http://politicalscandalnews.com/topic/baghdad2010-12-28T09:30:31Z2010-12-28T09:30:31ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-12-28:/photo/iraq-2403211p/

An Iraqi policeman stands guard while hundreds of vehicles are in queue, waiting to be searched, at a checkpoint in <a title="Baghdad" href="/topic/Baghdad" >Baghdad</a>, <a title="Iraq" href="/topic/Iraq" >Iraq</a>, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. Security officials are investigating the possibility of removing some of the hundreds of checkpoints across the city, in a sign of the improving security situation. The checkpoints are designed to catch insurgents, but they also slow down traffic in the alrea...

2010-12-24T14:01:10ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-12-24:/photo/iraq-troops-christmas-2402037p/

<a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >U.S</a> .troops are seen lighting candles during a <a title="Christmas" href="/topic/Christmas" >Christmas Eve</a> mass in a chapel at an American base in <a title="Baghdad" href="/topic/Baghdad" >Baghdad</a>, <a title="Iraq" href="/topic/Iraq" >Iraq</a>, Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)<div id="copyright"><div> Copyright 2010&#160; <a href="http://www.ap.org">AP News</a></div></div><div><p></p><br /><br /></div>...

2010-12-21T11:30:49ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-12-21:/photo/top-10-stories-ye-2400784p/

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2010 file photo, members of 1st Brigade, <a title="3rd Infantry Division" href="/topic/3rd+Infantry+Division" >3rd Infantry Division</a>, based at <a title="Fort Stewart" href="/topic/Fort+Stewart" >Fort Stewart</a>, Ga., sit in a C-17 aircraft at <a title="Sather Air Base" href="/topic/Sather+Air+Base" >Sather Air Base</a> in <a title="Baghdad" href="/topic/Baghdad" >Baghdad</a> as they begin their journey home after a year in <a title="Iraq" href="/topic/Iraq" >Iraq</a>...

2010-12-21T08:03:13ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-12-21:/photo/iraq-security-2400704p/

<a title="Iraqi Police Service" href="/topic/Iraqi+Police+Service" >Iraqi police</a> officers are seen at a checkpoint in <a title="Baghdad" href="/topic/Baghdad" >Baghdad</a>, <a title="Iraq" href="/topic/Iraq" >Iraq</a>, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. The Iraqi government tightened its security measures as Iraqi lawmakers unanimously approved a new government to be headed by incumbent <a title="Nouri al-Maliki" href="/topic/Nouri+al-Maliki" >Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki</a>. (AP Photo/Hadi M...

2010-12-20T06:30:43ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-12-20:/photo/iraq-violence-2400126p/

Iraqi security forces stand guard as a damaged vehicle is towed away after a bomb attack in <a title="Baghdad" href="/topic/Baghdad" >Baghdad</a>, <a title="Iraq" href="/topic/Iraq" >Iraq</a>, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. A roadside bomb missed a passing police patrol in Baghdad's central commercial area of <a title="Karrada" href="/topic/Karrada" >Karrada</a>, wounded several civilians, police said. (AP Photo/<a title="Khalid Mohammed" href="/topic/Khalid+Mohammed" >Khalid Mohammed</a>)<div id="copyr...