Mar 14 Boston Globe Reporter Expelled from Iraq Iraqi authorities expelled Boston Globe reporter David Filipov from Baghdad for filing a story from his hotel room -- a move that violated Iraqi press regulations. Continue reading
Mar 13 Gregg Ramshaw’s Dispatches from Qatar: March 13 By PBS News Hour NewsHour producer Gregg Ramshaw, on assignment to cover the military buildup in the Gulf, describes what it's like to be reporting from Doha, Qatar -- home to the U.S. Central Command and located some 700 miles south of Baghdad. Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch Gathering Storm Ray Suarez discusses the military preparations in the Persian Gulf with the New York Times chief military correspondent stationed in Kuwait. Continue watching
Mar 12 Britain Proposes Six-Step Disarmament Plan for Iraq British Prime Minister Tony Blair, facing massive public opposition to a war on Iraq without a second United Nations resolution, proposed a list of disarmament benchmarks he hoped would break the diplomatic deadlock in the U.N. Security Council. Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch What the Public Thinks of a War in Iraq Recent polls suggest that Americans' support of war with Iraq is not universal. Terence Smith examines what these surveys say about America's attitudes toward a war in Iraq. Continue watching
Mar 05 Joint Statement on Iraq By PBS News Hour The following is the text of the joint statement made by the foreign ministers of France, Russia and Germany on Wednesday saying they will "not let a proposed resolution pass that would authorize the use of force" in Iraq. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch Urban Warfare Training for U.S. Soldiers As preparations continue for military action in Iraq, U.S. soldiers receive urban assault training that will prepare them for possible street battles in unfamiliar territory. Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch War Plan On Saturday the Turkish parliament narrowly rejected a proposal to let thousands of U.S. ground troops into their country. Gwen Ifill speaks with the Time magazine military correspondent about whether Turkey will reconsider the decision and what a "no" vote… Continue watching
Feb 28 Iraq Pledges to Destroy Missiles, Inspectors Finalize Report Iraqi officials announced Friday they would comply with a U.N. order to destroy their al-Samoud 2 missile program. Continue reading
Feb 27 Children’s TV Host Fred Rogers Dies At 74 Fred Rogers, the television host who invited children into "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" for more than three decades, died at his Pittsburgh home Thursday of stomach cancer at the age of 74. Continue reading