Dec 10 Watch NATO Commander Details Afghanistan Security, Reconstruction This year has been the most violent in Afghanistan since the Taliban fell, with more than 130 suicide bombings and more than 2,600 dead. U.S. Gen. Dan McNeill, the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, discusses efforts to combat Taliban… Continue watching
May 03 Watch Former CIA Director Tenet Responds to Memoir Criticism Former CIA Director George Tenet's new memoir has drawn criticism from administration officials over his account of events leading up to the Iraq war. Jim Lehrer talks with Tenet about his memoir and its critics. Continue watching
Dec 05 Suicide Bombing Heightens Israeli / Palestinian Tensions By PBS NewsHour A suicide attack that killed five outside a mall Monday prompted the Israeli government to order new strikes against the leaders of the militant group Islamic Jihad and raised the specter of increased violence in the Middle Eastern nation. Continue reading
Jul 26 Suicide Bombing Kills Three Near U.S. Base in Northern Iraq A suicide car bomb near a U.S. military base in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul killed three Iraqis Monday and assassins shot and killed a senior Interior Ministry official, in the latest attack on officials in the interim Iraqi… Continue reading
Mar 29 Suicide Bombing Kills Four U.S. Troops, Iraq Warns of More Attacks After a car bomb exploded Saturday at a U.S. military checkpoint near the central Iraqi city of Najaf killing four American soldiers, the Iraqi vice president said that coalition forces could expect more suicide attacks. Continue reading