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March 19 -- A year after the start of the war in Iraq, the Iraqi citizens have lived through extraordinary change. This week's Persons of the Week are the Iraqi people, born of a place that gave ...
He became Iraq’s first TV chef when the show, called “Bilafya,” began in 2005. Later, the network incorporated his show into a new one — “Good Morning Iraq” and his 25-minute cooking ...
It wasn't easy being a genius in Saddam Hussein's Iraq. For Khudair Meeri, it meant choosing between death and insanity. Mr. Meeri, 38, spent years acting like a madman in order to avoid execution ...
The U.S. war was supposed to stop Iraq's refugee program by creating a stable, democratic Iraq, but the number of people fleeing Iraq has actually grown over the past 10 years.
“They awaited St. John Paul II, who was not permitted to go. One cannot disappoint a people for the second time,” Pope Francis said ahead of his apostolic visit to Iraq, March 5 to March 8.
To mark the anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, we've gathered the recollections of four individuals who witnessed the events first-hand, each from a distinct perspective – a college ...
Dozens of Iraqi-Americans gathered late Friday at a Detroit-area mosque to celebrate reports that Saddam Hussein had been executed, cheering and crying as drivers honked horns in jubilation.