Representatives from France, Germany and Russia denounced U.S. plans to attack Iraq and unseat Saddam Hussein during a United Nations Security Council session Wednesday.

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With only hours before President Bush's Wednesday deadline expires for Saddam Hussein and his sons to leave Iraq or face a military invasion, thousands of American and British troops have massed along the northern Kuwaiti border with Iraq.

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Republicans denounced Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle on Tuesday for his criticism of President Bush with the nation on the brink of war. Jim Lehrer and guests discuss the appropriate role for those who oppose a war.

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With the U.S. and its allies poised to begin a war against Iraq, military strategists discuss the possible scenarios for the first days of military action.

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Gwen Ifill talks with John Burns of The New York Times about the pre-war atmosphere in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

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Even as more United Nations workers and diplomats fled Baghdad Tuesday, President Saddam Hussein, his sons and other Iraqi leaders rejected U.S. demands that they leave the country to avoid a military confrontation.

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World leaders on both sides of the Iraq debate reacted strongly to the U.S. ultimatum to Saddam Hussein, with most leaders reiterating the positions they have held during the past months.

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Members of an Iraqi-American community in Detroit give their views on a possible war with their home country and President Bush's ultimatum ordering Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq.

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Tom Bearden reports from Qatar with some troop response to President Bush's address on Monday.

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Three retired military officials discuss the battle plans U.S. planners are likely to use in an Iraq war and how Saddam Hussein's troops might respond.

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