Beirut's hackerspace has conducted experiments with clay and cryptography, and while Baghdad's experimental makers are a long way from solving the city's notorious traffic issues, Zuhair is proposing a simple intervention to make it more tolerable: Starting a podcast to entertain gridlocked commuters.
But he briefly made the headlines in 2007 when he was kidnapped by gunmen while reporting in Baghdad.
Brandon volunteered for the National Guard and was killed while serving in Baghdad.
It took the Kremlin years to reestablish a commercial foothold in the country, and while dealings with Baghdad have more or less stabilized, officials in Moscow are in no hurry to repeat the experience.
Jabr, the head of al-Hakim hospital, was kidnapped Saturday while driving in eastern Baghdad, said a police official.
Some of the extra troops might be used to secure Baghdad, while others could be sent to Anbar province, according to Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman.
Already, tens of thousands of Shiites have fled Anbar Province, many to Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad, while Sunnis have been forced from their homes in Shiite communities.
Also, an American soldier died from combat-related injuries while on patrol in eastern Baghdad.
Fourteen-year veteran Shawn Suzch was killed while patrolling the Mansour section of Baghdad.
He was shot three times while driving in the centre of Baghdad.
They were abducted Sunday while guarding a telecommunications firm in Baghdad.
Unless actually forced to choose, each would prefer to maintain cordial diplomatic and lucrative trade relations with the United States, while preserving a valued client in Baghdad.
And it didn't look like Thomas would be returning to Baghdad, not at least while conditions worsened.
Carroll was kidnapped Jan. 7 in Baghdad's western Adil neighborhood while going to interview Sunni Arab politician Adnan al-Dulaimi.
Pfc Manning is accused of sending thousands of battlefield reports from both Afghanistan and Iraq, 250, 000 diplomatic cables, and other classified material to the Wikileaks website in 2009 and 2010 while working as an Army intelligence analyst in Baghdad.
BBC: Bradley Manning pleads guilty to some Wikileaks charges
Salih Saif Aldin was shot at close range while photographing fire-damaged houses in a street in Baghdad on 14 October.
While the Senate is stuck on the procedural question, violence is surging in Baghdad.
Lukoil representatives - currently in Baghdad for talks - said they had won back the deal, while Iraqi officials indicated that there were still disagreements.
U.S.-led coalition forces encircled Baghdad Sunday, closing off highways in and out of the Iraqi capital while armed Iraqi soldiers manned the streets and hunkered down for battle.
While Iran is seen as the most influential outside power in Iraq today, on Baghdad's streets Turkey's presence is more visible than that of any other country, with everything from malls to furniture stores to pavement bricks bearing a Turkish trademark.
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