Apr 15 Watch Extended Duty in Iraq The Pentagon announced Thursday that 21,000 U.S. soldiers who were supposed to leave Iraq in a few weeks after a year-long tour of duty must stay there for three additional months. Ray Suarez provides a report. Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch Editors’ Views on Iraq Margaret Warner gets media perspectives from around the country on the Bush administration's responses to security concerns in Iraq, the decision to extend some U.S. troop deployments there and other developments from four editorial page editors. Continue watching
Apr 13 U.S. Troops Amass Outside Najaf; One U.S. Soldier Killed About 2,500 U.S. troops assembled outside the holy city of Najaf Tuesday to "capture or kill" Shiite radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, said the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez. Continue reading
Apr 12 Cease-Fire Holds in Fallujah, U.S. Regains Control in Parts of South A shaky cease-fire between U.S. Marines and Sunni rebels continued in Fallujah after talks to calm Iraq's bloodiest fighting since the war, top U.S. generals said Monday. Continue reading
Apr 12 Iraqi Insurgents Take More Hostages Two U.S. troops and seven U.S. civilian contract workers have gone missing in Iraq, according to U.S. military officials Monday. Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch Fighting in Iraq Following military reports saying insurgents are withdrawing from key Iraqi cities Monday, Ray Suarez discusses the latest developments with New York Times Baghdad bureau chief John Burns. Continue watching
Apr 09 Death Toll Mounts in Iraq Uprising Two U.S. soldiers were killed Friday in Iraq, as violence continued to escalate between U.S. led forces and Sunni and Shiite insurgents on the one-year anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. Continue reading
Apr 09 Iraqi Insurgents Continue to Hold Foreigners Hostage A surge of kidnappings of foreign workers in Iraq continued Friday with insurgents claiming they seized four Italians and two Americans on the outskirts of Baghdad. Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch Iraq Uprising Militias loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr retained control of the southern Iraqi cities of Najaf and Kufa today, but coalition forces took back Kut and asked for a truce in Fallujah. Kwame Holman reports a roundup of the today's… Continue watching
Apr 08 Iraqi Insurgents Kidnap Aid Workers, Release Some Iraqi insurgents kidnapped eight South Koreans, three Japanese and two Arab Israelis in separate incidents Thursday, and militants threatened to burn the Japanese alive if Tokyo does not withdraw from the U.S.-led coalition within three days. Continue reading