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	Battle of Baghdad (1258) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Baghdad in 1258 was a victory for the Mongol leader Hulagu Khan, a grandson of Genghis Khan.
		Baghdad was the capital of an Islamic state in what is now Iraq and parts of Iran; it was ruled by Al-Musta'sim, then the Abbasid caliph.
		Baghdad was one of the most brilliant intellectual centers in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(1258) (1305 words)

	IBN_ALRAFIDAIN: The Battle of Baghdad
		For that whenever there was a coup, the target of the implementers was Baghdad.
		It was expected that the Saddamists would concentrate there effort on Baghdad by causing as much chaos as possible to show unreal image of what's going on in Iraq.
		It is Baghdad which creates the perception for people around the world since most of the media agencies are located in it.
	ibnalrafidain.blogspot.com /2006/09/battle-of-baghdad.html (1268 words)

	Informed Comment
		Baghdad health authorities said that a majority of the bodies were reclaimed by families.
		BAGHDAD - One person was killed and five others were wounded in clashes between gunmen and residents in al -Fadhl area, north-central Baghdad, police said.
		Baghdad has within its own limits all of the warring factions, and plenty enough weaponry, to keep the violence going without any help from outside.
	www.juancole.com /2006/09/50-bodies-found-baghdad-ditch-called.html (1511 words)

	The Battle of Baghdad
		Baghdad is also Iraq's financial and media center, the latter of which is especially important given that the declared strategy of the terrorists and violent sectarian groups in Iraq revolves around creating a perception of growing chaos in an effort to persuade Americans that the effort in Iraq has failed.
		One of the most tragic elements of the increasing violence in Baghdad is that it has robbed the Iraqi people of the sense of normalcy they desperately seek after living under crushing tyranny for more than three decades.
		The challenge of the Baghdad Security Plan and its accompanying effort at national reconciliation is to realize the overwhelming majority of Iraqis desire to live in peace with one another against the violent minority who seek to impose their vision of hatred and oppression.
	www.state.gov /p/nea/rls/rm/2006/71495.htm (1561 words)

	The Battle in Baghdad - Council on Foreign Relations
		Baghdad remains the capital of burgeoning sectarian violence.
		According to a new UN report, civilian deaths have climbed to over 100 per day, and "the overwhelming majority of casualties were reported in Baghdad." This new Backgrounder assesses efforts to stabilize the Iraqi capital.
		Some of the blame for the recent bloodshed in Baghdad has been placed on Moqtada al-Sadr, a radical Shiite cleric whose militia, the Mahdi Army, has carried out reprisal killings against Sunnis and lures many of its recruits from Sadr City, a Baghdad slum.
	www.cfr.org /publication/11119/battle_in_baghdad.html (760 words)

	Battle of Baghdad, 1917
		The capture of Baghdad was somewhat of an anticlimax.
		The division was, in fact, based at a garrison just outside Baghdad and was ordered to march into the city specifically for the purpose of this staged photograph.
		The city of Baghdad fell on 9th of April.
	www.greatwar.nl /bagdad/bagdad.html (1645 words)

	My Way News - Baghdad Battle Bloodier for U.S. Troops
		BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The Iraq war could be heading to its decisive moment: a battle for the capital of Baghdad that already has turned dramatically bloodier for American soldiers and carries enormous stakes for the country's future.
		Baghdad is "the center of gravity for the country.
		In one sign of how crucial Baghdad is to the success of the U.S. war effort, top commanders have moved soldiers from western Iraq's Anbar province to Baghdad for the offensive.
	apnews.myway.com /article/20061005/D8KIO3Q83.html (1020 words)

	OpinionJournal - Featured Article
		Baghdad represents one-fifth of Iraq's total population, and is a microcosm of Iraq's diverse ethnic and sectarian communities.
		The deterioration of security in Baghdad since February's attack on the Samara Mosque is the result of the competition between Sunni and Shiite extremists to expand their control and influence throughout the capital.
		Consequently, after joint Coalition and Iraqi military operations have secured a neighborhood or district, a structure of Iraqi security forces sufficient to maintain the peace is expected to be left in place and reinforced with the capacity to undertake civic action and foster economic revitalization.
	www.opinionjournal.com /editorial/feature.html?id=110008834 (1594 words)

	The Battle for Baghdad (The Fourth Rail)
		Baghdad is now the center of power, the seat and symbol of legitimacy of the new Iraqi government.
		The constant discovery of bodies tortured, maimed, executed and dumped on the roadside is eroding the faith of the residents of Baghdad in the government's ability to provide for their security.
		The media, being concentrated in Baghdad, reports this, and the perception is the security situation in Baghdad represents the security situation in the rest of Iraq.
	billroggio.com /archives/2006/03/the_battle_for_baghd.php (4009 words)

	Battle of Baghdad - August 9, 2006 - The New York Sun
		For the past few weeks, Baghdad was astir with news of an imminent coup d'etat.
		The battle for Baghdad can be won by the Iraqi government and Coalition forces in three weeks.
		Secure Baghdad, and those who stand against the state will be demoralized and broken, and the middle-class will be tempted to risk retaking their country back from the hooligans.
	www.nysun.com /article/37573 (1314 words)

	The Battle of Baghdad
		The Americans were claiming to be in the inner suburbs of Baghdad – which was untrue; indeed, the story was designed, I'm sure, to provoke panic and vulnerability among the Iraqis.
		Thus did the Battle for Baghdad enter its first hours yesterday, a conflict that promises to be both dirty and cruel.
		Tank crews were gunning their T-72s down the highway past the main Baghdad railway yards in a convoy of armoured personnel carriers and Jeeps and clouds of thick blue exhaust fumes.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article2624.htm (1097 words)

	Shiites redefine battle in Baghdad - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		BAGHDAD — More people in Baghdad are being killed by Shiite death squads than by al-Qaeda and Sunni insurgents, who had been the main focus of U.S. and Iraqi forces in the capital, the top U.S. commander in Iraq said Wednesday.
		Though Gen. George Casey did not say that the trend in sectarian killings was evidence of a civil war, he said: "The conflict here is transitioning from an insurgency against us to a struggle for a division of political and economic power among the Iraqis.
		U.S. and Iraqi forces have launched an offensive in Baghdad aimed at dismantling death squads of all stripes and reducing violence.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2006-08-10-baghdad-battle_x.htm (655 words)

	Battle of Baghdad Three journalists killed, three wounded by US fire Kurdish life returns to reclaimed slices of ...
		U.S. forces tightened their grip on Baghdad on Tuesday, blitzing targets in the heart of the capital and seizing an airbase after trying to kill Saddam Hussein and his sons with four huge bombs.
		Baghdad's forces retreated from the areas just as coalition warplanes and missiles began heavily pounding them after the war began on March 20.
		Identifying the crack and thump of a 40 mm grenade launcher, the blast of exploding 80 mm mortar bombs, or the ear-splitting bang of 155 mm artillery rounds used by Marines is one thing.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=31809 (9013 words)

	City of Death: The Battle for Baghdad - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
		In today's Baghdad, nothing is safe: life and death often hinge on how often people venture out and how far they stray at what time of day; which intersections and bridges they have to cross; which streets they negotiate, and which form of transportation they choose - private car, taxi or minivan.
		It divides Baghdad into two sectors that seem to be drifting farther apart each day: Rusafa in the east, an area under the growing stranglehold of the Shiites, and Karch to the west, which is populated largely by Sunnis.
		The Green Zone is in Baghdad's city center, lodged between the two spheres of influence emerging to the east and west.
	www.spiegel.de /international/spiegel/0,1518,438429,00.html (2576 words)

	Battle for Baghdad raging
		But now a battle for Baghdad is well under way between the two major Muslim sects.
		Baghdad, Iraq's largest city with a population of more than 6 million, is still a long way from that stark sectarian divide.
		On Baghdad's southern rim lies another key flashpoint -- where Sunnis are pressing to consolidate power over the mixed, but mostly Sunni, neighborhoods of Dora and Sadiyah.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /national/283612_baghdad02.html (759 words)

	OpinionJournal - AT WAR
		In July, there were 558 violent incidents in Baghdad, a 10% increase over the already high monthly average.
		As each district of Baghdad is secured, operations will expand into contiguous zones over coming weeks and months.
		It is understandable that when the American people hear of new U.S. casualties and witness the images of bloodshed from the streets of Baghdad, they conclude that our plans for stemming sectarian violence in Iraq have failed.
	www.opinionjournal.com /forms/printThis.html?id=110008834 (1518 words)

	Battle for Baghdad - Council on Foreign Relations
		Plans to dispatch additional troops after the fall of Baghdad—both the 1st Cavalry Division and 1st Armored Division were ready to go—were cancelled by the Pentagon over the objections of commanders on the ground.
		The most damning comment on the lack of American manpower comes from Col. Teddy Spain, commander of a military police brigade that was stripped of 17 of 20 companies before being deployed to Baghdad in the spring of 2003.
		Administration apologists like to claim that many of the problems encountered in Iraq weren’t foreseeable, but Ricks shows that most them were, in fact, foreseen by far-sighted analysts such as retired officers Gary Anderson and Conrad Crane, who were, alas, ignored by most decision-makers.
	www.cfr.org /publication/11230/battle_for_baghdad.html (1772 words)

	The Belmont Club: Battle of Baghdad Series
		Pajamas Media has started a Battle of Baghdad series which is tracking events in the capital.
		The Telegraph reports a plan to partition Baghdad between Sunni and Shi'ite neighborhoods in an effort to reduce ethnic clashes.
		Baghdad itself is ethnically divided amongst Arab tribes and has a Kurd fraction that cannot be easily discounted...
	fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com /2006/07/battle-of-baghdad-series.html (6810 words)

	USNews.com: For U.S. troops, this may be the last chance to head off a full-blown civil war. There's a plan, but will ...
		BAGHDAD-With the number of violent deaths in Baghdad hovering around 2,000 a month, the U.S. and Iraqi security forces have launched a new effort to pacify the capital.
		In a letter to President Bush, longtime House Armed Services ranking member Ike Skelton of Missouri compared the battle for Baghdad to Midway in World War II as the "decisive battle" at a "critical and dire phase" of the war.
		The danger of the strategy contemplated in the new security effort, however, is that much of the energy of the Iraqi and American forces will be poured into one more series of house-to-house sweeps, as thousands of soldiers fan out in cordon-and-search operations, knocking on doors and confiscating weapons and ammunition.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/news/articles/060827/4iraq.htm (683 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Middle East \| Battle of Baghdad looms
		With US forces getting ever closer to Baghdad, the prospect is looming of a battle which will test not just the military strategy of this war but its political aims as well.
		Street fighting in Baghdad in which civilians are killed is not supposed to be the way it ends.
		Retired General Barry McCaffrey, who commanded a division in the Gulf War of 1991, said that in an open battle, the Republican Guard would be "destroyed" within 12 hours by the tanks and in particular the helicopters and aircraft with the US 3rd Infantry Division which is the main force of the American advance.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/2879057.stm (601 words)

	Gun battle in Baghdad 'kills 24'
		A gun battle between Iraqi insurgents and US troops near Baghdad has left 24 rebels dead, the US military says.
		In Baquba, north of Baghdad, at least 13 people were injured after an attack on an Iraqi National Guard post.
		However, reports that a government minister had been kidnapped south of Baghdad turned out to be incorrect.
	www.infowars.com /articles/iraq/baghdad_gun_battle_kills_24.htm (199 words)

	Yankee Wombat \| An American in Oz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		However Iraq ends up Baghdad will always be the major city of the region and, even if the rest of the country is completely partitioned, Baghdad is a mixed city of six million people which will somehow have to remain open for business.
		As I write this there is an open battle going on between the Iraqi Army and Sadr’s militia in Baghdad. This battle, I believe, will be the real test of the will of the Iraqi government to prevail. It is the trickiest of jobs because Sadr is part of Prime Minister’s Malaki’s ruling coalition.
		While the August offensive in Baghdad has been quite successful at reducing the violence in several neighborhoods over the course of the month, the sudden upswing in violence over the last few days comes about because Sadr and his militia have been engaged.
	www.yankeewombat.com /?p=258 (896 words)

	Counterterrorism Blog: The Ongoing Battle for Baghdad
		Baghdad is the political center of Iraq, as well as the focal point for the foreign media, which plays a large roll in influencing international opinion on Iraq.
		Securing Baghdad has its own unique problems other than the size and scale of the operation, as well as the number of forces needed.
		Baghdad is a multi-ethnic city, with large Shia and Sunni populations.
	counterterrorismblog.org /2006/08/the_ongoing_battle_for_baghdad.php (2229 words)

	Here comes The Battle of Baghdad
		What was once a narrow, quiet Baghdad street is now a hellish canyon of smoke, gunfire and death.
		That means troops would dress in civilian clothes, take up positions among the general population of Baghdad, and attempt to hold off the most powerful army the world has ever known with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades.
		Gangle, a retired Marine colonel, says that the initial U.S. casualty rate in a Baghdad battle would be around 30 percent.
	www.globalsecurity.org /org/news/2003/030326-battle-of-baghdad01.htm (1629 words)

	Battle for Baghdad 'has already started'
		Nevertheless they should be able to hold on to their stronghold in west Baghdad and the Adhamiyah district east of the Tigris.
		Mr Hussein said he feared that civil war in Baghdad could spread north to Mosul and Kirkuk where the division is between Kurd and Arab rather than Sunni and Shia.
		Already Baghdad resembles Beirut at the start of the Lebanese civil war in 1975, when Christians and Muslims fought each other for control of the city.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article12484.htm (787 words)

	Baghdad Battles - A Frontline Report Iraq War
		It was TF 3-15's mission to seize the intersections (large cloverleaf complexes) and retain them in order to allow movement of the ammunition and fuel re-supply convoys that would be needed if the armor forces were going to be able to stay in the city.
		It was commanded by one of the battalion's battle captains, CPT Zan Hornbuckle (isn't that a great name?).
		This was probably the crucial decision of the battle.
	www.strategypage.com /iraqwar/taking_baghdad.asp (2416 words)

	Battle for Baghdad Has Already Started (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The battle between Sunni and Shia Muslims for control of Baghdad has already started, say Iraqi political leaders who predict fierce street fighting will break out as each community takes over districts in which it is strongest.
		The police are even more divided and in Baghdad are largely controlled by the Mehdi Army of the radical nationalist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and the Badr Organization that has largely been in control of the interior ministry since last May. Sunni Arabs in Baghdad regard the ministry's paramilitary police commanders as Shia death squads.
		Hussein said he feared that civil war in Baghdad could spread north to Mosul and Kirkuk where the division is between Kurd and Arab rather than Sunni and Shia.
	www.truthout.org /docs_2006/032506B.shtml (858 words)

	Battle for Baghdad : Indybay
		A car bombing of a large hall being used for a mourning gathering killed at least 15 and wounded at least 30 in Tikrit, a Sunni Arab city north of Baghdad.
		One observer in Baghdad told a friend of mine that this operation is make or break.
		If the US cannot stop the deterioration of security in Baghdad at this point, then the capital is lost, and with it the country.
	www.indybay.org /newsitems/2006/08/07/18295296.php (313 words)

	Captain May and Ghost Troop 3/7 Cavalry — Introduction
		Over the weekend I picked up around twenty “indicators” (to use the intelligence term) of a cover-up of the Battle of Baghdad, which I believe began with the attack against the 3/7 Cavalry.
		On the basis of twenty years of military service, I infer that the Battle of Baghdad is what was raging every minute the media was airing or printing distraction.
		In fact, given the depth of the denial, I’ve increased it to $1000 for the reporter who breaks the story of the Battle of Baghdad — and thirty pieces of silver for his or her megamedia parent.
	www.geocities.com /onlythecaptain (3136 words)

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