Sep 29 Car Bombs Kill Scores in Iraq By PBS News Hour Three nearly simultaneous car bombings in a mainly Shiite town in Iraq killed at least 60 people and wounded 70 others Thursday, a day after a roadside bomb killed five U.S. soldiers in the insurgent hotbed of Ramadi. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch Iraq War Status Report Top military officials told Congress on Thursday that plans to stabilize Iraq and build a new national army are working, despite the ongoing insurgency in the country. Two leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee discuss the situation in Iraq… Continue watching
Sep 28 U.S. Forces Ready for More Violence in Iraq, President Bush Says By PBS News Hour reaffirmed his confidence in the U.S.-led operation in Iraq in a speech Wednesday in the Rose Garden, saying troops were prepared to encounter an increase in violence by insurgents prior to next month's vote on an Iraqi constitution. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch 82nd Airborne Accused of Iraqi War Prisoner Abuse A new report alleges the Army's 82nd Airborne Division abused Iraqi prisoners in 2003 and 2004. Two experts assess the allegations and discuss where the Army should go from here. Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch Using the Military At Home Active federal troops were dispatched to aid with security and recovery in New Orleans after state and local resources were unable to control Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. Two guests discuss whether the military should be given a more active role in… Continue watching
Sep 26 Irish Republican Army Gets Rid of Weapons Arsenal By PBS News Hour In a move that could end what has long been viewed as the primary obstacle to the full implementation of a political peace deal in Northern Ireland, the IRA has destroyed its vast arsenal of weapons, independent monitors announced Monday. Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch Protesting the War Two days after an estimated 100,000 antiwar demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C., hundreds rallied in front of the White House Monday. Dozens were arrested, including Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq who has become a mouthpiece… Continue watching
Sep 23 Violent Clashes in Sudan Threaten Darfur Peace Talks By PBS News Hour A surge in violence between rebel groups and the Sudanese army in Sudan's western Darfur region is threatening to derail peace talks in the Nigerian capital of Abuja and putting a shaky cease-fire in peril. Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch Violence Escalates in Iraq Insurgents in Iraq launched a series of attacks last week in response to a U.S. offensive in the northern town of Tal Afar, including a suicide bomb in Baghdad that killed 160 people, while conflicts between British troops and Iraqi… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch Tribute to Simon Wiesenthal Simon Wiesenthal, a survivor of three concentration camps who is responsible for capturing 1,100 Nazis, died Tuesday at 96 at his home in Vienna, Austria. After two background reports, a guest talks about Wiesenthal's lifelong dedication to find and bring… Continue watching