Mar 22 Coalition Forces Advance on Basra, Fight "Major" Tank Battle Even as U.S. and British forces continued to pound Iraqi positions along key bridges and defensive sites, reports emerged that coalition forces had seized the second largest Iraqi city Basra. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch Progress Report on Iraq General Tommy Franks, the commander of the U.S.-led Iraq war, held the first official military briefing from the region. Tom Bearden reports from Central Command headquarters in Qatar. Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch Perspectives on the Iraq War Jim Lehrer holds a discussion with historians, who provide perspective on the Iraq war. The panel includes presidential historian Michael Beschloss; journalist and author Haynes Johnson; Richard Norton Smith, director of the Dole Institute; Roger Wilkins, a professor of history… Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch Marching Forward Towards Baghdad U.S. and British forces pressed on towards Baghdad, as other coalition troops advanced in a battle over the second largest Iraqi city of Basra. Three retired military officials provide analysis of the progress of the U.S.-led mission in Iraq. Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch War, Live Terence Smith explores how the high-tech media equipment and the "embedding" of some 500 journalists with U.S. military units in Iraq has changed the way wars are covered. Continue watching
Mar 21 Turkish Troops Enter Northern Iraq The Turkish government on Friday deployed some 1,500 commando troops into the Kurdish-dominated enclave of northern Iraq despite opposition from the U.S. and local Kurdish officials. Continue reading
Mar 21 Iraqi Division Surrenders to Coalition Troops An entire division of Iraqi troops numbering some 8,000 soldiers surrendered to U.S.-led coalition troops in southern Iraq on Friday, Defense Department officials told the Associated Press. Continue reading
Mar 21 Coalition Unleashes Massive Bombing Campaign in Iraq U.S.-led coalition forces mounted the largest air offensive yet in the skies over Iraq on Friday, with cruise missiles and bombs smashing into government buildings in Baghdad and sending massive balls of flame into the night sky. Continue reading
Mar 21 Two Die in Yemen After Anti-War Protest Turns Violent Two people were killed and several others injured when a crowd of anti-war protestors tried to storm the U.S. embassy in Yemen Friday as protestors around the globe took to the streets to show their opposition to the U.S.-led war… Continue reading
Mar 21 U.S. Takes "Tentative" Control of Airfields in Western Iraq U.S. forces have reportedly seized two important airfields and possible hidden weapons caches in western Iraq Friday, but defense officials reportedly warned that control of the territory was "tentative."… Continue reading