Jul 22 Saddam Hussein’s Sons Killed in Gunbattle With U.S. Troops U.S. officials reported Tuesday that the two sons of toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein were killed during a firefight with U.S. forces in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch Background: Saddam Hussein’s Sons U.S. military officials reported Tuesday that Uday and Qusay Hussein, sons of toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, were killed during a firefight with U.S. forces in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch Saddam Hussein’s Sons U.S. military officials reported Tuesday that Uday and Qusay Hussein, sons of toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, were killed during a firefight with U.S. forces in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Experts discuss the raid and the potential effect… Continue watching
Jul 21 Wolfowitz Calls for Patience As Violence Continues in Iraq Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz called for patience from Iraqis as the U.S. continued its efforts to end violence and begin rebuilding the war-torn nation. Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch America as Occupier: The Iraq War Retired Gen. Tommy Franks has said that the U.S. occupation in Iraq could last up to four years. Ray Suarez discusses America's role as occupier with four historians: NewsHour regular Michael Beschloss; Bruce Jentleson of Duke University; Carol Gluck of… Continue watching
Jul 18 U.S. Soldier Killed in Fallujah Bombing As "Guerrilla" Tactics Continue An American soldier in Iraq was killed Friday when a bomb detonated in a city west of Baghdad as attacks continue in what has been deemed by a top U.S. military official as "guerrilla" warfare against coalition forces patrolling the… Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch Background: Reasons for the War with Iraq The White House released excerpts from a classified October 2002 intelligence document that cited "compelling evidence" that Iraq was trying to reconstitute its nuclear program. Margaret Warner discusses today's White House release of previously classified information with New York Times… Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch Reasons for the War with Iraq Two members of the Senate Intelligence Committee discuss the controversy over the Bush administration's prewar intelligence on Iraq's weapons program and its decision to release previously classified information to justify its case for going to war with Iraq. Continue watching
Jul 16 Watch General John Abizaid: Iraq Situation Report Gen. John Abizaid, the new head of U.S. Central Command, said that U.S. troops are still at war. He fielded questions at his first formal media briefing in Washington. Continue watching
Jul 15 Bremer Says U.S. Presence in Iraq Now Up to Iraqi People The American administrator in Iraq said Tuesday that with the creation of the new Iraqi Governing Council, the duration of the U.S. presence in Iraq was now up to the Iraqi people and that the U.S. has "no desire to… Continue reading