Jan 27 Watch Iraq Elections The United Nations announced today that it will send a team to Iraq to consider the possibility of holding elections before the return of Iraqi sovereignty on June 30. Ray Suarez gets perspective from Nancy Soderberg of the International Crisis… Continue watching
Jan 26 U.S. Conducts Raids After Weekend Violence Kills Six Soldiers U.S. troops conducted raids in Baqouba, a volatile area 35 miles northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, detaining 46 people in the wake of attacks that left six American soldiers dead. Continue reading
Jan 23 U.N. Weapons Inspector to Lead Iraq WMD Team Charles Duelfer, the highest-ranking American among U.N. weapons inspectors during Saddam Hussein's regime, will take over as head of the U.S. team searching for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, the CIA announced Friday. Continue reading
Jan 22 U.S. Troops and Iraqis Killed in Separate Attacks In a wave of attacks against American soldiers and Iraqis working with the coalition, insurgents killed two U.S. soldiers and at least six Iraqis in the last 24 hours. Continue reading
Jan 19 Baghdad Truck Bombing Kills Coalition Workers A pickup truck loaded with 1,000 pounds of plastic explosives detonated at the main gate of the coalition headquarters in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 60 others. Continue reading
Jan 14 U.S. Military Captures Insurgent Leader; Car Bomb Kills At Least Two in Iraq A car bomb killed at least two people Wednesday in central Iraq and wounded nearly 30 others, while the U.S. military announced that number 54 on its 55 most-wanted list had been captured. Continue reading
Jan 08 U.S. Helicopter Crashes in Iraq; Nine Killed A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter crashed Thursday near a stronghold of the anti-American insurgency in Iraq, killing all nine soldiers aboard, the U.S. military said. Continue reading
Jan 02 U.S. Helicopter Crashes in Iraq, Likely Downed by Enemy Fire One soldier was killed and another wounded Friday when their helicopter crashed near Fallujah, Iraq, after coming under what was likely enemy fire, the military said. Continue reading
Jan 02 U.S. Helicopter Crashes in Iraq, Likely Downed by Enemy Fire One soldier was killed and another wounded Friday when their helicopter crashed near Fallujah, Iraq, after coming under what was likely enemy fire, the military said. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch On Patrol Two military experts discuss how the soldiers' tactics address U.S. objectives in the war-torn country. Continue watching