Jul 18 Watch Iraq’s Violent Weekend Residents of the southern Iraqi town of Musayyib continued to mourn Monday after a suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday night under a fuel tanker and killed at least 71 people. The bombing is only one incident in the wave… Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch U.S. General on Winning in Iraq U.S. Army Lt. Gen. John Vines discusses the security situation in Iraq, attacks on soldiers and civilians, the attempt to set up a new government, and the ability of the Iraqi security forces to fight insurgents. Continue watching
Jul 07 Al-Qaida Says Egyptian Envoy Killed By PBS News Hour Al-Qaida in Iraq said on a Web site Thursday that it had killed the Egyptian top envoy in Iraq, Ihab al-Sherif, who had been abducted days earlier. Continue reading
Jul 05 Insurgents Target Arab Diplomats in Iraq By PBS News Hour Insurgents attacked Arab and Muslim diplomats in Iraq over the past few days, seizing Egypt's top envoy to Iraq in Baghdad and wounding Bahrain's top envoy in a kidnapping attempt. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch Soldiers’ Stories Three soldiers and one Marine who all recently returned from Iraq speak about their experiences in Iraq during the insurgency, which is steadily increasing. Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch Soldiers’ Stories U.S. soldiers and a Marine who have returned from Iraq assess the effectiveness of the insurgency and speak about the frustrations they faced trying to bring peace to a divided and dangerous country. Continue watching
Jun 28 President Appeals for Continued Support in Iraq Conflict By PBS News Hour President Bush, hoping to bolster sagging public support for the war in Iraq, called on Americans to back the work of stabilizing and rebuilding the war-torn nation, saying the effort was critical to the continuing war against terrorism. Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch Iraq Marks First Year as a Sovereign Nation, While Violence Continues Tuesday marks Iraq's first year as a sovereign nation. John Burns, Baghdad bureau chief for the New York Times, assesses the security situation from the streets and on the political front. Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch Text of President Bush’s Speech at Fort Bragg, N.C. President Bush urged continued support for the efforts to rebuild Iraq as part of the larger war on terrorism in the following prime-time speech before U.S. troops at Fort Bragg, N.C. Continue watching
Jun 27 Violence Undermines U.S. Efforts in Iraq By PBS News Hour A U.S. Apache attack helicopter crashed Monday just north of Baghdad killing its two crew members, the U.S. military said in a statement. Continue reading