Dec 14 Dramatic Capture Sparks Street Celebrations, Talk of Trial U.S. officials announced the capture of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein early Sunday morning, giving rise to street celebrations in Iraq but also some doubt that the detained man is indeed the deposed leader. Continue reading
Dec 14 World Leaders Congratulate U.S. on Capture of Saddam From London to Riyadh, world leaders welcomed the announcement that U.S. forces had captured former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, saying it ended the career of a brutal dictator and heralded a new era of hope for the Iraqi people. Continue reading
Dec 14 Coalition Forces Acted on Intelligence to Launch Raid Some 600 American soldiers swept into a rural farm just after 8 p.m. local time Saturday, carrying out a mission aimed at capturing or killing the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Continue reading
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