Feb 13 Shiite Party Narrowly Votes to Retain Iraqi Prime Minister By PBS News Hour The leading Shiite alliance party voted to retain moderate Islamist Ibrahim al-Jaafari as Iraq's prime minister, but the one-vote margin exposed deep differences within the leading political party over the direction of the new Iraqi parliament. Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch Reporter in Baghdad Discusses Recent Developments, Violence Jeffrey Brown speaks with Robert Worth of The New York Times in Baghdad about recent violence in Iraq and the decision to keep Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari in office for a second term. Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch Iraq Confirms Final Election Results Iraqi officials certified the final results Friday from December's national elections. Jeffrey Brown discusses the outcome of the election and the recent violence in Iraq with Robert Worth of The New York Times in Baghdad. Continue watching
Feb 02 Iraq Gets First Human Case of Bird Flu By PBS News Hour The World Health Organization confirmed Thursday that a teenager who died on Jan. 17 in northern Iraq tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, making the war-torn country the seventh to report a human case of the deadly disease. Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch New Report Finds Shortcomings in Iraq Reconstruction Since 2003 the United States has spent more than $30 billion toward relief and reconstruction in Iraq. Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, discusses a new report that finds shortcomings in the rebuilding. Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch Roadside Bombing Injures ABC News Anchorman Bob Woodruff A Media Unit report on the roadside bombing that severely injured ABC News anchorman Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt, followed by a discussion with a colleague of theirs. Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch Atrocities Serve as Evidence in Saddam Trial An excerpt from a Frontline/World report on on the search for evidence of mass murders ordered by Saddam Hussein. Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch Choosing a Future in Iraq The election commission in Iraq released preliminary results from parliamentary elections on Dec. 15 showing an alliance of Shiite religious parties capturing most of the body's 275 seats but falling short of a majority needed to govern without coalition partners. Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch Christian Science Monitor Reporter Kidnapped in Iraq A Media Unit report on the kidnapping of journalist Jill Carroll in Iraq. Her captors released a videotape of her on Wednesday. The kidnappers threatened to execute the 28-year-old if U.S. authorities do not release all Iraqi women in military… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch Report Criticizes Armor Given to U.S. Troops in Iraq A recent study revealing that vulnerabilities in body armor accounted for around 300 of 2200 deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq has sparked a debate over the armor's durability and effectiveness. Two retired military officers discuss the study and their… Continue watching