Green Zone, Code Red; Why can't American forces secure the Iraqi capital?

Publication: Newsweek

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Byline: Joseph Contreras (With Rod Nordland in Amman, Christopher Dickey in Paris and Eve Conant in Washington)

The Green Zone was a haven, a little slice of America in the heart of Baghdad. At the Green Zone Cafe, you could order a burger, wash it down with a beer and imagine (if you tried really hard) that you were someplace comfortable and safe. That was true until last Thursday, when a jihadi sat down at a table and calmly set off a large bomb. Another insurgent left a big...

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