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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Guests were urged to visit an exhibition on the history of U.S.-Iraq relations in the next building over, where framed photos and copies of cultural and diplomatic agreements between the two countries document a rosy exchange from the 1930s to 2008. The more awkward moments in U.S.-Iraq history - like U.S. support of Saddam during the 1980s Iran-Iraq war and the troubled early years of U.S. occupation - were left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opening Day for Enormous New US Embassy in Iraq | 1/5/2009 | See Source »

...awkward moments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thank You for Throwing Your Shoe | 12/22/2008 | See Source »

...Boston Tea Party, and led to Israel's first defeat in the field of battle when Israel withdrew from Lebanon in 2000. For us, though, Nabatiyah should be a crucial lesson in how a small act of defiance can turn into a viral contagion. (See the top 10 awkward moments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lesson of the Iraqi Shoe Thrower | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

...needed to return to the streets, bearing the usual banners of protest and U.S. flags to burn. The Sadrists also made political hay of Zeidi in parliament, bringing it to a standstill. The gadfly speaker, Mahmoud Mashadani - no mean headline-grabber himself - threatened to resign.(See the Top 10 Awkward Moments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shoe Thrower Only a Temporary Distraction | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

...having immunity for foreign troops here while an Iraqi is in prison for insulting a foreigner,'" says Mahmoud Othman, an independent Kurdish lawmaker who attended the session. "They're trying to embarrass al-Maliki in an election year, to portray him as an American puppet." (See the Top 10 Awkward Moments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Punishment for the Shoe Thrower Puts al-Maliki in a Spot | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

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