Office of Security Cooperation, and Government of Iraq. After Dec. 31, 2011, anyone who does not have the new GOI badge will not be able to enter the Green Zone. The USF-I badges will no longer ...

"The Green Zone used to be fun," a veteran U.S. diplomat ... They often waited in long lines as Westerners with higher-security badges breezed through checkpoints with nary a pat-down.

The Green Zone is guarded by a crazy quilt of security personnel–Georgian soldiers ... or hello), Spanish (“amigo”), English (“badge”), Arabic (“silah,” or weapon) and Iraqi slang ...

The deaths raised fears among Green Zone residents about security in what was once regarded ... But the American military still issues badges that grant varying levels of access and has sought ...

Welcome to Baghdad's post-decadent stronghold: Menacing Peruvian mercenaries, Chinese prostitutes, concealed beer and doughnuts -- and Iraqis eyeing a foreboding future.

The mayoralty of Baghdad has worked with the Iraqi security ... the Green Zone. They have also dismantled several checkpoints which previously only allowed people with biometric badges and vehicle ...

American soldiers in Iraq were awarded the Combat Action Badge for their response to an ... the coalition’s facility in Baghdad’s Green Zone, known as Union III. In a ceremony at Union III ...