Mar 09 Iraqi Police Find 41 Corpses; Minister Escapes Ambush By PBS News Hour Iraqi police found the bodies of 41 Iraqis either beheaded or shot by insurgents at two sites, officials said Wednesday. Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch Iraqi Checkpoint Security Reevaluated In the wake of the friendly fire shooting of an Italian security agent in Iraq Friday, checkpoints and their security are coming under scrutiny. Military experts join an Italian journalist to discuss these dangerous areas and Italy's response to the… Continue watching
Mar 04 U.S. Troops Fire on Car of Freed Hostage, Killing Italian By PBS News Hour American forces manning a checkpoint fired on the car carrying an Italian journalist who had just been released by her captors, killing an Italian secret service agent and wounding at least two others, including the hostage, Giuliana Sgrena. Continue reading
Mar 02 Gunmen Kill Judge, Lawyer in Saddam Tribunal By PBS News Hour Gunmen in Baghdad shot and killed a lawyer and judge working for the Iraqi Special Tribunal set up to try Saddam Hussein and his top lieutenants, while car bombs killed at least 10 Iraqi soldiers in two separate attacks on… Continue reading
Feb 28 Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 115 in Iraq By PBS News Hour A suicide car bomb ripped through a crowd of police and national guard recruits outside a medical clinic south of Baghdad Monday, killing at least 115 people and injuring more than 130 in the single deadliest attack in the two-year… Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch Violence Continues in Iraq as Roadside Bomb Kills Three U.S. Soldiers Iraqi security forces said Friday they captured an aide to al-Qaida frontman in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Meanwhile, three U.S. soldiers were killed and eight others wounded when a roadside bomb blew up north of Baghdad. Continue watching
Feb 24 Suicide Bombings Target Police, Shiite Political Party By PBS News Hour A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car inside a police compound Thursday, killing at least 12 officers in the deadliest of a series of attacks against Iraqi security forces. Continue reading
Feb 22 Shiite Group Picks al-Jaafari As Prime Minister By PBS News Hour The Shiite Muslim coalition that represents the largest voting bloc in Iraq's newly elected national assembly has chosen current interim Vice President Ibrahim al-Jaafari as its candidate for prime minister. Continue reading
Feb 18 String of Bombings Kills Dozens Ahead of Shiite Holiday By PBS News Hour A series of explosions at Shiite mosques and a religious procession in Iraq Friday killed more than 35 people and injured dozens more during events marking the eve of Ashoura, the holiest day of the year for Shiites. Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch A Series of Explosions Rip Through Baghdad, At Least 35 are Killed Today in Iraq, a series of explosions ripped through Baghdad and a nearby city killing at least 35 Iraqis and two American soldiers. A discussion with Douglas Struck of The Washington Post in Baghdad about the recent wave of violence… Continue watching