Baghdad
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Baghdad has long been one of the great cities of the Muslim world.
It was bombed heavily during the Persian Gulf War.
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The payoff is a vanity project like no other, except maybe Saddam Hussein’s commissioned Victory Arch of swords in Baghdad, or Kim Il Sung’s North Korean Mansu Hill Grand Monument.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi canceled his planned trip to Saudi Arabia following the strikes, per a report by Shafaq, a news outlet headquartered in Baghdad, the country’s capital city.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Baghdad has reduced its reliance on dollars in recent years, but the shipments are still vital to supply the country’s cash needs and currency reserves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
In January 2020, the US killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani -- who led the Revolutionary Guards' foreign operations arm, the Quds Force -- in Baghdad.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Once I did, I realized that something really important had happened while I was fixated on the olive groves of Kabul and Baghdad.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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