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
Mar 21 Watch Brzezinski and Mead: Reflections on the Iraq War Jim Lehrer discusses the developments of the third day of the Iraq war with Zbigniew Brzezinski and Walter Russell Mead. Continue watching
Mar 20 U.S. Announces It Will Seize Iraqi Assets President Bush ordered the seizure of $1.4 billion in Iraqi funds held in U.S. banks, marking only the second time since World War II that the U.S. government has taken ownership of a substantial amount of frozen foreign assets. Continue reading
Mar 20 Second Wave of U.S. Cruise Missile Attacks Strikes Baghdad U.S. cruise missiles exploded into the center of Baghdad Thursday night local time, shaking the city with explosions and sparking building fires in an attack significantly more intense than the initial U.S. air strike that launched the war with Iraq. Continue reading
Mar 20 Ground Forces Reportedly Enter Iraq U.S. ground forces began an "intense artillery barrage" against Iraqi troops near the Kuwaiti border around 8 p.m. local time (noon EST) on Thursday and, nearly an hour later, launched an invasion into Iraq, news reports from the region said. Continue reading
Mar 20 U.S. Forces Begin War With Iraq, Down Iraqi Scud Missile U.S. forces opened the first round in a war with Iraq early Thursday local time, launching a barrage of cruise missiles and precision guided bombs at "targets of military importance" near Baghdad. Continue reading
Mar 20 Russia, China, France Blast Opening of Iraq War World leaders reacted Thursday to the initial U.S. attack on Iraq, offering assessments of U.S. actions and considering the effect of military conflict on the world. Continue reading
Mar 20 President Bush Announces "Early Stages" of War Have Begun President Bush announced late Wednesday that precision strikes mounted on specific targets in Baghdad were the "early stages" of the U.S. war against Iraq. Continue reading
Mar 20 Iraq War Begins With Strikes on "Selected Targets" U.S. forces staged pinpoint military strikes in Iraq early Thursday morning local time, bombing targets near Baghdad as dawn broke over the Iraqi capital. Continue reading