Apr 01 Statement From Saddam Hussein Calls for Jihad In a statement read on Iraqi state television, president Saddam Hussein called on the Iraqi people to commit themselves to a holy war against U.S. and British forces seeking his ouster. Continue reading
Apr 01 Iraqi Civillian Casualties Result From Incidents At Checkpoints Officials at U.S. Central Command said current checkpoint procedures will not change despite Monday's incident at a U.S. guarded military checkpoint in Iraq that resulted in the deaths of at least seven and an unarmed Iraqi man on Tuesday. Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch Rules of Engagement in Iraq Jim Lehrer discusses the latest military moves in Iraq with retired Colonel W. Patrick Lang, retired Marine Corps Colonel Gary Anderson, and Eliot Cohen, Professor of Strategic Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch Embedded Journalists in Iraq: War Stories Terence Smith assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the Pentagon's "embedding" program and its effect on news coverage of the war in Iraq. Continue watching
Mar 31 Gregg Ramshaw’s Dispatches from Qatar: March 31 By PBS News Hour NewsHour producer Gregg Ramshaw, dispatched to Qatar to report from U.S. Central Command, describes the media's ongoing battle to squeeze out new information from the daily CentCom press briefings. Continue reading
Mar 31 Syria Reaffirms Opposition to U.S.-Led War in Iraq Following new warnings from Secretary of State Colin Powell to stop backing the Iraqi leadership, Syria announced Monday it has chosen to support Iraq against an "illegal" American-led "occupation" of Iraq. Continue reading
Mar 31 Arnett Fired for Iraqi TV Interview NBC fired journalist Peter Arnett Monday after he granted an interview to Iraq's state-run television in which he said the U.S.-led coalition's war plans against Iraq had "failed because of Iraqi resistance."… Continue reading
Mar 31 Ground Battles, Air Strikes Around Baghdad Intensify Coalition forces made new moves toward Baghdad Monday delivering an intense barrage of artillery fire and heavy bombings on the city's outskirts. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch Newsmaker: General Pace Jim Lehrer discusses the progress of the military campaign in Iraq with Marine Corps General Peter Pace, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch Jordan: The War Next Door Simon Marks reports from Amman, Jordan, where the citizens are reacting to the war with their neighbor Iraq. Continue watching