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
Aug 07 Watch Deadly Day in Baghdad A powerful bomb killed at least 11 people outside the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad. Terence Smith discusses the recent violence in Iraq with Rod Nordland, Baghdad bureau chief for Newsweek magazine. Continue watching
Jul 31 Iraq Could Hold Elections Next Summer Elections that could replace Iraq's interim government and end U.S. occupation of the country could be held as early as next summer, the chief U.S. civil administrator in Iraq said Thursday. Continue reading
Jul 29 Key Saddam Loyalists Captured; Iraqi Council Creates Rotating Presidency American soldiers captured several key Saddam Hussein loyalists Tuesday, including one man who officials claim was a personal bodyguard to the ousted Iraqi leader and rarely left his side. Continue reading