Aug 21 U.S. Exploring Possible Expanded Role for U.N., Powell Says 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. Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch Security Strategies in Iraq Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld addressed security concerns in Iraq after Tuesday's bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch Deadly Attack in Iraq 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. Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch Deadly Attack in Baghdad: Background 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. Continue watching
Aug 19 Chief U.N. Envoy Killed in Baghdad Bombing The flag outside the United Nations headquarters in New York flew at half-staff in honor of Sergio Vieira de Mello, the U.N.'s special representative to Iraq, and at least 14 others who were killed in the bombing of the U.N. Continue reading
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