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The Green Zone (Arabic: المنطقة الخضراء, romanized: al-minṭaqah al-ḫaḍrā) is the most common name for the International Zone of Baghdad. It is a 10-square-kilometer (3.9 sq mi) area in the Karkh district of central Baghdad , Iraq , and the seat of the Iraqi government .
Map of major U.S. military bases in Iraq and the number of soldiers stationed there (2007) The United States Department of Defense continues to have a large number of temporary military bases in Iraq, most a type of forward operating base (FOB).
Green Zone is a 2010 action thriller film [4] directed by Paul Greengrass and written by Brian Helgeland, based on the 2006 non-fiction book Imperial Life in the Emerald City by journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran. The book documented life within the Green Zone in Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. [5]
The Assassin's gate at the Green Zone in Baghdad. The Assassin's Gate is one of four primary points of entry to the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq.. The name originates from Assassins Company, a US Army armor unit (Alpha Company - radio call sign "Assassins" - 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regt., 2nd Brigade, 3D Infantry Division, which combined with combat engineer and infantry companies to form ...
Soon after, a suicide bomber walked into a restaurant near the "Green zone" and detonated his explosive device, killing an additional eight people and wounding 12 others. A third car bomb exploded on a commercial street in a northern suburb of Baghdad killing four and injuring eight. A total of 32 people were killed in the four blasts. [1]
The Green Zone developed around it. The palace itself served as the Multi-National Force – Iraq Headquarters of Coalition troops during the U.S. Occupation of Iraq as well as the primary base of operations for the American diplomatic mission in Iraq until the opening of the new US Embassy in Baghdad in 2009.
An aerial view of Baghdad International Airport and the Green Zone in Baghdad, in June 2004. The Baghdad Airport Road is a 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) stretch of highway in Baghdad, Iraq linking the Green Zone, a heavily fortified area at the centre of Baghdad, to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). It also links different parts of Baghdad to the ...
At 8 am on 18 January 2004, a suicide bombing occurred in the Green Zone in Karkh, Baghdad, Iraq. [1] [2] [3] The bomber exploded a 500kg bomb in a Toyota pickup truck outside while in a queue of vehicles waiting to enter the main United States headquarters. [1] [2] [3] The attack killed 24 people, injured dozens of others and set cars on fire ...