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 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 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 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
Aug 30 Watch Republican Delegates Give Their Views on the Iraq War The Republican National Convention kicked off Monday at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Ray Suarez spoke to some of the delegates on the floor at the convention about their opinions on the Iraq war. Continue watching
Aug 27 Italy Condemns Murder of Kidnapped Journalist in Iraq Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday denounced the killing of Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni, who disappeared in Iraq last week, as "an act of barbarity."… Continue reading
Aug 26 Iraq's Top Cleric Strikes Deal to End Fighting in Najaf Iraq's top cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, and rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr met in Najaf Thursday, forging an agreement aimed at ending fighting that has engulfed the city for the past three weeks. Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch Al-Sistani Brokers a Peace Deal with Al-Sadr to End the Fighting in Najaf Iraq's two leading Shiite clerics agreed Thursday to a peace plan that calls for all armed fighters and foreign forces to withdraw from the cities of Najaf and Kuba. Continue watching