Channel 4 News - Fight for Iraq

Pictures of 2008: December

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:00:00 +0000

US President George W. Bush ducks from a shoe thrown at him during a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq.

Fresh appeal for Iraq hostages

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0000

Channel 4 News speaks to the relatives of one of the hostages and the friend of another - both were seized in Baghdad nineteen months ago. Andy Davies reports.

Picture of the day: Brown in Iraq

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:00:00 +0000

Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses British troops at Basra air station in southern Iraq during his one day visit.

Brown announces Iraq pullout

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0000

On a day when blasts kill 18 people in Baghdad, the British prime minister announces that UK troops will leave Iraq in July. Gary Gibbon reports.

Embedded in Basra's worst slum

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0000

On the day when Gordon Brown visits UK troops in Iraq, Jonathan Miller describes his embed in Hayyaniya, one of Basra's poorest areas.

Shoe hurler release demanded

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0000

Protests break out across Iraq demanding the release of the journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush. Jonathan Rugman reports.

Suspect backs Iraqi insurgency

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:00:00 +0000

A doctor accused of car bombings in London and Glasgow has told a court he supports the insurgency in Iraq. Andy Davies reports.

MoD: 'serious systemic failures'

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:00:00 +0100

A coroner condemns the MoD over a Hercules crash in Iraq which killed 10 British personnel. Sue Turton reports.

RAF criticised over Hercules crash

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:50:00 +0100

The coroner at the inquest of 10 servicemen killed when their Hercules was downed in Iraq criticises the RAF's poor record keeping. Sue Turton reports.

Armed forces pay tribute to town

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:00:00 +0100

Julian Rush reports on the armed forces big thank you to a town that has turned out en masse to honour the military dead over a hundred times.

Iraq: The Legacy

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:55:00 +0000

Political commentator Peter Oborne returns to Iraq in a follow-up to his Dispatches film, Iraq The Betrayal, broadcast earlier this year, to find out whether - as President-elect Obama hopes - it is now 'safe' for Western forces to leave.

Peter's friends

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0000

Friends of the hostage Peter Moore talk to Andy Davies as they launch a campaign to secure his release.

Getting 'Petraeus Week' on air

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:52:00 +0100

"The screen is pitch black - and mute. That can't be good." Assistant News Editor Warda Al-Jawahiry blogs on the difficulties of reporting Iraq - especially when you're Iraqi.

Iraq: 'half benchmarks' not met

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:13:00 +0100

President Bush admitted that half his bench marks on Iraq, have not been met - and that's being optimistic.

Wargaming Iraq's future

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:00:00 +0100

What would happen if US troops were withdrawn early from Iraq? Pentagon war games may have the answers.

Baghdad surge: 'a coalition of one'

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:22:00 +0100

Newsroom blog: The US soldier took the Uzi, and broke off its barrel with his hand. Quite a feat, perhaps, were the gun not made of plastic.

Iraq: questions asked, answers wanted

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:10:00 +0100

America's military commander in Iraq faces questions from less-than-convinced politicians on Washington's Capitol Hill.

Saddam Hussein: an obituary

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:16:00 +0000

Events since the invasion should not obscure the brutality of life in Iraq under Saddam.

No.10: hangings 'undignified'

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:47:00 +0000

Downing Street condemns the bungled hangings of two of Saddam's associates.

Kitsch Saddam sale

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:01:00 +0100

Fancy a tie owned by Saddam Hussein - or his sunglasses? How memorabilia from the Iraqi dictator is now being sold on the internet.

Death within month for 'Chemical Ali'

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:32:00 +0100

'Chemical Ali' faces the death sentence for the genocide of Iraq's Kurds in the 1980s.

5 Min: Saddam's trial

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:31:00 +0000

Get the essentials with our 5 Minute Guide.

The White House memo

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:55:00 +0000

Revealed: Bush and Blair discussed using American Spyplane in UN colours to lure Saddam into war.

Timeline: Road to War

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:56:00 +0000

Three crucial months at the beginning of 2003...

Snowmail: race and the law

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:47:00 +0100

On tonight's show...

'The cold war is over...'

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:07:00 +0100

President Bush announces that bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways of conducting foreign policy.

Appeal expected for cabinet minutes ruling

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:00:00 +0000

In a unique ruling the information commissioner has ordered the release of minutes from two cabinet meetings held in March 2003 in the run up to the Iraq war.

5 Min: Iraq

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:24:00 +0000

Get the essentials with our 5 Minute Guide.