On Tuesday, various bombings killed almost 50 people in and around Baghdad, including 16 at a Shia mosque.
On Wednesday, three people died and 16 were wounded in four explosions in and around Baghdad, according to police.
You'd never know it from the mayhem in and around Baghdad, but much of Iraq is experiencing an economic boom.
Iraqi security forces tightened their security measures Saturday in and around Baghdad to protect pilgrims flocking to Imam Moussa al-Kadhim's shrine.
So there is an operation taking place around Baghdad in the belt, so to speak, to stop that very thing from happening.
On Tuesday, at least 17 people were killed and dozens more wounded by a series of car bombings in and around Baghdad.
And the police zip around Baghdad in smart new Hyundai cars which plainly did not enter with the approval of the Security Council.
Most of the US soldiers have been killed in attacks on road convoys, firefights in the Sunni-dominated towns of Falluja and Ramadi and battles in and around Baghdad.
Wisely, the Iraqi government responded by announcing supporting security measures in the provinces around Baghdad to prevent militants from regrouping, as has happened in the past.
They also detained four other al Qaeda suspects in operations in and around Baghdad, including three in Abu Ghraib -- about 20 miles west of the capital.
Baghdad (CNN) -- Car bombs and roadside explosions killed at least 18 people within a one-hour period Tuesday in predominantly Shiite neighborhoods in and around Baghdad, authorities said.
Around Baghdad, there are checkpoints controlling entrance to the city.
At least 50 people died and 160 others were wounded in the co-ordinated wave of suicide, car and roadside bombings in and around Baghdad during Tuesday's morning rush hour.
Shortly after the first wave of morning attacks, more car bombs exploded in and around Baghdad, triggering panic among residents and measures like the closure of several bridges spanning the Tigris River.
As many as 60 people were killed in a series of car and suicide bombings in mainly Shia areas in and around Baghdad on 19 March - the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
He said most of the additional U.S. troops Bush ordered into Iraq last year will be coming home by late summer, but future withdrawals will depend on whether improvements in security in and around Baghdad continue to hold.
There are operations in al-Anbar province to the west, which used to be a Sunni stronghold, several operations in and around Baghdad, and a lot of focus has been put on Baqouba, that's the capital city of Diyala province.
However, Mr Leigh, chairman of the influential Commons public accounts committee, said thousands of Iraqis had died since the conflict, and while he had been able to walk around Baghdad safely in Saddam's time, no-one could do the same now.
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"I think the effort under way to dampen the violence, particularly caused by the Baathists and by al Qaeda, is working as well as we would have hoped, both in Anbar province and now in the belts around Baghdad, " he said.
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It's also in Al Anbar and will be in the areas around Baghdad, in the so-called belt around Baghdad, which is essentially the suburbia-type towns and cities that surround Baghdad north, east and south and certainly Al Anbar to the west.
Traffic squeezes its way around Baghdad's clogged streets, which are pinched every few miles by military checkpoints where bored soldiers lazily hold metal rods nicknamed "Solomon's cane" next to passing cars, in the hope they will "sniff" out hidden bombs.
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It seems, too, that the Arab world may be turning against the more extreme part of the insurgency the jihadists led by al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who blow up mosques around Baghdad and Palestinian wedding parties in Jordan (see article).
Moonen, a former Blackwater guard who admitted to killing an Iraqi man while wandering drunk around Baghdad, was dropped by the Justice Department, citing difficulties in obtaining evidence in war zones and the granting of immunities to the defendant by American officials at the scene.
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In mid-June, with all the surge capabilities in place, we launched a series of offensive operations focused on expanding the gains achieved in the preceding months in Anbar province, clearing Baquba, several key Baghdad neighborhoods, the remaining sanctuaries in Anbar province and important areas in the so called belts around Baghdad, and pursuing al Qaeda in the Diyala river valley and several other areas.
The massive concrete barriers, typically 3 meters (10 feet) tall, were quickly erected around many Baghdad buildings after the U.S. invasion in 2003.
The reputation of America is being destroyed as al-Jazeera beams the carnage of Baghdad around the world.
Clouds of white smoke rose from southeastern Baghdad around midday, and there was a series of huge explosions.
The recruits were heading from Falluja to Baghdad around 11:30 a.m. when they were hit by the explosion in the town of Haswa, the official said.
Around 25 people were reportedly killed in clashes in Baghdad on Thursday, while around 10 militiamen died the night before in fighting with British troops in Amara.
As a result, many foreign doctors who have come to help have been left trailing around hotels in central Baghdad with nothing to do.
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