IN THE NEWS - New Government in Iraq

IN THE NEWS - New Government in Iraq By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Saturday, June 05, 2004 This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. Iraq now has leaders in place to take power tempora

Kerry： Bush Made Wrong Choices on Iraq

By Jim Malone Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry says President Bush has made a series of wrong choices on Iraq and he vowed to take a new direction if elected in November. Senator Kerry sai

VOA标准英语2015--Iraq Launches Offensive Against Islamic State

Iraq Launches Offensive Against Islamic State WASHINGTON Iraq has launched an offensive to retake territory lost to Islamic State insurgents. Local Kurdish and Shi'ite militias have joined government forces to fight the invading radical group and the

Iraq Museum Antiquities1

Broadcast: May 14, 2003 By Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: This is Phoebe Zimmermann. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about efforts to re

Bush Poll Ratings Go Up Despite Iraq Troubles

Jim Malone Despite a difficult last few weeks in Iraq and continuing questions about how and why the Bush administration took the country to war there, the president's public approval ratings have gon

Rumsfeld: ‘Where Are Iraq's Leaders?'

Broadcast: Apr 01, 2003 At the height of the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan, defense officials 1) bristled when reporters would ask about the 2) whereabouts of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden

No Preference for American Companies in Iraq Reconstruction,

Broadcast: Mar 28, 2003 A senior U.S. official has called on European countries to put aside their disagreements over war in Iraq and cooperate with the United States in the post-war reconstruction of

Demonstrators Mark Anniversary of Iraq War

Demonstrators Mark Anniversary of Iraq War Jenny Falcon Tens of thousands of anti-war protesters marched peacefully in New York City today to mark the first anniversary of the U.S.-led war in Iraq. De

US, Canada Still Disagree on Iraq War

By Andre DeNesnera President Bush traveled to Canada recently on his first trip abroad since his re-election. The war in Iraq still divides the two neighboring nations that have traditionally enjoyed

Bush Again Defends Decision to Go to War with Iraq

Bush Again Defends Decision to Go to War with Iraq Paula Wolfson President Bush has again defended his decision to go to war in Iraq. In a speech at the windswept port of Charleston , South Carolina,

Schroeder: Germany Ready to Contribute to Iraq's Reconstruct

Schroeder: Germany Ready to Contribute to Iraq's Reconstruction Ruth Elkins In a short news conference after a working dinner in Berlin Thursday evening, Mr. Schroeder said Germany is ready to contrib

Iraq Marks Anniversary of Islamic State Defeat

Iraq has celebrated the anniversary of its costly victory over the Islamic State group. The government declared victory last December after a three-year war that killed tens of thousands of Iraqis and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. Th

Rumsfeld Defends Intelligence, War in Iraq

Rumsfeld Defends Intelligence, War in Iraq Alex Belida Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has strongly denied the Bush Administration manipulated intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction prog

Reporting from Iraq is a Deadly Job

By Zlatica Hoke Reporting from Iraq has proven to be a deadly job: more than 40 reporters have been killed in the 19 months since the start of the war. The security situation has grown so perilous in

Annan Unclear About US Participation in UN Meeting on Iraq

Annan Unclear About US Participation in UN Meeting on Iraq Peter Heinlein U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says he expects senior U.S. officials to come to New York this month for talks on Iraq. Lead

AS IT IS 2016-05-18 IS Delivers More Deadly Bombings in Iraq

AS IT IS 2016-05-18 IS Delivers More Deadly Bombings in Iraq Islamic State militants are again using bombs to attack Baghdad and other parts of Iraq. A number of bombings struck markets across the Iraqi capital on Tuesday. At least 68 people were kil

US Welcomes Prospect of Arab Peacekeepers in Iraq

By David Gollust The Bush administration has been working hard to try to enlist Muslim, and especially Arab, countries to join in Iraq peacekeeping operations. Although neither Jordan nor Yemen has ma

CIA Chief Denies Bush Administration Manipulated Iraq Intell

CIA Chief Denies Bush Administration Manipulated Iraq Intelligence Deborah Tate The head of the Central Intelligence Agency says he does not believe the Bush administration manipulated intelligence to

Iraq Taps Its Oil Riches, But Risks Deter Big Investment

LONDON - Nine years after the U.S.-led invasion, the Iraqi government says the country is emerging as a global energy giant. A conference in London has brought together leading figures from the government and the oil industry to try to boost investme

VOA双语新闻 --- Iraq War Enters Sixth Year

Five years ago, on March 20, 2003, U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq to overthrow a dictatorship that President Bush accused of developing weapons of mass destruction. No WMD were ever found. In this first in a series of reports on the Iraq war, the fight