May 22 U.N. Lifts Sanctions on Iraq, Backs Coalition Control The United Nations Security Council on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a plan to lift the 13-year-old sanctions regime against Iraq and to back U.S. and British administration of the country. Continue reading
May 22 Watch Lifting U.N. Sanctions in Iraq Following a U.N. vote on Thursday to lift sanctions on Iraq, former U.N. Assistant Secretary-general John Ruggie and Charles Kupchan, former director of European affairs on the National Security Council, offer their perspective on how the vote will impact Iraq's… Continue watching
May 22 Watch Fighting the Peace in Nasiriya, Iraq In Part II of her series on rebuilding postwar Iraq, Senior Correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth reports on U.S. efforts to maintain law and order in the war-torn city of Nasiriya. Continue watching
May 22 Watch Tom Friedman's Iraq Journal Jim Lehrer talks with New York Times Columnist Tom Friedman about his recent trip to Iraq. Continue watching
May 20 Iraqi Muslims Demand U.S. Withdrawal Thousands of Shiite Muslims protested in Baghdad Monday, demanding the withdrawal of U.S. forces and the establishment of an Iraqi government. Continue reading
May 15 U.S. Army Arrests 200 Iraqis Near Tikrit Units from the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry division swept through a small village near the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit Thursday, taking some 200 Iraqi prisoners, including a man who was on the coalition's "most wanted" list. Continue reading
May 14 Watch Search for Security in Iraq As efforts to rebuild and secure postwar Iraq take shape, Elizabeth Farnsworth travels with a British patrol in the southern city of Basra and reports on the continuing struggle to return services and public order to an area torn by… Continue watching
May 13 Watch The New Iraq As reconstruction efforts continue in Iraq, legal experts discuss the role of democracy and Islam in rebuilding the country's legal system. Continue watching
May 12 New U.S. Administrator Arrives in Baghdad to Stabilize Country The new top U.S. civilian administrator of Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, arrived in Baghdad Monday to take over the country's reconstruction efforts and transition toward democracy. Continue reading
May 12 Watch Rebuilding Shakeup in Iraq With the arrival of L. Paul Bremer in Baghdad to replace retired General Jay Garner as the American civilian administrator for Iraq, experts assess the implications of the management switch and what it could mean for the country's reconstruction. Continue watching