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Shortly before Bush landed on an aircraft carrier with a sign reading “Mission Accomplished,” Makiya and several expatriate friends from London got into a car at the Iraqi border and drove to Baghdad. It was the first time Makiya had visited his childhood home since he left the city in 1967 to attend MIT, and he was shocked...
...Driving 15 hours in SUVs from Kuwait to Baghdad, the convoy entered the city with no clear destination. They drove around, looking for a building suitable for their headquarters. The convoy eventually picked the Republican Palace—formerly Saddam’s primary seat of power—and took over the facility. Senor says the first days in the palace were challenging...
...took a few security risks and I drove myself around Baghdad for the first year, and I got to know Iraqis,” O’Sullivan said. She dressed modestly in loose clothing but covered her head to meet with ayatollahs, the most senior members of Islamic clergy...
...first day of the Iraq invasion, Filkins rented a car in Kuwait and drove a distance of about 350 miles to reach Baghdad...
...next day in Jerusalem. They were getting married in the summer and hoped to honeymoon in Turkey before moving into a house near olive groves. But Abu Dhaim, 25, was wrestling with darker forces. After hanging up the phone, he gathered his weapons in a cardboard television box and drove to the Mercaz Harav seminary in the heart of Jerusalem. Abu Dhaim climbed the stairs to a library, where he killed eight students and wounded an additional 10 before he was himself shot dead...