Oct 28 Watch Situation Report on Iraq President Bush called an impromptu press conference to react to the surge in attacks against Iraqis cooperating with the coalition occupation authority in Baghdad. Bush insisted that the U.S. must not be deterred from its reconstruction mission. Senate leaders provided… Continue watching
Oct 27 Wave of Bombings, Attacks Kill Nearly 40, Injure More Than 200 Suicide bombers attacked a hospital and three police stations in Iraq Monday, a day after insurgents launched an improvised rocket strike on a hotel housing top U.S. officials and attacked other American forces. Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch Deadly Attacks in Iraq An assault on the Al-Rashid Hotel was followed by a string of car bomb attacks against the International Red Cross headquarters in Baghdad and three Iraqi police stations. Four experts analyze the potential impacts on the Bush administration's policy on… Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch Background: Deadly Attacks in Iraq An assault on the Al-Rashid Hotel was followed by a string of car bomb attacks against the International Red Cross headquarters in Baghdad and three Iraqi police stations. Terence Smith speaks with New York Times correspondent Dexter Filkins in Baghdad… Continue watching
Oct 24 Three Americans Die in Iraq; U.S. Puts Hold on Turkish Troops As continuing violence in Iraq resulted in the deaths of three American soldiers Friday, U.S. and Turkish officials said they would delay the deployment of Turkish peacekeeping troops in Iraq. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch Iraq Aid After a vigorous U.S. campaign for more economic aid for postwar Iraq, an international donors' conference in Madrid yields some $13 billion in new aid from the world community on top of more than $20 billion from the United States. Continue watching
Oct 20 Three Killed, Five Wounded in Fallujah Clash A U.S. Army patrol outside Fallujah was ambushed during the day Monday, resulting in the deaths of one American soldier and two Iraqi civilians who were reportedly caught in the crossfire. Five others were wounded. Continue reading
Oct 17 Senate Approves, House Rejects Iraq Loan Provision The Senate narrowly approved a measure that calls on Iraq to repay half of the $20.3 billion the Bush administration has requested for its reconstruction, despite lobbying from the White House to approve the money without the repayment condition. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch Deadly Assault in Karbala, Iraq Three U.S. soldiers and two Iraqi police officers were killed in an overnight firefight with Shiite Muslims in the holy city of Karbala. Ray Suarez speaks with Newsweek correspondent Christian Caryl from Karbala about the rising religious tensions in that… Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch Paying for Peace in Iraq The Senate provided a setback for the administration's Iraq reconstruction plan when it approved an amendment that would require the Iraqi government to repay $10 billion of the $20 billion reconstruction grant. The House cleared a bill, which would give… Continue watching