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Eye on Dora: Clean-up Crews and No-Go Areas

Slogger's Exclusive Photos Capture Situation in Notorious Baghdad District

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Snapped earlier this week, these exclusive photos capture scenes from the Dora neighborhood in southern Baghdad. Until recently, Dora was known as a militant stronghold, a dangerous no-go area under the control of Sunni extremists.

The first set of photos below shows a major market in Dora. Local sources explain that this market just...

01/23/2008 1:46 PM ET

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Iraq's Gun Culture Starts With Its Children

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Children play with toy guns on the second day of the Eid al-Adha festivities in the al-Khullani neighbourood, central Baghdad, 20 December 2007.

12/20/2007 09:26 AM ET

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Ancient Iraqi Cuneiform Found on Ebay

Zurich-Based Seller Under Investigation for Smuggling Antiquity Out of Iraq

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - APRIL 29: Tablets and other stolen antiquities that were returned in recent days to the Iraqi National Museum are displayed at the museum April 29, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq.

UNESCO advisories regarding the valuables looted from Baghdad's National Museum have done much to stem the buying and selling of stolen Iraqi...

12/18/2007 12:37 PM ET

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Iraqi Muslims Preparing for Eid Celebrations

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Iraqi Death Squads Get Better at Masking Work

Newsweek Reports Civilian Casualty Stats Impacted by Criminals Hiding Corpses

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British Troops Surrender Basra to Iraqi Control