May 29 Iraq Asks Leaders to Lift Sanctions, Forgive Debt By Admin, PBS News Hour Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki asked world leaders Thursday "to end the international sanctions that were imposed on Iraq because of the previous regime and to write off debts" that are an "impediment against reconstruction and development."… Continue reading
May 22 Watch Iraqi Forces Assert Security Control With Mixed Success Iraqi forces entered Sadr City in Baghdad this week to help curb ongoing fighting in the Shiite stronghold. The incursion is part of a wave of offensives that Gen. David Petraeus said Thursday were helping to improve overall security. Analysts… Continue watching
Mar 10 Suicide Bomber Kills 5 U.S. Soldiers in Baghdad By PBS News Hour A suicide bomber killed five American soldiers on a foot patrol Monday in central Baghdad, the U.S. military said. It was the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Iraq since Jan. 28, when five soldiers were killed by a roadside… Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch Triple Car Bombing in Iraq Disrupts Drop-off in Violence In southern Iraq on Wednesday, a triple car bomb killed as many as 41 people and wounded at least 150, the worst bombing in four months. Damien Cave of the New York Times provides an update from Baghdad. Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch Death Toll in Iraq Suicide Bombings Reaches 250 A series of suicide bombings in Iraq left at least 250 people dead, while political instability continues to plague the government. Regional experts discuss the country's political and security struggles. Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch Pick for Iraq Commander Faces Senate Questioning Lt. Gen. David Petraeus, tapped by President Bush to take over U.S. military command in Iraq, underwent intense questioning before the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday. Two military experts discuss Petraeus and his mission in Iraq. Continue watching
Mar 11 Suicide Bomber Strikes Mosque in Mosul By PBS News Hour A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shiite mosque during a funeral in the northern city of Mosul on Thursday, killing at least 47 people and injuring more than 100. Continue reading
Jan 20 U.S. Launches Raids in Mosul; Iraqi Forces Seal Off Roads to Baghdad By PBS News Hour American troops launched new raids Thursday around the northern city of Mosul. Continue reading
Dec 22 Attack on U.S. Base Kills 22 in Northern Iraq By PBS News Hour An explosion ripped through a U.S. military mess tent near the northern city of Mosul Tuesday, killing 22 and wounding some 60 others as they sat down to lunch. Continue reading
Nov 11 Violence Erupts in Mosul, Baghdad As Fallujah Assault Continues Backed by aircraft and artillery shelling, U.S. forces launched a major attack Thursday aimed at cordoning off Sunni fighters who have retreated into pockets in the southern part of the rebel-held city of Fallujah. Continue reading