Bush and Blair Defend War in Iraq

by Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: July 19, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In the News. President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair this week defended their decision t

Iraq Must Offer More Active Cooperation, say UN Inspectors

Broadcast: Jan 19, 2003 The top two United Nations arms inspectors have arrived in Baghdad saying Iraq must offer more active cooperation in the search for banned weapons if it is to avoid possible ar

US Ready to Attack Iraq With or Without Allied Support, says

Broadcast: Jan 26, 2003 US Secretary state Colin Powell said Sunday that Iraq has failed to provide the truth in its weapons declaration and that it must disarm or be disarmed. In a hard-hitting speec

VOA标准英语2013--Iraq War: Mission Accomplished?

Iraq War: Mission Accomplished? The Mission Accomplished banner across the bridge of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, helped President George W. Bush convey a sense of achievement to Americans less than two months after the invasion of

US Troops Cheer Rumsfeld during Surprise Visit to Iraq

Nick Simeone Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has made a surprise visit to Iraq, meeting with American troops and touring the prison where Iraqis were abused by American soldiers. With no advance wor

US Faces Another Deadly Day of Violence in Iraq

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UN Faces Multiple Challenges in Iraq

By Patricia Nunan This week, the U.N. Security Council is continuing its discussions on its mission in Iraq, where the world body has been mandated to help coordinate nationwide elections in a securit

President Bush Defends Decision to Go to War in Iraq

President Bush Defends Decision to Go to War in Iraq Scott Stearns President Bush is again defending his decision to invade Iraq and says he will cooperate with a commission he has established to find

VOA标准英语2010-Former Director of Iraq National Museum R

For three days in April 2003 looters rampaged in the store rooms and galleries of Iraq's National Museum, making off with some 15,000 priceless objects. Art historians call it the desecration of civilization. Seven years ago, in the chaos that follow

America’s Heartland Helps Iraq's Yazidis

Americas Heartland Helps Iraq's Yazidis KATY, TEXAS Attacks by the self-styled Islamic State, also known as ISIL, on the Yazidi religious minority in the mountains of northern Iraq have driven thousands of men, women and children into refugee camps -

Suicide Bombings in Iraq Kill at Least 170 at Shi'ite Muslim

Suicide Bombings in Iraq Kill at Least 170 at Shi'ite Muslim Shrines Laurie Kassman In Iraq, a series of explosions and suicide bombings in Baghdad and Karbala turned one of the holiest days in Shiite

VOA双语新闻 Bush Refocusing on Iraq

President Bush is trying to counter low poll numbers by refocusing public attention on Iraq and his efforts to improve the U.S. economy. Democrats say the president's plans to overhaul the U.S. pension program will hurt small farmers. 美国总统布什

IN THE NEWS - Iraq's Temporary Constitution

IN THE NEWS - Iraq's Temporary Constitution By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Saturday, March 13, 2004 This is Bob Doughty with In the News, in VOA Special English. A temporary constitution signed this week

IN THE NEWS - Chief Weapons Inspector Report on Iraq Weapons

IN THE NEWS - Chief Weapons Inspector Report on Iraq Weapons By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Saturday, January 31, 2004 David Kay This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. Former chief U

Iraq Rejects President Bush's 1)Ultimatum

Broadcast: Mar 18 2003 Iraq has rejected President Bush's ultimatum that Saddam Hussein and his sons leave the country by mid-week or face a U.S.-led invasion. Saddam Hussein and son Uday turned down

VOA常速英语2007-Major Iraq Reconstruction to Transition from US

By Al Pessin Pentagon 19 October 2007 The U.S. military's effort to rebuild major infrastructure in Iraq will be winding down during the coming year, leaving the Iraqi government to fund the effort and to find engineers capable of handling the projec

2007年VOA标准英语-Deadly Suicide Attack in Iraq Shines Light on L

By Margaret Besheer Washington 18 August 2007 On Tuesday, suicide truck bombers killed at least 400 northern Iraqi villagers who belong to the Yazidi religious minority. Before now, little has been said about this Kurdish-speaking community living mo

VOA标准英语2010年-Attacks in Iraq Kill More Than 100

An Iraqi man walks through rubble at the site of a bombing that targeted police in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq, 10 May 2010 A wave of attacks across Iraq killed more than people Monday, and wounded about 300 others. The violence began before dawn

CCTV9英语新闻：Iraq announces operation to liberate Anbar province

Iraq's Shi'ite paramilitary volunteer force says it's leading the campaign to drive the Islamic State from Anbar Province. But the operation's codename will do nothing to ease the fears of the area's Sunni population. Dubbed Labaik ya Hussein -- it's

VOA慢速英语--Search for Iraq's Stolen Artifacts Gets Serious

Before Islamic State militants were forced from Iraq in 2017, they stole thousands of ancient artifacts. Most are still missing. Now, an international team of archaeologists is working to recover as many of the stolen national treasures as possible.