Aug 16 Watch What Does Recent Iraq Violence Mean for U.S. Troops’ Exit? A wave of 42 attacks devastated Iraq on Monday, killing at least 70 people and wounding more than 200 in more than a dozen cities. Margaret Warner discusses what the attacks mean for the missions of the remaining U.S. troops… Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch Twin Bombings Near Baghdad Cast Doubts on Iraq’s Fragile Security In the city of Taji, some 20 miles north of Baghdad, two successive suicide bombings killed at least 37 and wounded another 50 on Tuesday. Gwen Ifill discusses the recent increase in violence and what it means for Iraqi security… Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch News Wrap: Car Bomb at Iraqi Funeral Kills Dozens as Wave of Violence Continues In other news Thursday, at least 48 people were killed and more than 120 wounded after a car bomb tore through a funeral in a predominantly Shiite section of Baghdad. Increasing violence in Iraq has killed more than 200 people… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch Scores of Iraqis Killed in Bombing Blitz At least 13 car bombs and roadside blasts exploded in Shiite neighborhoods across Baghdad, killing 76 people. Continue watching
Aug 17 Photos: Violence weighs on Iraqis after suicide bombing By Larisa Epatko BAGHDAD, Iraq | Tuesday's suicide bombing at the army headquarters in Baghdad was one of the deadliest attacks in Baghdad in months, killing more than 50 people, and comes as the U.S. military is preparing to turn over full control… Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch Biden Visits Baghdad Over Holiday Weekend As Political Deadlock Continues Vice President Joe Biden spent this Independence Day weekend in Baghdad meeting with Iraqi leaders, urging for the formation of a new government as a post-election stalemate continues after almost four months. Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch Allawi Claims Majority of Seats in Iraqi Elections Nearly three weeks after the vote, Jeffrey Brown talks to former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and the International Crisis Group's Joost Hiltermann about the final tallies in Iraq's parliamentary elections. Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch Iraq’s Former Prime Minister Edges al-Maliki in Vote Iraq's electoral commission named former prime minister and secular candidate Ayad Allawi the winner of the parliamentary elections. The announcement coincided with violence that killed forty people. Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch Gen. Odierno: ‘People of Iraq Have Embraced Democracy’ As Iraq counts the ballots from Sunday's parliamentary election, Jim Lehrer talks to Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, about how a new government may impact the security situation and the drawdown of U.S. troops. Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch Iraqis Vote in Pivotal Election, Undaunted by Deadly Attacks Turnout in Iraq's parliamentary election topped 60 percent, despite a wave of attacks targeting the polls that killed at least 38 people. Gwen Ifill reports. Continue watching