Mar 30 Islamic Jihad Sends Suicide Bombers to Iraq The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad announced Sunday that it has sent suicide bombers to Iraq to help defend Baghdad, on the same day the organization took responsibility for a suicide attack in Israel that injured 30 bystanders. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch Iraq War Plans Margaret Warner discusses the civilian and military roles in war planning with retired Army General George Joulwan, who was Supreme Allied Commander of NATO forces from 1993 to 1997; Richard Kohn, professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel… Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch John Burns: Inside Baghdad Jim Lehrer talks to John Burns of The New York Times about the situation in Baghdad. Continue watching
Mar 29 Suicide Bombing Kills Four U.S. Troops, Iraq Warns of More Attacks After a car bomb exploded Saturday at a U.S. military checkpoint near the central Iraqi city of Najaf killing four American soldiers, the Iraqi vice president said that coalition forces could expect more suicide attacks. Continue reading
Mar 29 Air Strikes Hit Baghdad, Sides Blame Each Other for Civilian Deaths Coalition warplanes on Saturday pounded Baghdad with one of their fiercest air assaults yet. The bombing came as Iraqi and coalition officials blamed one another for scores of reported civilian casualties. Continue reading
Mar 29 U.S Missiles Land in Saudi Arabia, Use of Saudi Airspace Halted The U.S. halted Tomahawk cruise missile launches over parts of Saudi Arabia after the kingdom complained some of the weapons fired from American ships had landed there, the U.S. Central Command said Saturday. Continue reading
Mar 29 Coalition Bombs Baath Party HQ in Basra, Kills 200 As British forces continued to tighten their grip on the city of Basra, U.S. aircraft and cruise missiles attack the headquarters of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party in the city, reportedly killing some 200 militia leaders that were meeting there. Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch Game Plan in Iraq Jim Lehrer discusses the Iraqi resistance and rumors of a U.S.-ordered lull in the advance toward Baghdad with retired Colonel W. Patrick Lang and retired Colonel John Warden. Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch Combat Medicine Susan Dentzer explores new techniques being used to train front-line medics and others assigned to care for wounded soldiers. Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch Iraqi Resistance Coalition troops have met fierce resistance from Iraqi military and paramilitary forces as they push north toward Baghdad. Gwen Ifill discusses the roots of that resistance with profesors Ahmed Al-Rahim and Rashid Khalidi. Continue watching