Apr 09 Watch A Look Back at a Decade of Conflict in Iraq Ten Years After The Fall of Baghdad, A Look Back at a Decade of Conflict in Iraq… Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch Iraq Reconstruction Effort Fraught With ‘Fraud, Waste and Abuse’ A decade after the war in Iraq began, U.S. and Iraqi officials characterize much of the reconstruction work deployed in that country as failure. Judy Woodruff examines a new report that chronicles the wasted money, opportunities and lives. Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch News Wrap: 90 Killed in Ethiopian Airlines Crash In other news, 90 people were killed when an Ethiopian airliner crashed just off the coast of Beirut, and Baghdad was hit with a series of bombings. Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch Iraq’s Recent Calm Shattered by Multiple Blasts A series of five bombs rocked Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 127 people, and raising new questions about the ability of Iraqi forces to secure their country. Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch Other News: Recession Complicates Holiday Travel for Many In other news, airlines are experiencing a 25 percent decrease in holiday travel this year as more people are opting for trains and buses. Also, weekly jobless claims dipped below 500,000 for the first time since January. Continue watching
Dec 18 Iraqi Officials Arrested on Baath Party Suspicions By Admin, PBS News Hour At least 23 officials from Iraq's interior and defense ministries have been arrested on suspicion of working to reconstitute Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch Bush’s Final Iraq Visit Prompts Mixed Responses President Bush ended his farewell trip to Iraq and Afghanistan on Monday, where he met with officials about security matters and visited U.S. troops stationed in both conflict zones. Two Middle East analysts discuss the Bush administration's legacy in Iraq. Continue watching
Nov 21 Thousands Protest U.S. Security Deal in Baghdad By PBS News Hour As Iraqi lawmakers spar over approval of a new U.S.-Iraqi security deal, scores of followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took to the streets Friday to protest the pact, chanting slogans and burning an effigy of President George W. Continue reading
Jul 28 Dozens Die After Bombings Hit Baghdad, Kirkuk By PBS News Hour Suicide bombers killed at least 57 people and wounded nearly 300 others Monday during attacks against a Shiite pilgrimage in Baghdad and a Kurdish protest rally in northern Iraq, police said. Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch Americans Divided Over Mission, Scope, Future in Iraq Five years into the Iraq war, Americans remain divided over why we invaded, degrees of success and failure, and how to bring the troops home. The NewsHour's Big Picture election series now brings together a group of citizens to discuss… Continue watching