May 10 Watch Struggle for Conotrol: Sadr City The United States bombed the Baghdad headquarters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr today. The coalition said 35 insurgents were killed in the strike, while two American troops were killed elsewhere in Iraq. Terence Smith gets an update on the… Continue watching
May 10 Watch Experts Analyze Coalition Progress in the Iraq War Between a growing prisoner abuse scandal and continued clashes between insurgents and coalition forces, some say the U.S.-led war in Iraq is facing major challenges to any successful military conclusion. Margaret Warner gets three perspectives on coalition progress and what… Continue watching
May 07 Rumsfeld Offers ‘Deepest Apology’ for Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld extended "my deepest apology" to Iraqi prisoners abused by U.S. military personnel and told lawmakers that he accepts full responsibility for the events and is seeking a way to compensate the victims. Continue reading
May 07 Watch Historical Perspectives: Secretary Rumsfeld Ray Suarez gets historical perspectives about Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's testimony from presidential historian Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton Smith, director of the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Continue watching
May 07 Watch Reaction to Secretary Rumsfeld’s Testimony Before Congress Leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee discuss Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's testimony about the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal. Continue watching
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