Mar 21 Major U.S. Ground Offensive Picks Up Speed Coalition forces increased the intensity of a major ground attack Friday with U.S. Army infantry and Marine divisions racing north and west in an apparent advance toward the capital city of Baghdad. Continue reading
Mar 21 U.S., British Forces Take Southern Iraq City, Faw Peninsula As U.S. and British troops took territory in southern Iraq on the first day of the ground war, some seven oil fires were set by retreating Iraqi troops, British Defense Minister Geoffrey Hoon said Friday. Continue reading
Mar 21 U.S. Helicopter Crashes, First Coalition Deaths Reported Eight British royal commandos and four U.S. Marines were killed Thursday when a U.S. Marine helicopter crashed south of the Iraqi border in Kuwait, Pentagon officials report. The crew of 12 became the first coalition casualties of the war with… Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch War Strategy: Day 3 Margaret Warner discusses strategy on day three of the Iraq war with retired Colonel W. Patrick Lang, retired Air Force Colonel Samuel Gardiner, and Marine Corps Colonel Gary Anderson. Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch The Predator Weapons System Kwame Holman looks at the Predator weapons system, an unmanned aerial vehicle designed to seek targets such as Iraqi Scud launchers. Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch “Shock and Awe” Strategy on Day 3 of the Iraq War The United States mounted its heaviest air campaign yet in Iraq Friday as ground troops secured some of the country's southern territory. Margaret Warner gets four perspectives on the developments. Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch The Homefront: Reaction to the Iraq War from Sacramento, California Spencer Michels reports on reaction to the Iraq war in the city of Sacramento, California. Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch A Report from Southern Iraq Reporter Dexter Filkins, who is in Southern Iraq, shares his observations on the war in Iraq. Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch The Humanitarian Effort in Iraq Ray Suarez talks to an administrator from the U.S. Agency for International Development about the humanitarian side of the war in Iraq and its aftermath. Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch ‘Shock and Awe’ The United States mounted its heaviest air campaign yet in Iraq as ground troops secure some of Iraq's southern territory. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, briefed reporters… Continue watching