Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Mohammed Bakr al-Hakim was one of at least 75 people killed when a car bomb exploded at the main mosque in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf during prayers on Friday.

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New York Times reporter Neil MacFarquhar reports from Najaf, Iraq following a deadly bombing that killed 75 people, including leading Shiite Muslim leader Mohammed Bakr al-Hakim.

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In a speech Tuesday, President Bush defended the mission in Iraq as a critical component in the global war on terrorism. Two U.S. Senators who have traveled to Iraq offer perspective on the postwar situation and U.S. foreign policy.

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France, Germany, India and Russia said Friday they would not send troops to aid in peacekeeping efforts in Iraq unless the United States agreed to a U.N.-led multinational force in the war-ravaged country.

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Both the United Nations and American forces suffered casualties this week in Iraq.

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Central Command offered no further details on how Saddam's close colleague was captured, or where he has been placed in custody.

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Secretary of State Colin Powell told diplomats at the United Nations that the United States is considering a new resolution that would "call on member states to do more" in Iraq.

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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld addressed security concerns in Iraq after Tuesday's bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad…

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FBI agents said that the bomb that caused the explosion outside the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad was made of old munitions. Gwen Ifill gets an update from Dexter Filkins of The New York Times.

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In the wake of the bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, experts discuss the situation in postwar Iraq and the role of the United Nations there.

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