Jan 25 President Wants $80 Billion More for Afghanistan, Iraq By PBS News Hour President Bush plans to request $80 billion in supplemental funding from Congress primarily for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as Congress' top budget analyst projected a $368 billion deficit for 2005 even without the added costs. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch Iraq Prepares for Jan. 30th Elections In anticipation of Sunday's Iraqi elections, Margaret Warner talks with a reporter stationed in Baghdad. Continue watching
Jan 24 Top Zarqawi Aide Arrested in Iraq By Admin, PBS News Hour Iraqi security forces have arrested the top lieutenant to al-Qaida's leader in Iraq who is blamed for orchestrating some of the deadliest attacks on international missions, politicians and police, the prime minister's office said Monday. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch Zarqawi's Pledge to Disrupt Iraq's Election Two experts discuss the Jordanian militant and al-Qaida ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's pledge of an all out war on the January 30th Iraqi election. Continue watching
Jan 20 U.S. Launches Raids in Mosul; Iraqi Forces Seal Off Roads to Baghdad By PBS News Hour American troops launched new raids Thursday around the northern city of Mosul. Continue reading
Jan 19 Car Bombs Rock Baghdad Ahead of Elections By PBS News Hour A series of car bombings and shootings shook Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 14 people as insurgents continued attacks ahead of national elections scheduled for Jan. 30. Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch Violence in Iraq Increases Ahead of Elections Iraqi insurgents killed at least 22 police officers and soldiers Monday in an effort to derail the Jan.30 elections. Two regional experts discuss the impact continued violence may have on the upcoming elections. Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch Violence and the Iraq Elections Iraqi insurgents killed at least 22 police officers and soldiers Monday in an effort to derail the Jan.30 elections. A New York Times reporter gives an update on the violence in Iraq. Continue watching
Jan 13 U.S. Ends Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq By PBS News Hour The search for biological, chemical and nuclear weapons in Iraq officially ended just before Christmas with nothing substantial found, members of the Iraq Survey Group said in interviews this week. Continue reading
Jan 10 Baghdad Police Official Assassinated; Ukraine Considers Pullout By PBS News Hour The daily attacks that have intensified ahead of national elections this month continued Monday with the assassination of the deputy police chief in Baghdad and a massive roadside bombing that killed two American soldiers. Continue reading