Apr 08 President, Blair Discuss Post-War Iraq, Say U.N. Is "Vital" U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair that the United Nations would have a "vital" role to play in post-war Iraq and that control of a new government would be turned over to the Iraqi people… Continue reading
Apr 08 U.S. Bombing Devastates Iraqi "Leadership Target" U.S. forces targeted the Iraqi leadership Monday, dropping four 2,000-pound bombs on a building where high-ranking members of the regime were meeting. Continue reading
Apr 08 Ground Attack Fighter Shot Down Near Baghdad An A-10 "Warthog" low-flying fighter jet was apparently shot down by Iraqi surface-to-air fire and crashed near the airport southwest of Baghdad early Tuesday local time. Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch Targeting Saddam U.S. forces launched an air strike Monday directly targeting a senior Iraqi leadership meeting that may have included Saddam Hussein and his sons. Military experts discuss the intelligence and equipment necessary to launch such a targeted strike and how officials… Continue watching
Apr 07 Initial Tests Indicate Chemical Weapons in Iraq Coalition forces may have found a chemical weapons cache at an Iraqi training facility, but further tests are needed to conclusively determine whether the materials are banned weapons of mass destruction, military officials told Reuters and MSNBC. Continue reading
Apr 07 British Troops Enter Southern City of Basra Nearly 700 British and U.S. soldiers on Monday walked into the center of Basra, receiving a warm response from its residents, after securing most of Iraq's second largest city. Continue reading
Apr 07 U.S. Forces Launch Large-Scale Armored Raid on Baghdad More than 100 armored personnel carriers and tanks entered central Baghdad after dawn Monday local time, seizing key sites in the heart of the Iraqi capital. By nightfall, some three battalions of U.S. troops remained in the center of the… Continue reading
Apr 07 Two Reporters Killed in Missile Strike Near Baghdad Two journalists from Spanish and German media outlets were killed after an Iraqi rocket struck a U.S. army field headquarters in southern Baghdad Monday. Continue reading
Apr 07 Rocket Attack Hits Assault HQ, At Least Four Killed A rocket attack on a brigade communications headquarters orchestrating Monday's assault on central Baghdad killed two American soldiers and two journalists, according to witnesses. Continue reading
Apr 07 "Chemical Ali" Likely Dead, Coalition Officials Say British Defense Secretary Geoffrey Hoon said on Monday there were strong indications that Ali Hassan al-Majid, a top Iraqi general known as "Chemical Ali," was killed by an air raid on his home in Basra. Continue reading