Apr 02 U.S. Accuses Iraq of Using Mosque As Military Base U.S. forces in the central city of Najaf have reportedly come under Iraqi fire from the Ali Mosque, one of the most sacred Shiite Muslim sites in the world. Continue reading
Apr 02 Russia Protests Bombing Near Baghdad Embassy Russia criticized the U.S.-led war in Iraq Wednesday, accusing the coalition of bombing targets very near its embassy in Baghdad and threatening the Russian citizens still working in the Iraqi capital. Continue reading
Apr 02 Turkey Allows U.S. to Send Supplies to Northern Iraq The United States reached an agreement with Turkey on Wednesday allowing the coalition to send supplies through Turkish territory to troops in neighboring Iraq. Continue reading
Apr 02 BBC Cameraman Killed in Iraq Kaveh Golestan, an award-winning photojournalist and BBC freelance cameraman, was killed in northern Iraq on Wednesday after stepping on a mine. Continue reading
Apr 02 Coalition Rescues U.S. Prisoner of War American-led coalition troops have rescued a U.S. prisoner of war identified as Pfc. Jessica Lynch, a supply clerk who went missing after her maintenance company was ambushed near the city of Nasiriya on March 23. Continue reading
Apr 02 Watch Supplying the Front A look at the challenges involved in keeping U.S. troops on the frontline and throughout Iraq fully supplied. Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch Rescue Mission: Jessica Lynch U.S. special operations forces rescued prisoner of war Jessica Lynch from a hospital in Nasiriyah yesterday. Ray Suarez reports with more on the mission. Continue watching
Apr 01 Statement From Saddam Hussein Calls for Jihad In a statement read on Iraqi state television, president Saddam Hussein called on the Iraqi people to commit themselves to a holy war against U.S. and British forces seeking his ouster. Continue reading
Apr 01 Powell to Meet With EU Leaders in Ankara, Brussels U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell traveled to Turkey Tuesday in an effort to mend diplomatic relations between the United States and Europe, which have soured over the U.S.-led war in Iraq. Continue reading
Apr 01 Iraqi Civillian Casualties Result From Incidents At Checkpoints Officials at U.S. Central Command said current checkpoint procedures will not change despite Monday's incident at a U.S. guarded military checkpoint in Iraq that resulted in the deaths of at least seven and an unarmed Iraqi man on Tuesday. Continue reading