Dec 12 Iraq Contract Policy Complicates Planned Debt Talks After the U.S. decision to bar Iraq war opponents from competing for contracts, Russia has said it may not restructure $8 billion in Iraqi debt despite planned U.S. talks with Moscow and other countries to alleviate the country's large debt… Continue reading
Dec 11 Attacks in Iraq Kill One U.S. Soldier, Injure Two Journalists Iraqi suicide bombers in a truck blew themselves up at the gates of a U.S. Army base in Ramadi on Thursday, killing one soldier and wounding 14 others. Continue reading
Dec 10 U.S. Bars War Opponents From Bidding on Iraq Contracts The Pentagon has limited the countries that can bid on $18.6 billion worth of reconstruction contracts in Iraq to those that supported the U.S.-led war, a move that has drawn international criticism. Continue reading
Dec 09 Three Killed and Dozens Wounded in Car Bomb Attacks in Iraq A series of suicide bombings and rocket-propelled grenade attacks in Iraq on Tuesday killed three Iraqis and injured dozens of others. Meanwhile, Japan has said it will send non-combat troops to the war-torn country. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch On the Homefront: Centralia, Washington Three soldiers from Fort Lewis, Wash., died in northern Iraq yesterday when a road embankment collapsed and their vehicle fell into an irrigation canal. Kwame Holman reports that residents in their hometown of Centralia, Wash., have begun to measure their… Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch Politics and Religion in Iraq Iraq's senior Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, claims the coalition's plan to transfer power does not pay proper heed to Islam. Kwame Holman reviews the role of religion in the governance of Iraq. Then, Jim Lehrer follows up with Juan… Continue watching
Dec 01 U.S. Reports 54 Iraqis Killed After Ambushing Soldiers By PBS News Hour "The 4th Infantry Division repelled multiple ambush attacks," Lt. Col. William MacDonald told reporters, adding that U.S. troops wounded 18 Iraqis and captured eight. Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch Battle in Samarra, Iraq The U.S. military says it killed 54 insurgents when they ambushed American convoys in the city of Samarra Sunday, but local residents told reporters that the death toll was far fewer. New York Times correspondent Dexter Filkins visited the battle… Continue watching
Nov 27 President Bush Pays Surprise Visit to Troops in Iraq President Bush made a surprise Thanksgiving Day visit to U.S. troops in Baghdad in a mission to boost morale, marking the first time an American president has visited Iraq. Continue reading
Nov 27 Watch President Bush Visit to Troops in Iraq President Bush surprised U.S. troops in Iraq by delivering a Thanksgiving Day message to them in person. Ray Suarez speaks with Christian Caryl of Newsweek magazine about the president's visit. Continue watching