The capital of Iraq is Baghdad.

First, Baghdad had been transformed into a Shiite dominated city.

Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, stands on the banks of the Tigris.

Recently, Saddam moved the non special Republican Guard into Baghdad.

You can survey with it. The city of Baghdad was surveyed with it.

The Mongols invaded Baghdad in 1258 and destroyed the Abbasid Caliphate.

And so the backstory of The 99 takes place in 1258, which history tells us the Mongols invaded Baghdad and destroyed it.

Friends of Iraq in Paris and Moscow consulted Baghdad to see whom Saddam would prefer.

Corruption is rampant, and Baghdad is now considered one of the world s worst places to live.

The Arab golden ages, in eleventh century Baghdad and fourteenth century Andalucía, are revered as periods of great learning.

The Iraqi government and military collapsed within three weeks of the beginning of the U.S. led 2003 invasion of Iraq on 20 March.

This takes us back to 1258, when invading Mongols attacked and ransacked Baghdad, then the centre of the Abbasid Caliphate.

BAGHDAD Ten years have passed since Saddam Hussein was removed from power, following more than three decades of tyrannical rule.

After being expelled from the ranks of Tudeh party, Mahmoud Panahian, in May 1970, came to Baghdad, Iraq, by the invitation of former Iraqi government officials.

In mixed cities such as Baghdad and Baquba, those forced to move gravitate towards newly homogenized districts.

When Baghdad fell, the oil ministry was quickly protected, while museums and hospitals were allowed to be looted.

Chalabi returned to Iraq on 10 August planning to make himself available to Iraqi government officials, but he was never arrested.

BLOOMINGTON Iraqis go to the polls on March 7 to elect a new Parliament for the second time under the country s permanent constitution of 2006.

But America had an obligation to maintain law and order instead, we stood idly by while Baghdad and other cities were ransacked.

In cities like Beirut and Baghdad, mixed neighborhoods have been homogenized, as Sunni and Shia seek shelter from sectarian attacks and civil war.

Such differences matter no less in Iraq today, and have done so from the first days of the occupation, when the British took Basra and the Americans Baghdad.

His strategy seems to be to defend Baghdad as another Stalingrad, street by street, house by house.

But the affinity between Islamic attitudes, rulers, merchants, and craftsmen that made Cairo, Damascus, Baghdad, and Samarkand jewels of High Medieval urban civilization vanished long ago.

The US is not in a position to pacify Baghdad or to protect the UN or others that work alongside an occupying army, even those working in humanitarian activities.

And Bahrain has responded to Iraqi criticism of its political repression by halting its national airline s flights to Baghdad, Beirut, and Teheran, all perceived to be Shia demons.

The internecine rivalries that began in earnest last November between fighters from Zawiya and Warshefana, and among Tripoli s various factions, will be difficult to defuse, as the thowar (revolutionaries) have refused repeated calls by the NTC to disarm. Tripoli is in danger of becoming like Baghdad circa 2005, with different groups controlling turf and instituting a clientelist neighborhood political economy.

Indeed, Iraq no longer deserves to be described as a united country. It has now joined the growing list of the world's failed states and can at best be described as a potential federation of three states plus the unruly city of Baghdad.

Tripoli is in danger of becoming like Baghdad circa 2005, with different groups controlling turf and instituting a clientelist neighborhood political economy.

If America now has the right to attack Baghdad, then Iraq which has made no public statements of aggressive intent toward the US has the reciprocal right to attack Washington.

BAGHDAD Iraqi women s organizations and international observers point to an escalating war against women in Iraq, aided by the widespread chaos and lawlessness under the US occupation.

A day after American forces entered Baghdad, a company of Marines began rounding up bank robbers and were cheered on by the crowds a hopeful moment that was short lived.

Once Iraqi military forces were expelled from Kuwait in 1991, the US did not march on Baghdad to replace Iraq s government or remain in Kuwait to impose democracy there.

Jews, too once a vital presence in cities like Cairo, Damascus, and Baghdad have all but disappeared from the predominantly Muslim parts of the Middle East, relocating to Israel, Europe, and North America.

A longstanding sidekick of Cheney, Rumsfeld traveled to Baghdad in 1983 and 1984 at the behest of former Bechtel Corporation President George Shultz, then passing a bit of non corporate time as US Secretary of State.

During a triumphal surprise visit to Baghdad on May 22, he said he expected Iraqi forces to take responsibility for territorial security in much of the country by the end of the year.

Kurds will accept the arrangement because they believe that the new constitution guarantees their right to control most of the oil wealth that lies beneath their territory, and because they don t want the blame should Baghdad descend into chaos.

We would expect to see a large number of illnesses among both employees and patients in hospitals where the victims are treated, and soon someone (perhaps even a carrier who is not ill) would spread it to Ankara, Istanbul, Tbilisi, Damascus, Baghdad, and beyond.

Its supporters in Iraq might cripple Iraqi oil exports from Basra, which would damage US plans in Iraq while boosting Iran s oil revenues, or limit the availability of fuel to the US Army by attacking roads and bridges, especially the Kuwait City Baghdad highway.