Oct 26 Watch Israel's Plan to Pullout of Gaza The Israeli Parliament approved Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank, areas the Palestinians claim for a state. Hisham Melhem and David Makovsky discuss the potential impact on… Continue watching
Oct 25 Explosives Missing in Iraq; Militants Kill 49 Iraqi Army Recruits About 380 tons of explosives, enough to detonate nuclear warheads, are missing from a former Iraqi military facility that was supposed to be under American control, a U.N. nuclear watchdog group reported Monday. Continue reading
Oct 25 Watch Iraqi Insurgents Massacre 49 Iraq Recruits Iraqi insurgents massacred 49 newly trained Iraq National Guard recruits. A New York Times reporter discusses the massacre from Baghdad. Continue watching
Oct 22 Abducted Aid Worker Pleads for Her Life The kidnapped director of CARE International in Iraq made an emotional appeal for her life in a video that appeared on Al-Jazeera television Friday, pleading for the British government to help save her. Continue reading
Oct 21 U.S. Army Reservist Sentenced to Eight Years for Prison Abuse In the most severe sentence yet to stem from the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, a judge sentenced U.S. Staff Sergeant Ivan "Chip" Frederick to eight years in prison at a court martial in Baghdad on Thursday. Continue reading
Oct 18 Peace Talks Still Suspended in Fallujah; Chief Negotiator Released The top negotiator in Fallujah peace talks with the Iraqi government said dialogue would remain suspended, despite his release Monday by U.S. authorities as an apparent bid to resume talks to end the fighting in the major insurgent stronghold. Continue reading
Oct 14 Bombs Explode in Heavily Fortified Baghdad Compound Insurgents breached Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Thursday and set off two hand-carried bombs in an outdoor market killing at least eight people and wounding 20. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch Bombs Explode Inside Baghdad's Green Zone, Killing At Least 10 A New York Times reporter joins Terence Smith from Iraq to discuss the recent bombings inside Baghdad's Green Zone. Continue watching
Oct 13 Bombs, Suicide Attack Kill Six U.S. Soldiers Six U.S. soldiers were killed in separate attacks late Tuesday and early Wednesday in Iraq, the U.S. military said. Continue reading
Oct 12 U.S. Airstrikes Target Insurgents in Iraq U.S. forces stepped up operations Tuesday across a wide swath of the Sunni insurgent strongholds northwest of Baghdad, pounding targets in two cities from the air and supporting Iraqi troops in raids on mosques suspected of harboring insurgents. Continue reading