Iraqi artist puts himself in line of fire
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Blog: Provocative video installation by Iraqi-born artist aims to provide metaphor for danger confinement faced by family and friends back home.
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BERLIN A woman doing handsprings hurled herself into an art installation at the exhibition of a collection belonging to the billionaire heir of a Nazi-era arms supplier, damaging two pieces, organizers said Thursday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi declared a 60-day state of emergency across most of Iraq on Sunday amid expectations of an imminent assault on the rebel hub of Fallujah.
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JDEIDET YABOUS, Syria -- The Syrian leader of an Islamic militant group blew himself up yesterday after trying to cross into Lebanon and engaging in a gunbattle with Syrian forces. Two border guards were wounded.
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Masked insurgent stands on a street in Mosul, Iraq Thursday Nov. 18, 2004. Insurgents fired mortars Thursday at the provincial administration offices in the northern city of Mosul, wounding four of the governor&#39;s guards, the US military said.
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A former military spokesman in Iraq said Saturday new pictures showing apparent abuse of Iraqi prisoners were the acts of an isolated few but will be used by some to try to tarnish the entire U.S. military.
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NEAR ISKANDARIYA, Iraq  - "Adam" is supposed to be  the Iraqi face at a key U.S. military checkpoint south of  Baghdad, but he is so fearful for his life that he wears a  black ski mask to hide his identity.
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 20 -- For the last three years, Walid Hassan had an impossible task. He had to make war-weary Iraqis laugh. Week after week, the comedian and broadcaster found inspiration in the turmoil and bloodletting. On his weekend television show, "Caricature," he poked fun at the poor security,...
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Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi photographer who helped the Associated Press win a Pulitzer Prize last year, is now in his sixth month in a U.S. Army prison in Iraq. He doesn't understand why he's there, and neither do his AP colleagues.
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One moment an Iraqi teen-ager dances  to pop band 'N Snyc, the next a decrepit hunched street seller  describes the looting in Baghdad and then a sexy bohemian  painter tells how she survived Saddam.
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The Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang paints with gunpowder when heâs not staging open-air âexplosion events.â At this summerâs Beijing Olympic ceremonies, heâll be playing with fire.
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Projectile fired into Basra base leaves several more wounded.
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The Iraqi prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, showed an unexpected streak of stubbornness yesterday in his stand-off with the US over the Blackwater shootings, insisting that action had to be taken against the private security firm.
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Iraqis walk among buildings damaged by an air strike in Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004. The Iraqi government Sunday declared a state of emergency for 60 days throughout the country except for Kurdish
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Amid deep-seated themes of suffering, Iraqi artists expressed a different face of their country through their creative work.
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An Iraq war veteran could lose his honorable discharge status after being photographed wearing fatigues at an anti-war protest.
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Insurgents run near a burning oil facility in Eid al-Jahish, near Mosul, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 15, 2004. Gunmen attacked and set fire to the station, where oil is stored and then pumped to Ceyhan port, according to eyewitnesses.