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
Apr 07 Watch Iraq: Past and Present Jeffrey Brown reports on Iraq's history of war and how its legacy effects the battlefield today. Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch Inside Baghdad: Jon Lee Anderson Gwen Ifill discusses the situation inside Baghdad with Jon Lee Anderson of The New Yorker magazine. Continue watching
Apr 06 British Forces Take Parts of Basra Coalition forces mounted a multiple-pronged thrust into Basra Sunday, an operation British officials say allowed their troops to secure large portions of Iraq's second-largest city. Continue reading
Apr 06 U.S. Officials Weigh Post-War Iraq Leadership, Planning Amid some Arab and Iraqi skepticism, U.S. officials and international leaders continue to plan for a post-Saddam Hussein interim government and reconstruction process. Continue reading
Apr 06 "Friendly Fire" Hits U.S.-Kurdish Forces, Several Casualities A U.S. warplane bombed a convoy of American special forces and Kurdish fighters Northern Iraq in a "friendly fire" incident on Sunday that killed several soldiers. Continue reading