The killings were performed with a kind of gangland bravado meant to remind the people of Haifa Street that their neighborhood belonged not to them, not to Iraqi or U.S. forces, but to Iraq’s 18 ...

The fight on Haifa Street started over 27 dead bodies. "Twenty male, seven female," says Lt. Col. Steve Duke, an American adviser to the Iraq Army. The bodies were dumped a week ago in a side ...

BAGHDAD — A year ago, Haifa Street was a name that inspired dread. Automobile carcasses littered the sidewalks -- charred remnants of car bomb attacks on U.S. and Iraqi security patrols.

Haifa Street used to be another way of saying utter chaos. In January this year, it was the scene of the bitterest and bloodiest street fighting that Baghdad has experienced.

Start with Haifa Street, which runs near the fortified Green Zone and has been a constant battlefield. Deploy U.S. and Iraqi forces throughout the area and set up checkpoints every 100 yards.

Haifa Street is on the west side of the Tigris river, in the heart of the city. With long rows of tower blocks hiding a maze of narrow alleyways and rundown mud-brick buildings, it is home to some ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq – In the battle for Baghdad, Haifa Street has changed hands so often that it has taken on the feel of a no-man’s land, the deadly space between opposing trenches. On Wednesday ...

A child rides his bicycle Tuesday morning in front of a gravestone shop near Haifa Street. Insurgents once hid weapons in the graveyard across the street. Now, it' ...