Iraq PM opens Baghdad Green Zone to traffic

Baghdad (AFP) Oct 4, 2015
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday announced that Baghdad's "Green Zone" was open to the public for the first time in 12 years, albeit with many remaining restrictions. The roughly 10-square-kilometre (four square miles) heavily fortified area in the heart of Baghdad is home to the country's top political institutions and embassies. "The prime minister opened the Green Zone t

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