Baghdad’s Green Zone opens to the public for the first time in 12 years … kind of

BAGHDAD — For the 12 years since the U.S.-led invasion, Baghdad’s Green Zone has been out of bounds for the vast majority of Iraqis. The 3.9-square-mile area in central Baghdad contains government buildings, luxurious mansions that have become homes for the country’s political elite and foreign embassies — including the largest and most expensive U.S. mission in […]











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