Mar 23 Iraq Broadcasts Images of Five U.S. Prisoners of War Iraqi forces captured a group of U.S. soldiers attached to a maintenance unit and may have killed some of them before televising interrogations of the others on Sunday. Continue reading
Mar 23 Fierce Fighting, U.S. Casualities Near Southern Town of Nasiriya In fighting characterized by the U.S. military as the "sharpest engagement" of the war in Iraq thus far, U.S. Marines clashed with a group of Iraqi forces. Continue reading
Mar 23 President Bush Sees "Progress" in Iraq War President Bush said he saw substantial progress in coalition efforts against Iraq, but warned Sunday that the last three days of military action represented the beginning stages of a difficult conflict. Continue reading
Mar 23 Grenade Attack on 101st Division in Kuwait Kills One A soldier from the U.S. 101st Airborne Division in Kuwait allegedly attacked a command center tent Saturday, throwing two grenades and firing his weapon at fellow soldiers. The assault killed one American and wounded 15. Continue reading
Mar 23 Coalition Troops 100 Miles From Baghdad, U.S. Soldiers Missing The U.S. Army's Third Infantry took its "steel wave" of tanks, troops and artillery nearly 300 miles from the Kuwaiti border in two days in a race toward Baghdad, encountering pockets of sporadic resistance from Iraqi fighters along the way. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch The Iraq War: Toughest Day Coalition forces encountered the heaviest resistance yet from Iraqi forces Sunday, with fierce fighting occurring near Nasiriyah and an Iraqi ambush resulting in American deaths and prisoners of war. Jim Lehrer gets three perspectives on the day's developments. Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch The Iraq War: Toughest Day Tom Bearden reports from U.S. Central Command in Doha, Qatar, on what has become the bloodiest day of the war thus far. Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch Support for the Iraq War: The Home Front Betty Ann Bowser reports from a town hall meeting in Colorado, which took place as massive war protests unfolded across the U.S., and polls showed growing support for the war. Continue watching
Mar 22 Grenade Attack Wounds Members of 101st Airborne in Kuwait Troops in a U.S. 101st Airborne Division camp in Kuwait were attacked with grenades early Sunday local time, with 13 soldiers sustaining injuries. A U.S. solider has been detained as a suspect in connection with the incident, military officials said. Continue reading
Mar 22 Anti-War Protests Continue With Large Crowds in N.Y. Demonstrators took to the streets in cities across the United States Saturday to protest the war in Iraq, with over 100,000 people marching against the war in New York City. Continue reading