Story Archives of 'Iraq'

In a surprise move, the Coalition Provisional Authority Monday handed over sovereignty to the Iraqi transitional government two days earlier than planned.

It was one of the few things that have gone as planned as the Bush Administration expanded the war against terrorism to Iraq last year.

Yet, despite everything that has gone wrong with the war in Iraq, New Hampshire's Congressional delegation remains supportive of the decision to go to war.

NHPR Correspondent Priscilla Huff reports from Washington.

With the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime, it’s not clear how Democracy will unfold in Iraq. And, the international community is arguing once again about the U-N’s role in post-war Iraq. Laura’s guests are Paul Manuel, professor at St. Anselm College http://www.anselm.edu/index.html and chair of the Department of Politics and Joseph Braude, author of “The New Iraq” www.newiraq.org and Senior Analyst, Middle East and North Africa for Pyramid Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts http://www.pyramidresearch.com/home.asp.

Television is playing a major role with embedded journalists reporting live from the battlefield, images of POW’s, and bombs raining down on Baghdad. We’ll get some analysis – and find out when it’s best to turn it all off. Laura's guests are Mark Timney, Assistant Professor of Journalism, Keene State College. We'll also talk with Charlie Kravetz, News Director, New England Cable News, Clarence Wyatt, Associate Professor of History at Centre College, and Linda Brown, Clinical Director of Child and Adolescent Services at CLM Behavioral Health. (weblinks below)

We look back at the 1991 Gulf War and how it’s shaped current U-S policy towards Iraq. Laura's guest is Michael Kirk, senior producer of the PBS Frontline program, “The Long Road to War” www.pbs.org/frontline.

Their disagreement over Iraq has created huge tensions between the two countries. We’ll take a look at this sometimes-bumpy relationship with Ann Sa’adah, professor of Law and Political Science at Dartmouth College www.dartmouth.edu, and Wallace Thies, professor of Politics at Catholic University of America www.cua.edu and author of the new book “Friendly Rivals”.