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* Tydens 1936-opgrawings naby die dorpie Khujut Rabu, Baghdad, is heelwat artefakte, onder andere die vreemde Baghdad battery, ontdek. Die dorpie word as ongeveer 2000 jaar oud beskou en is gedurende die Parthiese tydperk (250vC tot 224hC) gebou. Alhoewel dit nie presies bekend is wat die gebruik van so 'n toestel sou gewees het nie,… Continue reading Baghdad Battery
Hundreds of supporters of an influential, radical Shi'ite cleric gathered 24 January in central Baghdad for a rally to demand that American troops leave the country amid heightened tensions after a US drone strike earlier this month killed a top Iranian general in the Iraqi capital. Since mid-morning on the Muslim day of… Continue reading ‘No, no America!’ as Baghdad protesters demand US troops quit Iraq
Since mid-morning, large crowds gathered on the Muslim day of prayers as loudspeakers blasted “No, no America!” at a central square in Baghdad. A child held up a poster reading, “Death to America. Death to Israel.” But by the afternoon the rally had failed to reach the critical numbers called for by radical cleric Muqtada… Continue reading A million’ Iraq rally against US troops
General Qassem Soleimani was killed alongside six others following a US air raid at Baghdad's international airport. General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC's) Quds Force has been killed early alongside several others following a US air raid at Baghdad's international airport. Iraqi officials and the state television reported… Continue reading Qassem Soleimani – IRGC
It was reported on 31 December 2019 that local staff were evacuated from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, while others remained inside a safe room within the compound as thousands of protesters and militia fighters thronged the gates in fury at U.S. airstrikes in Iraq, the AP reports. The latest: Defense Secretary Mark Esper… Continue reading US Embassy Baghdad December 2019
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