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	Baghdad - Iraq Special Weapons Facilities
		Baghdad is the capital of Iraq and the centre of air, road, and rail transport in the country.
		Baghdad was at the height of its commercial prosperity during the 8th and 9th centuries AD, and between the 8th and 12th centuries, Baghdad was a flourishing center of Arab civilization.
		By the beginning of the 16th century Baghdad's irrigation systen was in dis-repair and the population was reduced to 150,000.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/iraq/facility/baghdad.htm (1498 words)

	AllRefer.com - Baghdad (Iraq Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Baghdad was founded (762) on the west bank of the Tigris by the Abbasid caliph Mansur, who made it his capital.
		Baghdad was captured by the British in 1917, and in 1920 it became the capital of the newly constituted kingdom of Iraq.
		With the onset of the Iran-Iraq War (1980–88), however, Baghdad became a target for Iranian attacks; its economic development stagnated as the oil industry was affected by the war.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Baghdad.html (567 words)

	Baghdad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baghdad (Arabic: بغداد) is the capital of Iraq and the Baghdad Province.
		The city of Baghdad is often said to have been founded on the west bank of the Tigris on 30 July 762 by the Abbasid dynasty, led by caliph al-Mansur; however, the city of Baghdad is mentioned in pre-Islamic texts, including the Talmud.
		In 1534, Baghdad was conquered by the Ottoman Turks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baghdad,_Iraq (1737 words)

	Baghdad -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Baghdad (بغداد) is the (A seat of government) capital of (A republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq; modern government is involved in state-sponsored terrorism) Iraq and the (Click link for more info and facts about Baghdad Province) Baghdad Province.
		Baghdad was bombed heavily in March and April 2003 in the (Click link for more info and facts about 2003 invasion of Iraq) 2003 invasion of Iraq, and fell under US control by April 7-April 9.
		Baghdad sits on the Tigris River at a point where the Tigris is about 50 (A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)) kilometres from the (A river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia) Euphrates River.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/baghdad.htm (1701 words)

	Baghdad
		Baghdad is the capital of Iraq and the center of air, road, and rail transport in the country.
		Baghdad was the seat of the Abbasid caliphate from the 9th to the 13th centuries.
		Baghdad was at the height of its commercial prosperity during the 8th and 9th centuries AD, and between the 8th and 12th centuries, Baghdad was a flourishing center of Arab civilization.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/baghdad.htm (879 words)

	Weather in Baghdad, Iraq, Asia
		The Boston Globe BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. troops killed an estimated 26 suspected militants in Sadr City on Saturday in one of the fiercest clashes in the Shi'ite stronghold since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
		Residents of the east Baghdad slum district, a bastion of fiery Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and...
		The Times Baghdad was shrouded in a sinister orange glow from a scorching dust storm that had just blown in from the desert and settled over the city.
	www.worldnews.com /s/cheetah-weather/index_4323431076315e65a260e8c444eff10e.html (277 words)

	Encyclopedia: Baghdad, Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Within a generation of its founding, Baghdad become a hub of learning and Iran especially from Khorasan.
		Baghdad was one of the largest and most cosmopolitan cities in the world, home to Muslims, Jews and pagans from across the Middle East and Central Asia.
		National Theatre of Iraq – The theatre was looted during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, but efforts are underway to restore the theatre.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Baghdad,-Iraq (1578 words)

	Baghdad, Iraq, Pictures
		Baghdad, capital of Iraq, in central Iraq, on the Tigris River.
		Baghdad is the center of air, road, and railroad transportation in Iraq.
		Baghdad was built by the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur in 762 on the western bank of the Tigris River, opposite an old Iranian village also named Baghdad.
	www.greatestcities.com /Middle_East/Iraq/Baghdad_city_state_capital.html (397 words)

	Chicago Sun-Times - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Three masked gunmen in a speeding Opel assassinated a second lawyer in the Saddam Hussein trial Tuesday, casting doubt on Iraq's ability to try the case and leading a prominent war crimes prosecutor to urge moving the proceedings to another Arab country.
		BAGHDAD, Iraq-- U.S. Marines killed five insurgents and captured 10 others in a city west of Baghdad as American forces there stepped up their campaign to suppress deadly roadside bombs, the U.S. military said Tuesday.
		BAGHDAD, Iraq-- Scores of terrified Iraqis fled a besieged town Sunday, waving white flags and hauling their belongings to escape a second day of fighting between U.S. Marines and al-Qaida militants along the Syrian border.
	www.suntimes.com /index/iraq.html (662 words)

	FOXNews.com - Car Bombs Kill 15 in Baghdad, North Iraq - International News \| News of the World \| Middle East News \| ...
		BAGHDAD, Iraq — A car bomb exploded near a crowded bus stop in eastern Baghdad during morning rush hour on Wednesday, killing 11 people and wounding 27 in a mostly Shiite area, police said.
		But turnover of the security of Baghdad is obviously a piece of the turnover of responsibility of security in all of Iraq to the Iraqi government," Garver said in a telephone interview.
		William Caldwell, the country's top American military spokesman, told reporters in Baghdad on Dec. 5 that the U.S. military expects all of Iraq to be under the control of Iraqi forces by mid-2007.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,236177,00.html (1177 words)

	Baghdad, Iraq
		In Iraq, all roads lead to the capital Baghdad, the City of the Caliphs and birthplace of Sinbad, the famous sailor and prosperous merchant.
		Iraq, after all, is the old, old Mesopotamia of Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, of the glorious sun-burst of
		Nowadays Baghdad, with more than 3.2 million inhabitants, situated in the interior of the country on the river Tigris at the point where land transportation meets river transportation, is a combination of all that is best in old and new.
	www.atlastours.net /iraq/baghdad.html (687 words)

	Baghdad Zoo, Baghdad, Iraq
		As of May 2003 there were about 50 animals, mostly big cats and other carnivores which had been collected at the Baghdad Zoo from four other collections, one public and three private, which had been identified from around the city.
		On 18 September 2003 a US soldier shot and killed a rare Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, after a reportedly drunken soldier tried to feed it through bars in its cage only to be bitten by the Tiger.
		DigitalGlobe imagery of west Baghdad as of 3 November 2002.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/baghdad-zoo.htm (659 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, Iraq was occupied by Britain during the course of World War I; in 1920, it was declared a League of Nations mandate under UK administration.
		Iraq's seizure of Kuwait in August 1990, subsequent international economic sanctions, and damage from military action by an international coalition beginning in January 1991 drastically reduced economic activity.
		Iraq was allowed to export limited amounts of oil in exchange for food, medicine, and some infrastructure spare parts.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/iz.html (1735 words)

	Another attack kills U.S. soldier - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
		BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. soldier was fatally wounded and two others were hurt in a blast near the flashpoint Iraqi town of Ramadi, west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Friday.
		Weisskopf was taken to a military aid station Wednesday in Baghdad and later to a hospital in the city, where he underwent surgery.
		The U.S. military said a soldier from the 1st Armored Division in Baghdad died early Friday of a "non-hostile gunshot wound." There were no further details, and an investigation was under way.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/3674478 (713 words)

	IRAQ NEWS IRAQI NEWS \| HavenWorks.com/world/iraq capital: Baghdad, Republic of Iraq, Al Iraq, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah.
		"Incidents of violence on the road to Baghdad's airport are on the decline.
		"Iraq's parliament is to amend a draft constitution on Wednesday in a bid to defuse sectarian feuding just three days before the text is put to a referendum."...
		"Iraq's National Assembly voted on Wednesday to reverse last-minute changes it had made to rules for next week's referendum on a new constitution following criticism by the United Nations that the rules were unfair to the Sunni minority."...
	havenworks.com /world/iraq (4403 words)

	CNN.com - Sporadic violence doesn't deter Iraqi voters - Jan 31, 2005
		BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Millions of Iraqis cast ballots Sunday in the nation's first free election in half a century -- a vote hailed by officials as a success despite sporadic violence that killed more than two dozen people.
		Prime Minister Tony Blair urged Britain to "embrace the bright future of Iraq's new democracy" after the elections, while expressing condolences to the families of British troops killed in a plane crash north of Baghdad.
		In Baghdad alone, 15,000 U.S. soldiers were on patrol amid travel and weapons bans, and sealed airspace and borders.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/01/30/iraq.main (1586 words)

	The Command Post - Iraq
		BAGHDAD, Iraq — Sunni Arabs and followers of a radical Shiite cleric held protests Friday against federal provisions in Iraq's proposed constitution, as negotiators sought to reach agreement on the charter by next week's deadline.
		A war for the future of Iraq is going on, no doubt about it, but not all of that war is being fought with guns and explosives.
		The New Yorker is reporting that the United States attempted to influence the January elections in Iraq to suppress Iranian influence in Iraq.
	www.command-post.org /iraq_index.html (5630 words)

	Australian Embassy - Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I wish the new leaders and people of Iraq every success in the challenges and tasks ahead, and pledge Australia's assistance and cooperation in those endeavours.
		The paper also seeks to put the issues at stake in Iraq into their profoundly historical context.
		A key aim of this paper is to reconnect debate on Iraq to the fate of the long-suffering Iraqi people.
	www.dfat.gov.au /iraq (260 words)

	U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq
		Today's suicide attack in Baghdad’s Mansour Hotel, as well as numerous other attacks throughout the country, targeted tribal leaders, innocent civilians, Iraqi security forces, and the reconciliation efforts in Iraq.
		The attack aimed at the al-Khillani Mosque on June 19th in downtown Baghdad was a barbaric act aimed at innocent people.
		The solidarity of the Iraqi government and the people of Iraq in standing against this terrorism is an important sign of their courage and commitment to fight extremists.
	iraq.usembassy.gov (834 words)

	CNN.com - Iraq: 200 Baghdad bomb casualties - Mar. 22, 2003
		Mohammad Saeed al-Sahaf was speaking to reporters after a huge barrage of bombs and missiles hit the Iraqi capital Friday evening with sporadic air raid alerts and isolated explosions continuing through the night.
		Iraq's information minister also said the United States is so desperate to show progress that it "kidnapped" thousands of Iraqi civilians and forced them to dress up like soldiers, pretending to surrender to coalition forces in the oil-rich Faw peninsula of southern Iraq.
		On Saturday morning, dozens of U.S. F-14 Tomcat and F-18 Hornet warplanes left two aircraft carriers in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, bound for "leadership structure targets" and communications facilities in western and south-central Iraq, reported CNN Correspondent Gary Strieker, who is embedded on one of the ships, the USS Roosevelt.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/03/22/sprj.irq.war.casualties (726 words)

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		The Iraq war has lasted longer than World War II (as of 11/24/06).
		Strategic failures could be seen starting the day after Baghdad was captured when there was no plan to guard anything by the oil ministry.
		That's the neocon lobby that asked Clinton to attack Iraq, pushed the WMD excuse, pushed for the shock-and-awe campaign and inadequate troop strength—all before 9/11.
	zfacts.com /p/252.html (461 words)

	Iraq Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online
		Baghdad 1944 From Iraq and the Persian Gulf.
		Karbala 1918 "Sketch-plan of Karbala in 1918" from Iraq and the Persian Gulf.
		Tigris and Euphrates Near Baghdad, Ancient and Modern Courses From Iraq and the Persian Gulf.
	www.lib.utexas.edu /maps/iraq.html (2171 words)

	All Iraq Jobs - Security Jobs, Transport Jobs, Construction and Oil jobs in Baghdad & Iraq - All Iraq Jobs
		If you're looking for the right site to find the latest opportunities and positions within Iraq then this is the place for you.
		And if you have vacancies available in Iraq, whether it is full-time or contract, and you want the right people for the job, then did you know your business can post jobs for free - there is no charge for posting job adverts onto the site!
		AllIraqJobs.com would like to remind all prospective candidates that Iraq is clearly a dangerous place, especially for foreign workers, and you should only apply for vacancies once you fully understand the security implications of the role you are wishing to take.
	www.alliraqjobs.com (256 words)

	Wade Hudson - Baghdad Journal / Iraq Peace Team Updates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Wade Hudson, a resident of Boulder Creek, California, is a writer, anti-poverty worker, former mental health counselor, and lifelong community organizer.
		Wade calls to let us know that all IPT members in Baghdad are fine and are planning to stay in Baghdad indefinately.
		Peace Trek, an organization whose mission is to promote global awareness among youth and involve them in activities to create positive change in the world, some of Wade's teammates are with the Iraq Peace Team in through a partnership with Peace Trek.
	inlet.org /wade (1165 words)

	Iraq current local time
		Before making travel plans for a hotel or flight to Baghdad, Iraq or placing a telephone call to Iraq with a phone card or direct dial, or even with an online chat room, it can be useful to understand the difference between locations, so make sure you know the correct and current local time.
		This site specializes in keeping up with local laws and declarations that affect time zone rules and daylight saving time adjustments, so you can always depend on our accuracy.
		A comprehensive list of other locations in addition to Iraq is also available which you can view current time by country name or by city name.
	www.worldtimeserver.com /time.asp?locationid=IQ&city=Baghdad (239 words)

	Current local time in Baghdad - Iraq
		When can I call/have a meeting with someone in Baghdad?
		Show time difference between Baghdad time and other time zones
		UTC is Coordinated Universal Time, GMT is Greenwich Mean Time.
	www.timeanddate.com /worldclock/city.html?n=27 (259 words)

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