Apr 05 U.S. Forces Launch Operation to Secure Fallujah Hundreds of U.S. and Iraqi troops surrounded the turbulent Iraqi city of Fallujah on Monday ahead of a major operation against insurgents following the brutal slayings of four American defense contractors last week. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch Turmoil: Inside Iraq U.S.-led forces struck back against centers of armed resistance in Fallujah and Baghdad today, after 12 American troops were killed in Iraq during the past 24 hours. Margaret Warner gets an update on the latest confrontations from New York Times… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch Shiite Resistance in Iraq An Iraqi judge issued an arrest warrant today for firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who the Coalition Provisional Authority accuses of igniting anti-American violence that led to the deaths of eight U.S. troops. Gwen Ifill gets two perspectives on the… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch Out at the Old Ballgame Opening weekend for Major League Baseball came amid league-led efforts to stamp out the use of steroids. Terence Smith discusses the battle against performance-enhancing drugs with Buster Olney of ESPN magazine. Continue watching
Apr 02 U.S. Warns of Terror Threat to Buses, Rail Lines Terrorists might try to bomb buses and rail lines in major U.S. cities this summer, according to a bulletin sent Thursday night by the FBI and Homeland Security Department. Continue reading
Apr 02 Watch Hidden Truth The Toledo Blade published a series about the atrocities the U.S. Army unit Tiger Force committed during the Vietnam War in 1967, but as quickly as the revelations came out, they quietly disappeared. Terence Smith looks at the Blade's determination… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch Training for Danger After almost a year of American-led occupation in Iraq, the Pentagon is in the process of orchestrating the largest troop rotation since the end of World War II. Betty Ann Bowser spent some time with National Guard soldiers in California,… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch Attacks in the Sunni Triangle Military experts discuss the U.S. response to gruesome attacks on U.S. soldiers and civilians in the Sunni Triangle area of Iraq. Continue watching
Mar 31 New Liberal Radio Network Debuts By PBS News Hour In a challenge to the dominance of conservative talk radio programs, Air America Radio, the new liberal talk radio network, went on the air Wednesday. Continue reading
Mar 31 Attacks in Iraq Claim Lives of Four Contractors, Five Soldiers An anti-American mob in the Iraqi city of Fallujah ambushed a group of contractors Wednesday, beating and dragging four bodies through the streets. The brutal attack came on the same day a roadside bomb killed five Americans west of Baghdad. Continue reading