Apr 16 U.S. Officials, Iraqis Negotiate in Fallujah U.S. military and civilian officials met with leaders from Fallujah, a city ringed by U.S. Marines working to root out insurgents operating there, for the first time Friday since the siege of the central city began April 5. Continue reading
Apr 16 Watch The State of the Iraq Coalition Three foreign policy experts from coalition countries discuss the challenges their governments face in Iraq. Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch Coalition Challenge The following is a clip of President Bush and presidential Democratic contender Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry's latest remarks on Iraq. Continue watching
Apr 15 Some U.S. Troop Deployments Extended in Iraq The U.S. military will keep about 21,000 American soldiers, scheduled to end their tour of duty this month, in Iraq to cope with the surge in anti-occupation violence, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Continue reading
Apr 15 Three Japanese Hostages Freed As U.S. Continues to Battle Iraqi Militants Three Japanese taken hostage in Iraq were released Thursday, but violence continued there with the murder of an Iranian diplomat, renewed fighting in Fallujah and a stalemate in Najaf. Continue reading
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