Apr 22 Hundreds of Thousands Make Shiite Pilgrimage to Karbala Exercising their new-found religious freedom, hundreds of thousands of Shiites marched to the Holy City of Karbala in Iraq on Tuesday, in a pilgrimage long banned by Saddam Hussein's regime. Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch Religion and Politics in Iraq Tuesday marked the first day that Shiite Muslims journeyed to Karbala in a pilgrimage banned for decades during Saddam Hussein's rule. Experts assess the role that religion and politics will play in the new Iraq. Continue watching
Apr 21 Four Top Iraqi Officials Captured Coalition forces have captured four top Iraqi officials in the last three days and may be working with an unidentified former member of the regime to uncover hidden weapons of mass destruction. Continue reading
Apr 21 Watch Noncitizen Soldiers Some 37,000 noncitizens serve in the active duty U.S. armed forces. Jeffrey Kaye of KCET Los Angeles reports on these servicemembers. Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch The Media’s War in Iraq More than 600 journalists traveled with U.S. forces in Iraq as part of the Pentagon's embedded journalist program. Two formerly embedded journalists discuss their experiences traveling with the U.S. military, and weigh in on the debate over whether embedding journalists… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch Tom’s Journal Gwen Ifill speaks with New York Times columnist Tom Friedman about his recent trips to Egypt, Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Kuwait and southern Iraq. Continue watching
Apr 18 Protests, Unrest Continue on the Streets of Baghdad Thousands of protestors took to the streets of a Baghdad neighborhood Friday, demanding that U.S. forces leave the city. Continue reading
Apr 18 U.S. Forces Capture Baath Party Official U.S. forces took custody of another of their "most wanted" from the former Iraqi regime Thursday, a Baath leader whom Central Command officials hope will help them further dismantle what remains of Saddam's regime. Continue reading
Apr 18 Watch John Burns: The Final Days in Baghdad Terence Smith discusses the mood in Baghdad with New York Times correspondent John Burns. Continue watching
Apr 17 Three More Iraqis Killed in Mosul Clashes Facing continued anti-American anger, U.S. Marines again clashed with local Iraqis in Mosul Wednesday, resulting in at least three more Iraqis killed and several wounded by U.S. forces. Continue reading