Sep 20 Watch President Bush and Senator Kerry Discuss their Plans for Iraq Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry criticized the president's handling of the Iraq War Monday, but President Bush countered that his opponent offers no new ideas. Ray Suarez discusses the debate with two policy advisors. Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Iraq's Struggle For Security Recent attacks on Iraqi police facilities as well as continuing violence against American forces indicate the insurgency in Iraq continues unabated and has perhaps grown more sophisticated. Two Iraqi-Americans assess the situation on the ground. Continue watching
Sep 16 Contractors Kidnapped in Daytime Raid in Iraq Gunmen snatched two Americans and one Briton from their residence Thursday in a bold dawn raid, bringing to eight the number of westerners currently held hostage in Iraq. Continue reading
Sep 14 Blast Kills At Least 47 in Baghdad By PBS News Hour A car bomb exploded near a Baghdad police headquarters on Tuesday, killing at least 47 people in the deadliest attack in the capital city in six months. A group led by al-Qaida ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the… Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch U.S. Attacks Insurgents in Iraq Killing at Least 78 Iraqis At least 78 Iraqis died in violent clashes with U.S. forces. U.S. jets in Fallujah struck at insurgents loyal to radical Shiite cleric al-Zarqawi, whom U.S. military and the interim Iraqi government accuse of instigating recent suicide attacks on U.S. Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch U.S. Forces Intensify Attacks on Insurgent Strongholds U.S. forces on intensified their attacks on insurgent strongholds in the Iraqi cities of Fallujah and Samarra. Meanwhile, two more American soldiers were killed in shootouts near Baghdad, pushing the number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq past 1,000. Margaret… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch U.S. Forces Intensify Attacks on Insurgents, U.S. Death Toll Surpasses 1,000 U.S. forces intensified their attacks on insurgent strongholds in the Iraqi cities of Fallujah and Samarra. Meanwhile, two more American soldiers were killed in shootouts near Baghdad. Ray Suarez discusses the ongoing struggle for security and stability in Iraq with… Continue watching
Sep 07 Dozens Killed in Baghdad Clashes; Aid Workers Abducted By PBS News Hour U.S. forces fought insurgents loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the poor Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City Tuesday. At least 36 people died in the clashes, including one American soldier, and 203 were wounded, U.S. and Iraqi authorities said. Continue reading
Aug 30 Rebel Cleric Asks His Fighters to Lay Down Arms Rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has asked his followers to stop fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces and is considering entering the political process, a top al-Sadr aide said Monday. Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch Senators at the Republican Convention Discuss Pres. Bush's Iraq Policy Margaret Warner speaks with Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., and Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., about President Bush's policy in Iraq and the political implications of the ongoing violence. Continue watching