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
Apr 15 Watch A New Voice The U.S. government has launched Al Hurra, a new Arab-language satellite television channel broadcast to 22 Middle Eastern countries from studios just a few miles outside the Washington beltway. Terence Smith looks at Al Hurra - Washington's latest media outreach… Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch Editors’ Views on Iraq Margaret Warner gets media perspectives from around the country on the Bush administration's responses to security concerns in Iraq, the decision to extend some U.S. troop deployments there and other developments from four editorial page editors. Continue watching
Apr 13 President Defends Situation in Iraq, Pre-9/11 Efforts Despite a continuing bloody insurgency by separate Shiite and Sunni rebel groups throughout Iraq, President Bush defended the U.S.-led occupation, saying it would lead to the creation of a democratic and stable cornerstone in the Middle East. Continue reading
Apr 13 Justice Scalia Apologizes to Reporters, Revises Print Media Policy By Admin Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia apologized for the confiscation of two reporters' audiotapes by a deputy U.S. marshal during a public speech in Mississippi, and promised to allow print journalists to record his public speeches in the future. Continue reading
Apr 13 U.S. Troops Amass Outside Najaf; One U.S. Soldier Killed About 2,500 U.S. troops assembled outside the holy city of Najaf Tuesday to "capture or kill" Shiite radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, said the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez. Continue reading