Jul 15 Car Bomb Kills Ten in Iraq; Filipino Hostage Freed A car bomb killed ten people when it exploded in a city northwest of Baghdad Thursday, marking the latest attack in the ongoing insurgency against the new Iraqi government and American forces still in the war-torn nation. Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch Search for Stability in Iraq Following attacks Thursday that killed killed ten people in Iraq, Jim Lehrer talks to the first Iraqi ambassador to the United States in the post-Saddam Hussein era, Rend Al-Rahim Francke, about creating stability in Iraq. Continue watching
Jul 14 Bombing in Baghdad Kills 11; Mosul Governor Assassinated Eleven people died and at least 30 were injured in a suicide attack near the headquarters of the new Iraqi government and the U.S. Embassy. Continue reading
Jul 14 Britain's Iraq Intelligence Was Flawed, Inquiry Finds A British inquiry reported Wednesday that the country's prewar intelligence on Iraq had "serious flaws" and was partially based on "unreliable" sources, but the report found no evidence of "deliberate distortion" on the part of the Blair government. Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch Transfer of Power Iraqi Interim President Ghazi al-Yawer agreed Monday to offer amnesty to insurgents who are not accused of violent crimes like the murder of three American troops over the weekend. Gwen Ifill discusses the latest diplomatic and military developments in Iraq… Continue watching
Jul 09 Panel Criticizes CIA for Incorrect Iraq Intelligence A bipartisan Senate report released Friday found that U.S. intelligence agencies fell victim to "group think" assumptions about Iraq that led to incorrect assessments of Saddam Hussein's weapons programs. Continue reading
Jul 08 Attack in Samarra Kills Five U.S. Soldiers, Two Iraqi Guards Militants in Iraq fired mortar rounds at a headquarters for U.S. and Iraqi forces in the city of Samarra Thursday, destroying a building and killing five American soldiers and two Iraqi guardsman. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch Oregon National Guard: The Price of Duty The Oregon National Guard suffered its worst loss in 60 years when four of its soldiers were killed in Iraq within nine days of each other in June. Lee Hochberg looks at the extraordinary service and sacrifice of the Oregon… Continue watching
Jul 07 Iraq Unveils New Security Laws to Combat Insurgents The interim Iraqi government released a series of security laws Wednesday aimed at clamping down on insurgents as militants continued to battle U.S. and Iraqi forces in Baghdad. Continue reading
Jul 02 Hostages Released, Rockets Fired At Hotels in Iraq A day after Saddam Hussein's first court appearance, insurgents launched multiple rocket attacks in different parts of Baghdad, hitting two hotels used by foreigners and Iraqi officials and wounding three people Friday. Continue reading