May 16 Watch An Embedded Reporter Discusses the U.S. Marines Latest Mission in Western Iraq A published report on a week-long battle between Marines and insurgents in western Iraq, near the Syrian border, said Marines were outgunned. A discussion with embedded reporter Ellen Knickmeyer, Baghdad bureau chief for The Washington Post, about her report. Continue watching
May 11 U.S. Forces Push Toward Syria; Car Bombs Shake Iraq By PBS News Hour A series of suicide bombers killed at least 60 people and wounded 100 in several Iraqi cities Wednesday as U.S. forces continued an offensive aimed at uprooting insurgents near the Syrian border. Continue reading
May 10 Watch Iraqi Insurgents Kidnap the Governor of Anbar Province As U.S. forces continued their offensive against the rising insurgency near the Syrian border Tuesday, insurgents kidnapped Raja Nawaf Farhan, the governor of Iraq's western Anbar province, and demanded U.S. forces withdraw from Qaim, an area of fighting. Continue watching
May 09 U.S. Forces Launch Major Operation Against Foreign Insurgents By PBS News Hour In one of its largest ground operations since the taking of Fallujah six months ago, U.S. Marines and other American forces launched a major operation targeting insurgents operating in Western Iraq, near the Syrian border. Continue reading
May 05 Insurgents Strike Iraqi Security Forces By PBS News Hour Insurgents continued a bloody series of assaults Thursday, targeting Iraq's security forces and recruits in four separate attacks in Baghdad that killed at least 21 people and wounded another 26. Continue reading
May 04 Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens in Northern Iraq By PBS News Hour A suicide bomber posing as a job applicant at a police recruiting center in the city of Irbil blew himself up Wednesday, killing at least 50 people and wounding some 100 others. An Iraqi militant group claimed responsibility for the… Continue reading
May 03 Iraq's First Elected Government Takes Office By PBS News Hour Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari was sworn in as prime minister in Baghdad Tuesday as Iraq's first democratically elected government took office. Continue reading
May 03 Watch U.S., Italy Issue Reports on Checkpoint Death The Italian government Tuesday issued a terse rebuttal to a U.S. Army report clearing American soldiers in the shooting death of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq. Two journalists discuss the Italian and American investigations into the shooting. Continue watching
May 02 Trio of Car Bombs Mark Latest Violence in Iraq By PBS News Hour Three car bombs exploded in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least eight people in the latest surge in violence since a new Iraqi government was named last week. Continue reading
May 02 Watch New Wave of Violence in Iraq Leaves 130 Dead A new wave of violence in Iraq has left at least 130 people dead since a new government was adopted Thursday. Continue watching