May 24 Watch Oil Well Explosion in Kirkuk Highlights City’s Struggle As insurgents blew up an oil well outside the Iraqi city of Kirkuk Thursday, Independent Television News looks at the increasingly violent dispute between ethnic and religious groups in the city. Continue watching
May 14 Watch Search Intensifies for Ambushed U.S. Soldiers Near Baghdad The U.S. military continued to search Monday for three troops who were ambushed while driving in a convoy south of Baghdad over the weekend. New York Times reporter Edward Wong provides an update. Continue watching
May 09 Watch Iraqi National Security Adviser Meets with U.S. Lawmakers As Vice President Dick Cheney made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraq's national security adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie met with lawmakers in Washington to push for continued U.S. presence in Iraq. Rubaie talks about his efforts. Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch Congressmen Respond to War Briefing, Debate Pullout Gen. David Petraeus, the head of U.S. forces in Iraq, briefed lawmakers Wednesday on the troop increase in Baghdad. Reps. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., and Michael Rogers, R-Mich., discuss the briefing and debate congressional action on the war. Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch Baghdad Bombings Kill Scores in Worst Violence in Months A series of car bombings killed at least 183 people in Baghdad on Wednesday, striking predominately Shiite areas. A reporter in Iraq gives the latest on the attacks, which marked the worst violence since a security crackdown two months ago. Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch Al-Sadr Loyalists Resign from Iraqi Cabinet Six ministers tied to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr left the Iraqi Cabinet Monday, protesting Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's refusal to set a timetable for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. Two regional experts discuss the resignations and the impact on Iraqi politics. Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Suicide Bomber Hits Iraq’s Heavily Fortified Green Zone A suicide bomber on Thursday killed at least eight people, including two lawmakers, at the Iraqi parliament in the heavily protected Green Zone in Baghdad. Experts discuss security there and how the attack could have happened. Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch Thousands of Shiites Protest U.S. Occupation in Iraq On the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, thousands of Shiite Muslims called to action by Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr marched peacefully in the streets of Kufa and Najaf demanding an end to U.S. military presence in Iraq. Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch Petraeus Cites Areas of Improvement in Baghdad The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, Army Gen. David Petraeus, discusses how operations are faring in Iraq and gives his perspective on the funding friction in Washington, D.C. Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch Police and Militants Gun Down Sunnis in Revenge Attacks Shiite militants and police killed as many as 60 people in revenge shootings against Sunni residents of Tall Afar, Iraq, on Wednesday. Two regional experts discuss the violence and the repercussions. Continue watching