Green Zone

The area is also known as Karradat Mariam, so named for a locally famous woman who helped the poor people of Baghdad.

Jay Garner, head of the reconstruction team, set up his headquarters in the former Republican Palace; other villas were taken by groups of government officials and private contractors.

The Green Zone was the governmental headquarters of the Coalition Provisional Authority that oversaw the public administration of the country from April 2003 until June 2004, when it was succeeded by the Iraqi Interim Government.

[7] It is this security that made the Green Zone the safest area of Baghdad,[7] and gave its name colloquially as "the bubble".

On April 12, 2007, a bomb went off in the Iraqi Parliament cafeteria, killing Mohammed Awad (a member of the Sunni National Dialogue Front) and injuring 22, including one of the vice presidents.

On April 6, 2008, two U.S. soldiers were killed and 17 more wounded when a rocket or mortar attack struck inside the Green Zone.

On July 22, 2010, three Triple Canopy security guard contractors (two Ugandans and one Peruvian) were killed and 15 more wounded (including two U.S. nationals) when a rocket attack struck inside the International Zone.

[13] On 8 January 2020, following the assassination of Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, two Katyusha rockets struck within the Green Zone.