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Outline of Iraq

The Young Iraqi Translator Who Gave His Life for the American Effort

As America and the people of Iraq are challenged to make sense of the decade that followed the U.S. invasion of Iraq, tens of thousands of people who witnessed the violence and the cauldron of change that accompanied the fall of Saddam Hussein are not here to testify. In their eyes is a story of […]

Your Stories: Lessons from the Iraq War

Arab League Summit in Baghdad and Iraq-Syria Relations

After Iraq Withdrawal, US Plans Troop Increase in Persian Gulf

The World

Doing Business With Iraq

Global Politics

A Soldier and A Soldier’s Mother on Leaving Iraq

President Obama’s announcement that U.S. troops in Iraq will be home by the holidays  hit home for thousands of soldiers and families across the country. After 8 years and 4,400 American deaths, the U.S. will completely pull out of Iraq by the end of the year, with the exception of a force remaining to guard some […]

Iraq

A UN team recently visited Iraq and found its people threatened with disease and hunger. Steve talks with Paul Altesman, a UNICEF official who was on the trip and helped write the UN report.

Iraq’s Water Economy

The Tigris and Euphrates rivers have defined Middle Eastern civilizations ever since ancient Mesopotamian times. Today, the rivers are divided by the politics and thirst of Turkey, Syria and Iraq. The present crisis in Iraq is threatening the water system there, and could create widespread health problems. Host Steve Curwood speaks with King’s College professor […]