Apr 08 Three Journalists Killed in Baghdad Three journalists were killed in military operations in Baghdad Tuesday, including an incident in which a U.S. tank fired at a hotel housing hundreds of international reporters. Continue reading
Apr 08 U.S. Forces Tighten Grip on Baghdad, Hit Ministry Buildings U.S. troops in the center of Baghdad repelled an Iraqi counterattack Tuesday after dawn local time before moving out to expand the areas under coalition control. Continue reading
Apr 08 The Boston Globe Wins Pulitzer Prize The Boston Globe on Monday received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service journalism for exposing the sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests that led to changes within the Roman Catholic Church. Continue reading
Apr 08 U.S. Bombing Devastates Iraqi "Leadership Target" U.S. forces targeted the Iraqi leadership Monday, dropping four 2,000-pound bombs on a building where high-ranking members of the regime were meeting. Continue reading
Apr 08 Ground Attack Fighter Shot Down Near Baghdad An A-10 "Warthog" low-flying fighter jet was apparently shot down by Iraqi surface-to-air fire and crashed near the airport southwest of Baghdad early Tuesday local time. Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch Targeting Saddam U.S. forces launched an air strike Monday directly targeting a senior Iraqi leadership meeting that may have included Saddam Hussein and his sons. Military experts discuss the intelligence and equipment necessary to launch such a targeted strike and how officials… Continue watching
Apr 07 Supreme Court Upholds Cross Burning Ban By Admin, PBS News Hour The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday to uphold a state law banning cross burning carried out with the intent to intimidate, ruling that the act is an instrument of terror and not a form of expression protected by the First… Continue reading
Apr 07 Initial Tests Indicate Chemical Weapons in Iraq Coalition forces may have found a chemical weapons cache at an Iraqi training facility, but further tests are needed to conclusively determine whether the materials are banned weapons of mass destruction, military officials told Reuters and MSNBC. Continue reading
Apr 07 British Troops Enter Southern City of Basra Nearly 700 British and U.S. soldiers on Monday walked into the center of Basra, receiving a warm response from its residents, after securing most of Iraq's second largest city. Continue reading
Apr 07 U.S. Forces Launch Large-Scale Armored Raid on Baghdad More than 100 armored personnel carriers and tanks entered central Baghdad after dawn Monday local time, seizing key sites in the heart of the Iraqi capital. By nightfall, some three battalions of U.S. troops remained in the center of the… Continue reading