May 07 Watch Called to Account: Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Kwame Holman provides a background report on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's testimony to Congress about the Iraqi prisoner scandal. Continue watching
May 06 Soldiers Battle Shiites in Najaf; Bomber Kills Six in Baghdad By PBS News Hour As the United States launched a new assault against Shiite forces near Najaf Thursday, a suicide bomber killed one U.S. soldier and five Iraqi civilians in a brazen attack on the heavily fortified safe zone in Baghdad. Continue reading
May 06 Watch Struggle for Control in Iraq Coalition forces launched fresh offensives into the Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala, which had been under the control of militias loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Margaret Warner discusses the developments with New York Times reporter Dexter Filkins,… Continue watching
May 05 Disney Blocks Distribution of Documentary Critical of Bush Administration Walt Disney Co. has blocked its Miramax film studio from distributing a new documentary by director Michael Moore that criticizes President Bush's handling of the Sept. 11 attacks, the outspoken Oscar-winning director said Wednesday. Continue reading
May 05 President Bush Denounces Iraqi Prisoner Abuse on Arabic TV By PBS News Hour President Bush gave interviews Wednesday with the Arabic-language networks Al-Arabiya and U.S.-sponsored Al-Hurra, trying to assuage the growing clamor over photos that have surfaced depicting the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers. Continue reading
May 05 Watch Arab Reaction to Iraqi Prisoner Photos President Bush gave interviews Wednesday with Arabic-language networks in an attempt to quell the growing clamor over photos depicting U.S. soldiers abusing of Iraqi prisoners. Continue watching
May 05 Watch Photo Fallout President Bush told an Arab satellite television news network today that he found images of abuse at U.S. prisons in Iraq "abhorrent."… Continue watching
May 05 Watch President on Al Arabiya In one of two interviews with Arab-language television networks, President Bush condemned the treatment of Iraqi prisoners, calling the actions "abhorrent" and saying they did not represent American values. Continue watching
May 04 Watch Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Donald Rumsfeld told reporters that the actions of U.S. soldiers photographed abusing Iraqi prisoners are "totally unacceptable and un-American." Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, members of which received a closed door briefing on the allegations, discuss the… Continue watching
May 03 U.S. Military Reprimands Soldiers for Alleged Iraqi Prisoner Abuse By PBS News Hour The U.S. military has reprimanded six American soldiers and admonished another in connection with the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. Continue reading