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2016 Postmortem

hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Fri Jun 20, 2014, 02:14 AM Jun 2014

Who are the Americans in the Green Zone? Why are they there?

Who do they work for? How many are there?

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Who are the Americans in the Green Zone? Why are they there? (Original Post) hedgehog Jun 2014 OP

Hmmm... Not just Americans hedgehog Jun 2014 #1

Thanks for the link, hedgehog! Suich Jun 2014 #3

and why have they not left yet ? Nobel_Twaddle_III Jun 2014 #2

probably a lot of welfare leeches getting their money from our wallets? nt msongs Jun 2014 #4

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

1. Hmmm... Not just Americans

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Fri Jun 20, 2014, 02:23 AM

Jun 2014

The special zone also has room for some privileged Iraqis. The Green Zone is home to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who has his office here, and to the most important ministries. The parliament has taken up temporary quarters here, in a former conference center Saddam had built in the early 1980s. It is also home to influential Iraqis, such as Sunni member of parliament Mithal Al-Alusi. Al-Alusi is one of the most popular politicians in postwar Iraq and hence one of the people the Hoff delegation has arranged to meet.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/baghdad-s-green-zone-under-fire-americans-caught-in-crossfire-between-radicals-and-iraqi-government-a-543708.html