#baghdad

It's going to be a long, hot summer. The hotter it gets in Baghdad, the hotter it will get in D.C. ↗

— George Stephanopoulos

#get #gets #going #hot #hotter

Ever since the destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258, the Muslim world has been in slow decline relative to the west. With Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and the creeping British annexation of Muslim India, that decline took on a malign aspect. ↗

— James Buchan

#baghdad #been #british #creeping #decline

Well, I've been to Iraq twice now. I was in Baghdad in June and then north of Baghdad in November. ↗

— Gary Sinise

#been #i #iraq #june #north

But all that having been said, you can't, in a city of a million people like Karbala, or 5 million like Baghdad, you can't be in all places at all times. ↗

— John Abizaid

#been #city #having #like #million

I can say, and I am responsible for what I am saying, that they have started to commit suicide under the walls of Baghdad. We will encourage them to commit more suicides quickly. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

#baghdad #commit #encourage #i #i am

The fact is that as soon as they reach Baghdad gates, we will besiege them and slaughter them. Until now they have refused to do battle with us. They are just going places. One can describe them as a boa: when it feels threatened, it runs to somewhere else. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

#battle #boa #describe #else #fact

I had no idea what it would be like to be a bomb tech in Baghdad until I got there so I didn't know what to expect. It was very eye-opening. ↗

— Mark Boal

#bomb #expect #got #had #i

Baghdad is determined to force the Mongols of our age to commit suicide at its gates. ↗

— Saddam Hussein

#baghdad #commit #determined #force #gates

Today's message to Baghdad is very clear: the UN Security Council resolution expresses the unity and determination of the entire international community to assume its collective responsibility. ↗

— Javier Solana

#baghdad #clear #collective #community #council

The Americans may think they have 'liberated' Baghdad but the tens of thousands of thieves - they came in families and cruised the city in trucks and cars searching for booty - seem to have a different idea what liberation means. ↗

— Robert Fisk

#booty #came #cars #city #different