Mar 28 U.N. Frees Billions in Oil-for-Food Aid for Iraqi People The United Nations Security Council, still divided over the ongoing military campaign in Iraq, came together Friday to unanimously agree to use billions in Iraqi oil funds for humanitarian assistance to Iraq. Continue reading
Mar 28 Clashes Reported Near Central Iraqi City of Najaf Coalition troops advancing toward Baghdad battled against Iraqi forces early Friday local time near the central town of Najaf, some 100 miles south of the Iraqi capital. Continue reading
Mar 28 First Humanitarian Aid Ship Docks in Southern Iraqi Port Flanked by patrol boats and assault helicopters, the British supply ship Sir Galahad docked at the hard-won port of Umm Qasr on Friday, loaded with the first military shipment of relief aid for Iraqi citizens. Continue reading
Mar 28 Kurds Seize Iraqi Positions in the North Hundreds of Kurdish fighters on Friday seized Iraqi military positions on the northern border apparently abandoned by Iraqi government forces. Continue reading
Mar 28 Baghdad Hammered by Massive Explosions Smoke continued to billow out of Baghdad Friday after U.S.-led forces unleashed the heaviest bombardment of the Iraqi capital in days, using B-52 bombers to drop two 4,700-pound, satellite-guided "bunker-busting" bombs on Iraqi targets. Continue reading
Mar 28 Basra Residents Fired Upon When Fleeing City, British Say Iraqi forces in Basra fired mortars and machine guns Friday on a "couple of thousand" Iraqi civilians trying to leave the besieged city, British military officials said. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch The Iraq War: Military Plans As coalition forces prepare to take on Baghdad and military leaders warn that the war in Iraq may take longer than expected, three military experts assess the state of the war thus far and what may happen in the days… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch Aid Crisis in Southern Iraq The U.N. Security Council, which remains divided over the military campaign underway in Iraq, voted unanimously Friday to restart the program that enables Iraq to exchange billions in oil funds for humanitarian assistance. Marc Santora reports from Kuwait City on… Continue watching
Mar 27 Iraq Plans Intense Defense of Baghdad With bombs falling on the southern outskirts of Baghdad, the Iraqi minister of defense said Thursday he expects U.S. forces to encircle the capital in as soon as five days. Continue reading
Mar 27 President, Blair Call for International Humanitarian Effort The leaders of Britain and the United States called on the United Nations to take step to restart humanitarian programs to feed some 60 percent of the Iraqi people. Continue reading