Americans can get a taste of the chaos and danger of Baghdad after the U.S. invasion, thanks to “Baghdadi Bath,” a play opening on Thursday at a small theater in New York’s East village. “It’s very...

[BBC NEWS Middle East Public face of the Saddam regime](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7938512.stm)

Al-Mutannabi Street, in central Baghdad, has had many names. In the second Abbasid period, it was the Paper Market. Under the Ottomans it was Military Bakery Street. Under the British it was Hassan...

[BBC NEWS Middle East Maliki makes reconciliation call](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7928704.stm)

Baghdad – Mohamed al-Rubeiy, the image of a prosperous businessman in a dark blue suit and gold watch, beams from thousands of posters plastered on walls advertising his run for a seat in Iraq’s pr...