Jun 14 Blast in Baghdad Kills At Least 12 A suicide car bomb ripped into a coalition convoy in Baghdad Monday, killing at least 12 people including an American and four other foreign contractors working to rebuild Iraq's power plants. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch Days of Violence A suicide car bomb struck a Coalition Provisional Authority convoy in Baghdad, killing 13 people including an American and four other foreign contractors working to rebuild Iraqi power plants. Ray Suarez discusses the latest violence with New York Times reporter… Continue watching
Jun 13 Bomb Kills 12 in Baghdad; Second Iraqi Official Assassinated A car bomb exploded near a U.S.-Iraqi base in Baghdad Sunday, killing at least 12 Iraqis and wounding 13. Gunmen killed a senior Education Ministry official in the second assassination in as many days. Continue reading
Jun 11 Fighting Flares South of Baghdad; Army to Investigate Iraqi Death Gunmen overran and blew up a police station south of Baghdad Friday in the fourth such attack against Iraqi security installations over the last week. Continue reading
Jun 10 Gunmen Attack Najaf Police Station; Turkish Hostage Tape Airs Shiite gunmen loyal to Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr attacked an Iraqi police station in the southern city of Najaf late Wednesday, burning police cars, looting the building and controlling it for two hours. Continue reading
Jun 10 G-8 Summit Covers Mideast Reform, Iraq The Group of Eight leaders on Thursday were wrapping up a summit, where much of the discussion focused on a plan to promote democracy across the Middle East. President Bush also sought support for getting NATO more involved in post-occupation… Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch Iraq in Transition Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said today that the new government would respect commitments to Kurdish self-rule. Gwen Ifill discusses the latest developments in Iraqi transition to sovereign rule with New York Times reporter Dexter Filkins in Baghdad. Continue watching
Jun 09 U.N. Iraq Resolution Angers Kurds; Iraq Violence Continues As violence flared in Fallujah Wednesday, the Iraqi interim administration also faced the threat from Kurds that they may leave the newly formed government if Shiites gain too much power. Continue reading
Jun 08 U.N. Adopts Resolution on Power Transfer in Iraq The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a U.S.- and British-backed resolution Tuesday that formally ends the occupation of Iraq on June 30, and authorizes an American-led force to keep the peace. Continue reading
Jun 07 Iraqi Militias, Excluding Radical Cleric Fighters, to Disband Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced Monday that nine militias, consisting of more than 100,000 men, would disband. Loyalists to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr who have been fighting coalition troops for months were not among them. Continue reading