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In central Iraq, security concerns discouraged the hiring of new workers and the resumption of regular work schedules. At the same time, the return of Iraqis from other countries increased the number of job seekers. In late 2004, most legitimate jobs were in the government, the army, the oil industry, and security-related enterprises. [64]
The Military ranks of Iraq are the military insignia used by the Iraqi Armed Forces. While the rank structure generally follows the rank structure of the Ottoman Empire , the insignia is inspired by the British insignia.
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).
Round city of Baghdad. Baghdad was founded on 30 July 762 CE. It was designed by Caliph al-Mansur. [1] According to 11th-century scholar Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi in his History of Baghdad, [2] each course of the city wall consisted of 162,000 bricks for the first third of the wall's height.
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
Ryan Curtis Job (pronounced "Jobe") [3] (March 11, 1981 – September 24, 2009), also known by his nickname "Biggles", [1] was an American sailor and member of the United States Navy SEALs who was shot during a combat mission in Ramadi, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Ramadi.
Navy Cmdr. Steve Dundas, a chaplain, went to Iraq in 2007 bursting with zeal to help fulfill the Bush administration’s goal of creating a modern, democratic U.S. ally. “Seeing the devastation of Iraqi cities and towns, some of it caused by us, some by the insurgents and the civil war that we brought about, hit me to the core,” Dundas said.
During the Abbasid-era, the city emerged as one of the world's leading economic centers. [149] Under the leadership of King Faisal II, Baghdad was introduced by a bulk of projects. [149] These projects were stopped, after the change in regime. [149] Being capital of Iraq, Baghdad is home to government institutions and state enterprises. [149]