Iraqi date farmers face hard times Aug 16, 2009
As the head of a partnership that includes his 12 brothers and six sisters, Hussain is the master of a once-prosperous, now unkempt orchard on the banks of the Tigris River in the Dora neighborhood ... As the head of a partnership that includes his 12 brothers and six sisters, Hussain is the master of a once-prosperous, now unkempt orchard on the banks of the Tigris River in the Dora neighborhood. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Iraq united behind football stars Aug 14, 2009
Back in Baghdad, at the height of the violence in 2007, there was a local cup final on a dusty pitch down by the Tigris river. There were about 50 spectators, most of them children. (BBC News -- Africa)
The abandoned elderly are war’s other victims in Iraq Aug 9, 2009
Now, they putter about in a house on the Tigris River, passing the time on cots with pink sheets, in whitewashed rooms, with the faint smell of sweat mixing with the odor of sewage from the waters outside their windows. The guests of the Mercy Home for the Elderly, a residence for indigent senior citizens, come from across Iraq and include Sunnis, Shi ites, and Christians. (Boston Globe)
Changing of the guard in Green Zone Aug 7, 2009
The Green Zone, a four-square-mile area in central Baghdad along the Tigris River, became the hub for the interim government the Americans set up shortly after the March 2003 invasion of Iraq. It got its name from the green, or unloaded, status of weapons inside. (MSNBC -- International)
Americans troops no longer in charge in Iraq Jul 29, 2009
U.S. soldiers secure a Tigris River bank Sunday before the handover of a military base near Mosul to Iraqi control. A security agreement that went into effect at the start of the year mandated the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraqi cities and towns by June 30. (CNN)
Ancient, and fading, Iraqi group settles in Mass. Jul 27, 2009
For years, the Tigris River was the setting of the religion's all-important regular baptisms. In the 1990s about 70,000 Mandaeans lived in Iraq. (USA Today)
Iraqi Mandaeans find refuge in Worcester Jul 25, 2009
For years, the Tigris River was the setting of the religion s all-important regular baptisms. In the 1990s about 70,000 Mandaeans lived in Iraq. (Boston Globe)
Drought takes toll on Iraq revival efforts Jul 24, 2009
REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen. YUSUFIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - What was known as history's fertile crescent, where lush farmland and abundant water gave rise to civilization, is today a dusty desert where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers crawl sluggishly toward the sea. (Scientific American)
Iraq beefs up security after attacks Jul 14, 2009
Thousands of the pilgrims, who panicked when they heard unfounded rumors of a suicide bomber, crushed one another or plunged 30 feet into the muddy Tigris River. Iraqis head security planAl-Moussawi said the plan to secure the event is "100 percent an Iraqi one.". (MSNBC -- International)
Army `closers' train for new mission: leaving Iraq Jul 6, 2009
Armored and armed, 10 U.S. soldiers, two Iraqi national police officers and two interpreters moved past the Sadamiya shrine, one of the holiest spots in Islam, and on to the Tigris River ... Armored and armed, 10 U.S. soldiers, two Iraqi national police officers and two interpreters moved past the Sadamiya shrine, one of the holiest spots in Islam, and on to the Tigris River. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
The guys who ended the war Jul 5, 2009
COMBAT OUTPOST CAHILL, Iraq Up in the concrete guard towers on the perimeter of this rugged little base, just north of the small city of Salman Pak, not far from the Tigris River, there s not much to do but talk, watch the busy two-lane road down below, and talk. We know everything about each other s lives, said U.S. Army Sgt. Kristopher Vasquez, a 23-year-old from Heber, sitting on a stool next to squad-mate Specialist Eduardo Gordils while they share a four-hour guard shift. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
On a mission Jul 3, 2009
Each of the superheroes, 99 in all, is based on one of the 99 attributes of Allah in the Koran - everything from wisdom to generosity - though they come from a variety of countries, and have different physical characteristics None of them prays or reads the Koran, as they are meant to have equal appeal to children of all faiths The stories hark back to the 1258 Mongol invasion of Baghdad that left the city in ruins and the books from its great library lying in the Tigris river In Dr Mutawa's... (BBC News -- South Asia)
Iraqi cities: Could violence bring US forces back? Jul 1, 2009
Convoys delivering food, ammunition, and fuel to US bases will still be vulnerable to roadside bombs, and major US installations like the on the west bank of the Tigris River could be attacked by mortars or other forms of indirect fire. the commander of US ground forces in Iraq, alleged on Tuesday that Iran is "funding and training surrogates" inside Iraq that have been behind recent attacks in Baghdad. (Christian Science Monitor)
U.S. Expresses Confidence in Withdrawing From Major Iraqi Ci Jun 30, 2009
The Iraqi government plans to hold a large party Tuesday in one of Baghdad's main parks on the west side of the Tigris River that will include popular singers and fireworks. The celebration will be broadcast on the other side of the river on a giant screen that was being installed Monday. (Fox News)
Police officer killed, 7 people injured in Baghdad violence Jun 25, 2009
The barrage hit the buildings close to the zone, which were located just across the Tigris River that bisects the Iraqi capital. The Green Zone in central Baghdad, is frequently hit by rocket and mortar shells but seldom with casualties. (Xinhuanet, China)
Iraq sees wave of deadly attacks Jun 23, 2009
At least five people also were killed and 20 were wounded by a bomb planted near a car in the Karradah district of the Iraqi capital, on the east side of the Tigris River. The bomb exploded on a road leading to a checkpoint that controls access to a bridge into the Green Zone, which houses the Iraqi government and U.S. Embassy. (MSNBC -- International)
Killing of US soldier casts light on Mosul police Jun 18, 2009
About 225 miles up the Tigris River from Baghdad, Mosul is one of the last bases for Sunni insurgents. In one heavily fortified police station, policemen wore masks to conceal their identities. (North County Times)
U.S. occupation leaves cultural legacy in Iraq May 31, 2009
In parks along the Tigris River, they play "tafteesh," Arabic for inspection. Iraqi troops, sometimes indistinguishable from their U.S. counterparts, don the sunglasses considered effeminate in the time of Saddam Hussein. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Life getting better in Iraq May 21, 2009
Akin to our own Mississippi, the Tigris River flows through northwestern Iraq, transforming the region into a viable crop producer. Although Diyala Province is known as the Breadbasket of Iraq, the fertile valleys of both the Tigris and Euphrates sustain and provide for both locals and the nation. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
An Iraqi cleric's swift rise and fall May 15, 2009
Hammoud and his friend survived, a feat in itself in the nadir of Iraq's carnage, where civilians in this town of vineyards and orchards along a bend in the Tigris River were sometimes beheaded with a shovel. But the voice of the mastermind lingered with Hammoud, and his recollection led Iraqi and U.S. soldiers this month to arrest Nadhim Khalil, a former insurgent leader known to his followers as Mullah Nadhim, who had become an American ally here. (MSNBC -- International)
My Iraq: a reporter's 20-year retrospective May 4, 2009
Bassim Suleiman, Jane Arraf, old friends, and Iraqi security, March 1, 2009, on the Tigris River in Baghdad ... Bassim Sulaiman, a soulful bon vivant amid the tyranny and the rubble, philosophized over candlelit dinners on the Tigris River. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Red, white and bass Apr 30, 2009
But throw in a huge palace (Al Faw, where Camp Victory is now headquartered), a system of lakes created when Saddam Hussein dammed the civilization-cradling Tigris river for his own personal fishing sanctuary, and a mutant fish species known as what else. the Saddam bass, and it makes for a unique fishing trip. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Iraq shows 1st photo of suspected insurgent Apr 29, 2009
He is buried in the Tigris River hamlet of Ouja, where he was born, about 70 miles north of Baghdad. The former dictator was hanged in December 2006 in Baghdad after being convicted of crimes against humanity. (MSNBC -- International)
Iraqis Mark Saddam's Birthday With Anti-US Chants Apr 29, 2009
He is buried in the Tigris River hamlet of Ouja, where he was born, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) north of Baghdad. A photo exhibition near the grave chronicles his more than two decades in power. (Newsmax)
AP: Iraqis Insist They've Got Their Man Behind Bars Apr 29, 2009
Saddam, who is buried in the Tigris River hamlet of Ouja, would have turned 72 on Tuesday. Authorities hailed the purported arrest as a major victory for Iraqi forces reeling from accusations that they are not prepared to take over their own security in the wake of a series of high-profile attacks. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Thousands protest government arrests Apr 19, 2009
Back-to-back strikes reverberated across the Tigris River to a popular promenade, sending families from restaurants and abruptly halting a party at a club. Attacks and bloodshed have edged up in recent weeks, worrying some of slowed commerce. (Boston Globe)
The dictator in Iraqi hearts must be toppled Apr 19, 2009
Families gathered and picnicked in parks along the Tigris River. Baghdad University students danced at a party on campus. (Yahoo News)
Shells hit Baghdad's Green Zone Apr 19, 2009
The back-to-back strikes reverberated across the Tigris River to a popular promenade, sending families packing up from fish restaurants and abruptly halting a party at a club. Violence across Iraq remains sharply down compared with past years, but attacks and bloodshed have edged up in recent weeks and brought worries that it could slow the return of nightlife and commerce to parts of Baghdad. (MSNBC -- Race)
Militants shell Green Zone in Baghdad Apr 19, 2009
The back-to-back strikes reverberated across the Tigris River to a popular promenade, sending families fleeing from fish restaurants and abruptly halting a party at a club. Violence across Iraq remains sharply down compared with past years, but attacks and bloodshed have edged up in recent weeks and brought worries that it could slow the return of nightlife and commerce to parts of Baghdad. (Athens Banner-Herald)
US, Iraqi forces sweep into slum to end uprising Mar 30, 2009
At least four people were killed and 21 wounded in the two days of fighting between government troops and the Awakening Council in Fadhil, a ramshackle warren of narrow, fetid streets on the east side of the Tigris River where Al Qaeda once held sway. Members of the Fadhil council said yesterday that they decided to give up the fight and hand over their weapons to spare the neighborhood, whose bullet-pocked buildings bore witness to intense combat there two years ago. (Boston Globe)
Timeline: Deadly stampedes Mar 30, 2009
31 August 2005, Baghdad, Iraq: Up to 1,000 Shia pilgrims are trampled to death or drown in the Tigris river after rumours of a suicide bombing sparked panic. Many of the dead are women and children. (BBC News -- Africa)
Four die after Sunni leader arrested Mar 29, 2009
A gunfight broke out after Iraqi army and police units served the warrant in Fadhil, a Sunni enclave on the east bank of the Tigris River that was run by al Qaeda until and Iraqi soldiers gained control in 2007. Four people - three civilians and a policeman - were killed and 10 people were wounded in the shooting, according to police and hospital officials. (Insight on the News)
Iraqi troops order some Sunni volunteers to disarm Mar 29, 2009
The confrontation in Fadhil, a ramshackle Sunni enclave on the east bank of the Tigris River where al-Qaida once held sway, threatens to undermine U.S. efforts to stabilize Baghdad before American troops pull out of Iraqi cities by the end of June. Trouble started Saturday when Iraqi troops arrested Adil al-Mashhadani, head of the Awakening Council in Fadhil, for alleged terrorist activity. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
AP IMPACT: It's Fear That Keeps Baghdad's Peace Mar 26, 2009
The violence has virtually emptied parts of the city, particularly on the mainly Sunni western side of the Tigris river. In Amiiyah, for example, 100 of the 252 Shiite families that fled are back. (CBS News -- World)
Turkish president arrives for historic Iraq visit Mar 23, 2009
Iraq wants Turkey to allow more water to flow through dams along the Tigris River, one of this country's main lifelines. The last Turkish president to visit Iraq was Fahri Koruturk in 1976. (Insight on the News)
Progress in Iraq pleases Schofield brigade leader Mar 23, 2009
1 million Iraqis and is located between Baghdad and Mosul, bisected by the Tigris River ... 1 million Iraqis and is located between Baghdad and Mosul, bisected by the Tigris River. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
P.S.: Wish You Were Here Mar 22, 2009
On Saturday, the tourists traveled south of Baghdad to see the Ctesiphon Arch, a Persian ruin on the Tigris River near Salman Pak - once one of Iraq's most dangerous towns. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)(Left: Iraqi Army soldiers pose with Tina Townsend Greaves at the Ctesiphon Arch, a Persian ruin on the Tigris River near Salman Pak, once one of Iraq's most dangerous towns south of Baghdad, March 21, 2009. (CBS News)
First Western tour group since 2003 visits Iraq Mar 21, 2009
With dashed hopes for seeing the museum, the group instead set off for the Ctesiphon Arch, a Persian ruin on the Tigris River near Salman Pak once one of Iraq's most dangerous towns south of Baghdad. The tourists also went to the International Zone in the heart of Baghdad, where U.S.-led forces and embassies are headquartered, and had their picture taken at the famous Crossed Swords landmark. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Analysis: The sixth war in Iraq Mar 21, 2009
From my dark balcony, I watched the office burn across the Tigris River. Visually speaking if you forgot what was going on it was beautiful. (MSNBC -- Race)
In Mosul, Iraq's Insurgency Refuses to Be Tamed Mar 19, 2009
The meandering Tigris River cuts Mosul into a larger, tamer "green" eastern section and a violent and insecure "red" west, the heart of the crisis. Graffiti lauding the Islamic army of Iraq, a hard-line Sunni group loosely affiliated with al-Qaeda, are prevalent in many parts of west Mosul. (Time.com)
Selfish use of rivers seen threatening political stability Mar 19, 2009
2 billion euro Ilisu project, begun in 2006, which will construct a dam on the Tigris river, bury part of the ancient town of Hasankeyf and force the relocation of thousands of people. (Editing by Matthew Jones). (Scientific American)
Confidence grows as fear ebbs Mar 17, 2009
In Abu Nawas park on the banks of the Tigris river in central Baghdad, children play happily on swings and slides, kick footballs and sit on the grass having picnics with their families. Every now and then, the babble of young voices is drowned out by the happy hooting of car horns as a wedding party drives by. (BBC News -- Africa)
Cafes begin to light up Iraqi night life Mar 13, 2009
Few cafe owners can speak to the trend as authoritatively as Muneer Khadam, 40, who owns Al Baghdadi Coffee Shop on Abu Nuwas Street along the Tigris River. Khadam's cafe was one of the few that served up shisha pipes under Hussein. (Boston Globe)
Looking for a hero Feb 22, 2009
Al-Mutawa's stories are based on a pivotal moment in Islamic history: The 1258 Mongol invasion of Baghdad that left the city in ruins and led to the dumping of books from its famed library into the Tigris River, with the ink by legend turning its waters black. In his stories, some librarians escape and are able to place special stones in the river to suck up wisdom otherwise lost. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Frank Lloyd Wright's Phoenix legacy Feb 21, 2009
Originally designed as an opera house to be built on an island in the middle of the Tigris River in Baghdad, it all fell through in 1958 when a military coup deposed the Iraqi king who had commissioned it. The opera-house design was later resurrected for use on the Arizona State University campus and completed in 1964, after Wright's death. (AZCentral -- Home)
Pipes of peace Feb 14, 2009
No nations have gone to war specifically over water resources for thousands of years; the only documented case of war with such a specific cause was between the city states of Lagash and Umma on the Tigris River 4,500 years ago. International water disputes - even among fierce enemies - are generally resolved peacefully, even as conflicts erupt over other issues. (BBC News -- Science)
Iraq: No haven for ancient world's landmarks Feb 11, 2009
Here on the banks of the Tigris River, King Ashurnasirpal II built a six-acre palace of cedar and exotic woods. The walls were lined with glazed and painted seven-foot-high stone bas reliefs of his epic battles. (Christian Science Monitor)
Obama Weighs 23-month Iraq Withdrawal Feb 8, 2009
That question may be most important in northern Iraq, where the insurgency is still viable in the Tigris River city of Mosul and where ethnic tensions between Arabs and Kurds are high around the city of Kirkuk. Maj. (Newsmax)
