Aug 22 Iraqi Assembly Postpones Vote on Draft Charter By PBS News Hour Iraqi leaders submitted a draft constitution on Monday, only to put off a parliamentary vote on the charter in hopes of winning over members of the Sunni Arab minority whose support is seen as key to ending the insurgency. Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch Iraqi Constitution Struggle After struggling for weeks and missing one major deadline, Iraqi leaders put off a final vote today on the new constitution. Three experts discuss the ramifications. Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch No Final Vote Yet in Iraq After struggling for weeks and missing one major deadline, Iraqi leaders again put off a final vote on the new constitution. A Time Magazine reporter provides some background from Baghdad. Continue watching
Aug 17 Triple Bomb Blasts in Baghdad Kill At Least 43 By PBS News Hour Three car bombers struck near a bus station and hospital in Baghdad Wednesday, killing at least 43 people and wounding dozens in the worst attack in Iraq's capital in weeks, police said. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch Cindy Sheehan's Protest Following a background report, two columnists discuss the recent political firestorm caused by Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a solider killed in the Iraq war, and her antiwar protest in Crawford, Texas. Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch Iraq's Constitutional Process Iraqi officials delayed the drafting of their inaugural constitution until next week. Following a background report, a former State Department lawyer, who has been a legal adviser in Iraq, discusses the decision to extend the deadline. Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch Iraqi Constitution Iraqi lawmakers missed the Monday deadline to submit a new draft constitution, but parliament voted unanimously to extend the deadline by a week to Aug. 22. A New York Times reporter provides an update. Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch Town Mourns Fallen Marines The town of Brook Park, Ohio, was devastated in August by the deaths of 20 Marines killed in Iraq. The mostly blue-collar town near Cleveland is remembering its fallen soldiers in a memorial, where parents, siblings, friends and family, many… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch Violence Escalates Against U.S. Marines Marines in the volatile Anbar region in western Iraq have recently encountered deadly pockets of insurgent violence. Two retired military officials discuss the challenges facing the Marines. Continue watching
Aug 03 Watch Struggle for Security in Iraq A New York Times reporter discusses the most recent wave of violence in Iraq, including attacks in the Anbar Province that killed 20 U.S. Marines and the death of an American freelance journalist in Basra. Continue watching