Mar 28 Baghdad Hammered by Massive Explosions Smoke continued to billow out of Baghdad Friday after U.S.-led forces unleashed the heaviest bombardment of the Iraqi capital in days, using B-52 bombers to drop two 4,700-pound, satellite-guided "bunker-busting" bombs on Iraqi targets. Continue reading
Mar 28 Basra Residents Fired Upon When Fleeing City, British Say Iraqi forces in Basra fired mortars and machine guns Friday on a "couple of thousand" Iraqi civilians trying to leave the besieged city, British military officials said. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch Aid Crisis in Southern Iraq The U.N. Security Council, which remains divided over the military campaign underway in Iraq, voted unanimously Friday to restart the program that enables Iraq to exchange billions in oil funds for humanitarian assistance. Marc Santora reports from Kuwait City on… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch The Iraq War: Military Plans As coalition forces prepare to take on Baghdad and military leaders warn that the war in Iraq may take longer than expected, three military experts assess the state of the war thus far and what may happen in the days… Continue watching
Mar 27 Iraq Plans Intense Defense of Baghdad With bombs falling on the southern outskirts of Baghdad, the Iraqi minister of defense said Thursday he expects U.S. forces to encircle the capital in as soon as five days. Continue reading
Mar 27 British Attack Column of Iraqi Tanks Near Basra British forces on Thursday destroyed a column of Iraqi tanks trying to break out of the besieged southern city of Basra, coalition officials said. Continue reading
Mar 27 Northern Front Opens With Paratroop Drop, New Bombings With American forces successfully in control of an airfield in northern Iraq and aircraft continuing to pound Iraqi positions, coalition forces have opened more of a northern front in the ongoing war with Iraq. Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch Iraq: Military Moves As Iraq's defense minister warns that Iraqi forces are preparing to defend Baghdad from the U.S. and British advance with fierce street battles, three military experts assess how coalition troops are progressing and what they may face in the days… Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch Coping with the Iraq War on the Homefront Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Television reports on how the schools in Sacramento, California, are coping with lessons about the Iraq war. Continue watching
Mar 26 U.S. General Accuses Iraqis of Executing Prisoners of War One of the U.S. military's top generals accused Iraqi forces of a series of violations of the rules of war, including the execution of prisoners of war, the use of civilian "human shields", and the falsifying of surrenders to ambush… Continue reading