Feb 17 Watch Governing Iraq Amid continuing violence in Iraq, several members of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council have said they do not support an American initiative to hold regional caucuses to choose an interim government. An expert panel considers what the latest developments say… Continue watching
Feb 16 Roadside Bombs Kill Two U.S. Soldiers in Iraq; Governing Council Meets Roadside bombs killed two U.S. soldiers in separate attacks Monday in Baghdad and a city northeast of the capital, while the Iraqi Governing Council met to discuss prospects for a handover of power from U.S. administrators to Iraqis. Continue reading
Feb 13 U.N. Official Rules Out Early Elections in Iraq A spokesman for the U.N. envoy sent to Iraq to determine if early elections are possible said Friday that a vote could not be held before the June 30 transfer to Iraqi sovereignty. Continue reading
Feb 12 Abizaid Convoy Attacked; Timing of Elections Still Uncertain By Admin The U.S. commander in the Middle East, Gen. John Abizaid, escaped unharmed from a rocket-propelled grenade attack on his convoy Thursday in the turbulent city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad. Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch Beyond Baghdad Frontline reporter Martin Smith explores what life is like outside Baghdad in a report from the Iraqi city of Tikrit. Continue watching
Feb 11 Baghdad Car Bomb Kills At Least 47 in Second Deadly Attack A suicide attacker detonated a car packed with explosives in a crowd of Iraqis outside a Baghdad army recruiting center Wednesday, killing at least 47 people in the second bombing in two days targeting Iraqis working with U.S. occupation forces. Continue reading
Feb 10 Car Bomb Explodes South of Baghdad Killing Dozens A car bomb killed dozens of people when it exploded Tuesday morning at a police station south of Baghdad where people were lined up to apply for jobs. Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch Report From Baghdad American efforts to train additional Iraqi police officers were jarred by a fatal bombing at a police station 30 miles south of Baghdad today. Gwen Ifill gets additional information on the bombing from New York Times correspondent Jeffrey Gettleman in… Continue watching
Feb 06 Pres. Bush Forms Bipartisan Iraq Intelligence Review Panel By Admin, PBS News Hour Bowing to pressure from Democratic and Republican lawmakers, President Bush on Friday named seven people to sit on a bipartisan independent commission to investigate U.S. intelligence failures in prewar Iraq. Continue reading
Feb 04 U.N. Team to Evaluate Prospect of Early Elections in Iraq U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Tuesday he would send a team to Iraq to determine if elections could be held before the June 30 transfer of authority to a provisional government. Continue reading