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  • Paul Bremer has already left the country, he flew by helicopter from what the call the Green Zone, that's the very highly protected area where the ceremony took place, he then boarded a plane at Baghdad Airport and has left the country.

    CNN Transcript Jun 28, 2004 2004

  • All of them were in the Red Zone, which was anything outside the fortified U.S. military compound called the Green Zone.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • All of them were in the Red Zone, which was anything outside the fortified U.S. military compound called the Green Zone.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • Ride to the so-called Green Zone was a stark reminder that there's a war going on here.

    Ian Gurvitz: Where in the World is Katie Couric? 2008

  • The Green Zone, which is supposed to be a safe haven, the safest part of Iraq, has seen a series of attacks in the last couple of weeks.

    CNN Transcript Apr 7, 2008 2008

  • The Green Zone is a heavily guarded, walled in section of Baghdad, controlled mainly by the U.S.

    CNN Transcript Mar 28, 2007 2007

  • For the time of the CPA, the Green Zone was a nice career stop-over point for those hoping to get some attention in the modern Republican Party.

    Aliens in an Alien Land: Iraq Through the Lens of Soldiers' Memoirs 2007

  • The Green Zone was a haven, a little slice of America in the heart of Baghdad.

    GREEN ZONE, CODE RED 2007

  • The Green Zone is a four square-mile district of central Baghdad surrounded by barricades and checkpoints that houses the Iraqi government, the U.S.

    Archive 2004-10-01 2004

  • Authorities say two car bombs exploded at an entrance gate to Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, which is coalition controlled.

    CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2004 2004

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