Nov 24 Watch New Violence in Iraq An explosives-laden car detonated outside a hospital south of Baghdad Thursday as U.S. troops were visiting the facility, killing at least 30 people. A reporter provides an update. Continue watching
Nov 21 Watch Debating Iraq War Strategy Democratic U.S. Rep. John Murtha's speech calling for the U.S. to withdraw troops from Iraq in the next six months added fire to the debate over the Bush administration's strategy in the war on terror. Following a background report, two… Continue watching
Nov 18 Scores Killed in Mosque, Hotel Attacks in Iraq By PBS News Hour Suicide bombers destroyed two Shiite mosques in Iraq near the Iranian border Friday, killing at least 74 people, while a pair of car bombs struck a Baghdad hotel housing Western journalists, leaving eight Iraqis dead. Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch White House Deflects Criticism of Iraq War Strategy The White House defended its strategy in Iraq facing recent criticisms and calls for a withdrawal. Following a background report, New York Times columnist David Brooks and Boston Globe columnist Tom Oliphant discuss the accusations. Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch Iraq Questions: Ahmad Chalabi Iraqi deputy prime minister Ahmad Chalabi discusses pre-Iraq war intelligence and what lies ahead in Iraq, including prospects for a full transfer of sovereignty to Iraq. Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch Iraq Questions: Warner and Durbin Two senators discuss pre-Iraq war intelligence and what lies ahead in Iraq, including possible exit strategies for U.S. forces. Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch Senate Debates Iraq Exit Strategy As polls show American support for the war in Iraq declining, some members of the Senate are asking for more information about the U.S. strategy in Iraq, including a possible exit timeline. Continue watching
Nov 10 Suicide Attackers Bomb Baghdad Restaurant in Latest Wave of Violence By PBS News Hour The recent surge of violence against Iraqi soldiers continued Thursday morning as two suicide bombers killed at least 33 and seriously injured 19 in a Baghdad restaurant popular with police officers and Iraq Army soldiers. Continue reading
Nov 07 Watch General Peter Pace Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, the principal military advisor to the president and the secretary of defense, discusses the U.S.-led operation to root out insurgents in Iraq. Continue watching
Nov 02 Senate Democrats Push for Probe Into Prewar Iraq Intelligence By PBS News Hour The Senate this week launched a bipartisan review of the investigation into whether the administration manipulated intelligence prior to invading Iraq in 2003 after Democrats used a rare procedural move that temporarily closed the Senate. Continue reading