Aug 19 Blast in Baghdad Kills At Least 15, Including Top U.N. Envoy The explosion of a powerful truck bomb partially destroyed the hotel that houses the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad Tuesday, killing at least 15 people, including the top U.N. envoy in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and wounding 100 others. Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch A Deadly Attack in Iraq Gwen Ifill speaks with a former Army Intelligence Officer, an international relations expert and New York Times Correspondent Thomas Friedman about Tuesday's deadly attack on U.N. headquarters in Iraq and ongoing efforts to sabotage coalition efforts in the postwar country. Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Deadly Attack: Background A truck exploded in front of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, killing at least 15 people. Continue watching
Aug 18 Reuters Cameraman Shot Dead While Filming in Iraq During a weekend of violence, Mazen Dana, an award-winning Reuters cameraman, was shot dead Sunday afternoon by U.S. troops in Iraq after they apparently mistook his camera for a grenade-launcher. Continue reading
Aug 18 Weekend Attacks Threaten Iraq’s Recovery, U.S. Says A weekend of attacks on Iraq's energy and water infrastructure threatened to disrupt U.S. reconstruction plans, while depriving many Iraqis of electricity and water supplies amid rising summer temperatures. Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch U.N. Helping Hand in Iraq? The United Nations Security Council on Thursday approved a resolution to create the Iraqi Governing Council and authorized a U.N. assistance mission to Iraq. Policy experts discuss whether the U.S. will allow the U.N. to provide more help on the… Continue watching
Aug 13 U.S. Probe Clears Soldiers in Deadly Attack on Baghdad Hotel A U.S. military inquiry into the death of two foreign journalists at a Baghdad hotel April 8 has concluded that the troops were justified in firing at what they had reason to believe was an enemy position, the U.S. Central… Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch Iraq Turmoil in Basra Terence Smith speaks with New York Times reporter Robert Worth about the fuel shortages and rioting in Basra. Continue watching
Aug 08 President Marks 100 Days Since the End of Major Combat in Iraq President Bush marked the 100th day since major military operations in Iraq ended with a press appearance at his ranch in Crawford, Tex. Friday, saying "good progress" had been made in the postwar effort. Continue reading
Aug 07 Jordan Embassy in Iraq Bombed, At Least Eight Killed A powerful car bomb exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad Thursday, killing at least eight people, in what U.S. officials called the worst attack on a non-military target since the end of major combat operations in Iraq. Continue reading