Aug 31 Watch Shields and Brooks Preview Obama’s Iraq Speech Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weigh in on the stakes for President Obama's on ending U.S. troop drawdown in Iraq. Continue watching
Aug 31 Troop Drawdown: 5 Voices From Iraq on the Security Switch By Larisa Epatko BAGHDAD | On Wednesday, the U.S. military turns a corner in Iraq from a combat to an advisory mission. But do Iraqis feel safer, more than seven years after the U.S.-led war began?… Continue reading
Aug 31 Attention, and Danger for U.S. Troops, Shift from Iraq to Afghanistan With President Obama marking the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq Tuesday night, and Afghanistan in the midst of a surge, here's a look back at the toll both wars have taken on American combat forces:… Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch President Marks End of Active Fighting in Iraq President Obama's campaign for the White House was largely focused on winding down U.S. involvement in Iraq. On Tuesday, he announced the combat role is over for American troops, yet the mission there is far from over. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch Uncertainty, Security Concerns Grow Among Iraqis Amid U.S. Drawdown Margaret Warner continues her series of reports from Iraq with a look at how Iraqi citizens feel about their safety, security and future amid the U.S. troop drawdown. Continue watching
Aug 30 This Old Tank: U.S. Troops Rehabilitate Soviet Clunker in Iraq By Margaret Warner MOSUL, Iraq | When the Americans arrived, they found Iraq chock-a-block with Soviet-era armaments -- tanks, guns, mortar rounds and ammunition -- left over from the days when Saddam Hussein was one of Moscow's best arms customers. Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch In Iraq, Uncertainty Marks Transition as U.S. Forces Halt Combat Role As the U.S. prepares to officially end combat operations in Iraq on Tuesday, Margaret Warner begins a series of reports on the ongoing efforts to train Iraqi police to take over the day-to-day security operations and how that's affecting lives… Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch In Iraq, Insurgents See Opportunity in U.S. Drawdown In the wake of deadly coordinated bombings across Iraq earlier this week, Margaret Warner reports on the ongoing threat of violence as the U.S. winds down its combat mission and previews her upcoming series on the next steps for Iraq… Continue watching
Aug 26 Then and Now: What Replaced the Toppled Saddam Statue? By Larisa Epatko BAGHDAD | The toppling of a statue of Saddam Hussein, marking the fall of Baghdad to U.S.-led coalition forces, did not escape controversy when a U.S. Marine temporarily draped an American flag over the statue's head and an Army report… Continue reading
Aug 25 Notes From an Embed in Iraq: A Lesson Learned By Margaret Warner MOSUL, Iraq | We're out in a nine-humvee convoy with Federal Police Gen. Hamid Mohsin Al-Taey, whose Baghdad-based unit has the job of weeding anti-government insurgents out of western Mosul far to the north. It's the most dangerous section of… Continue reading