Dec 22 U.S. to Send Up to 30,000 More Troops to Afghanistan By Admin, PBS NewsHour Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen said over the weekend that the United States would send an additional 20,000 to 30,000 forces to Afghanistan by summer as violence in the country continued to rise. Continue reading
Nov 21 Thousands Protest U.S. Security Deal in Baghdad By PBS NewsHour 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
Oct 16 Draft Pact Says U.S. Forces Would Leave Iraq in 2011 By Admin, PBS NewsHour After months of talks, Washington and Baghdad settled upon a draft security deal that would have U.S. troops leave Iraq by the end of 2011 unless Iraq asks them to stay longer. Continue reading
Sep 01 U.S. Turns Over Once Violent Anbar Province to Iraqis By PBS NewsHour The U.S. military handed over control of the once-volatile Anbar province to Iraqi forces Monday, marking a milestone in U.S. plans to send troops home. Continue reading
Jul 18 U.S., Iraq to Set ‘Time Horizon’ on Troop Withdrawal By Admin, PBS NewsHour President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki have agreed to seek "a general time horizon" for reducing U.S. troops in Iraq as part of a broader security agreement, the White House said Friday. Continue reading
Apr 30 U.S. Deaths Hit Seven-Month High in Iraq By Admin, PBS NewsHour The killings of three American soldiers in separate attacks in Baghdad on Tuesday brought the monthly death toll for U.S. troops in Iraq to 47, the highest since September, the military reported. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch Foreign Policy Analysts Debate Iraq at UVA Top foreign policy analysts debated the war in Iraq on Thursday night. Margaret Warner moderated the Iraq debate at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. Continue watching
Jul 26 U.S. Adapts Efforts to Counter Iraq Insurgency By PBS NewsHour While the military is constantly adjusting its tactics to deal with roadside explosives, suicide bombers and other attacks in Iraq, diplomatic efforts to address the root of the violence are evolving as well. Continue reading
Jun 19 Baghdad Mosque Bombing Kills at Least 78 By PBS NewsHour A truck bomb detonated outside a Shiite mosque in one of Baghdad's commercial centers Tuesday, leaving at least 78 people dead and injuring more than 200. Continue reading
May 04 Watch Reporter Looks Back at Key Iraq Battle ABC News correspondent Martha Raddatz talks about her new book, "The Long Road Home," which details the April 4, 2004 battle between U.S. troops and Iraqi militants in Sadr City, widely considered to be the beginning of the violent insurgency… Continue watching