Liz Sly, Correspondent

Liz Sly has been a correspondent in the Baghdad Bureau of the Los Angeles Times since April 09. She spent most of the previous 8 years covering the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the Chicago Tribune. EMAIL

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World & Nation

Witnesses to devastation, and to their own luck

Alerted by two explosions minutes earlier, and automatic gunfire outside their hotel, most staffers of the Los Angeles Times’ Baghdad bureau had taken cover when the bomber detonated his vehicle.
Jan. 26, 2010
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World & Nation

Abdul Aziz Hakim dies at 59; powerful Iraqi political leader

Hakim headed the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council and was a top member of the U.S.-appointed Governing Council. He was an ally of both the U.S. and Iran. Hakim died after a battle with lung cancer.
Sept. 16, 2014

Liz Sly, Correspondent

Witnesses to devastation, and to their own luck

Abdul Aziz Hakim dies at 59; powerful Iraqi political leader