Apr 21 Car Bomb Kills Dozens in Basra; Fighting Flares in Fallujah Five suicide car bombers targeted police stations around the southern Iraqi city of Basra during Wednesday's morning rush hour, killing at least 65 people, including school children, and wounding scores more. Continue reading
Apr 21 Watch Suicide Bombings Five simultaneous suicide car bombs tore through the British-occupied city of Basra in southern Iraq early this morning. Independent Television News correspondent Julian Manyon reports on the latest violence. Then, Ray Suarez follows up in a conversation with New York… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch Breach of Trust The editor of USA Today retired Tuesday in the wake of a scandal involving the paper's former star foreign correspondent, Jack Kelley. Terence Smith discusses the scandal with USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page and Geneva Overholser, a professor… Continue watching
Apr 20 Attack on Baghdad Jail Kills At Least 22 Prisoners Insurgents fired 12 mortars at a U.S.-run prison in Baghdad prison Tuesday, killing 22 detainees and injuring 92, coalition military officials said. Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch A Fallen Son More than 1,000 people came to the small mountain town of Dubois, Wyo., to pay respects for native son and Marine Private First Class Chance Phelps, who was killed recently in Iraq. Spencer Michels reports on the effects of a… Continue watching
Apr 19 Fallujah Leaders, U.S. Urge Militants to Disarm Civic leaders in Fallujah joined American officials Monday in asking insurgents to surrender their heavy weapons, after a weekend of fighting in Iraq killed ten U.S. soldiers. Continue reading
Apr 16 U.S. Officials, Iraqis Negotiate in Fallujah U.S. military and civilian officials met with leaders from Fallujah, a city ringed by U.S. Marines working to root out insurgents operating there, for the first time Friday since the siege of the central city began April 5. Continue reading
Apr 15 Some U.S. Troop Deployments Extended in Iraq The U.S. military will keep about 21,000 American soldiers, scheduled to end their tour of duty this month, in Iraq to cope with the surge in anti-occupation violence, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Continue reading
Apr 15 Three Japanese Hostages Freed As U.S. Continues to Battle Iraqi Militants Three Japanese taken hostage in Iraq were released Thursday, but violence continued there with the murder of an Iranian diplomat, renewed fighting in Fallujah and a stalemate in Najaf. Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch Extended Duty in Iraq The Pentagon announced Thursday that 21,000 U.S. soldiers who were supposed to leave Iraq in a few weeks after a year-long tour of duty must stay there for three additional months. Ray Suarez provides a report. Continue watching