominic Di-Natale

December 3, 2011

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Greg Burke

January 18, 2011 10:08 AM

Christian ‘Genocide’ In The Mideast

[/caption] Christians have been getting pushed out of the Middle East for some time now, but the attacks on them have recently become particularly ferocious. It’s enough to look at the bombing at a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt, on New Year’s Day that left 23 dead, or the brutal siege on St. George Chaldean Church, a Catholic church in Baghdad that killed ... read more



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Greg Burke

January 10, 2011 9:25 AM

Pope To Islamic Countries: Protect Christian Minorities

Pope Benedict made his annual address to diplomats today, and it was anything but diplomatic as he pounded away at countries to respect religious freedom. Calling religious freedom “a fundamental human right,” the Pope pointed to recent attacks on Christian communities in both Iraq and Egypt. He also called for Pakistan to overturn its blasphemy law, saying it ... read more



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Greg Burke

November 3, 2010 8:00 AM

Is Al Qaeda Threat To Christians Serious?

Just days after a brutal attack in a Catholic Church in Baghdad that killed more than 50 people, an Al Qaeda group in Iraq has declared all Christians “legitimate targets,” calling for them to be killed. A group calling itself the Islamic State of Iraq, or ISI, has labeled all Christians “idolators” in an Internet statement, which it also used to dub the Vatican ... read more



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Greg Burke

October 26, 2010 3:14 PM

Vatican Tries To Save Tariq Aziz

While the Catholic Church holds that the death penalty is wrong in nearly all cases, that doesn’t mean the Vatican speaks out publicly in every situation where an execution is scheduled. So that raises the question why the Vatican spokesman, Fr. Federico Lombardi, asked today that Iraq not carry out the death sentence on former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq ... read more



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Malini Wilkes

September 6, 2010 7:58 PM

U.S. Taxpayer Money Creating Jobs – in Iraq

With temperatures still hitting triple digits every day, Ahmed Saad stays busy installing and repairing air conditioners in his western Baghdad shop. He recently expanded his business and added staff after getting a $6,000 loan, thanks to the U.S. Agency for International Development. “Before, there were only two workers,” Saad said in Arabic. “Now I have six ... read more



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Malini Wilkes

August 30, 2010 3:47 PM

Biden in Iraq for Security Changeover Talks

[/caption] With the seven-year combat mission in Iraq coming to an end Tuesday, Vice President Biden has arrived in Baghdad to attend a changeover ceremony and to meet with Iraqi political leaders. He's expected to push them to form a new government, nearly six months after inconclusive elections.  There's widespread concern that the political instability will lead ... read more



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Justin Fishel

August 19, 2010 6:21 PM

U.S. Military Reaches 52K in Iraq

WASHINGTON D.C. -- Almost 24 hours after watching breathless reports from numerous media outlets claiming the combat mission was over in Iraq and only 50,000 soldiers remained, the U.S. military's public affairs department in Baghdad released a statement saying 52,000 troops are still in the country. In addition, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told reporters Thursday ... read more



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Malini Wilkes

July 21, 2010 12:37 PM

What Happens When U.S. Troops Leave Iraq?

The top U.S commander in Iraq is back in Washington for a few days to attend meetings about a critical turning point -- the transition from a military to a civilian-led operation in Iraq. It's an increasing concern among Embassy staff in Baghdad and reconstruction workers stationed at bases across the country. At a news conference Wednesday, Gen. Ray Odierno ... read more



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David Piper

July 1, 2010 11:29 AM

U.S. Military Junk in High Demand in Iraq

There's an old English saying "Where there's muck there's brass" What it means, in a modern Iraqi context is, the huge amounts of junk the U.S. military is giving or throwing away as it prepares to leave the country is worth something to many Iraqis. We sent our Iraqi cameraman along to a Yard sale near Ramadi in central Iraq to film one of them for us. Some ... read more



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David Piper

June 8, 2010 11:12 AM

Iraqi Parliament to Convene but Deadlock

These are troubled times for Iraq. The March elections were supposed to bring in a new dynamic government able to sort out the country's many problems. But instead we have a political vacuum which extremists could exploit. Its the number one issue for everybody involved in wanting to bring stability to this country but one which seems a long way from being ... read more