Wolf asks Michael to
explain whom exactly the surge is aimed at stopping.
Length: 2:19
Hala Gorani interviews
Michael about the way the "enemies of America" are
using the September deadline for their own purposes,
by making sure they raise the death rates high enough
to insure that the surge will be seen as a failure.
(We still don't seem to be giving The Bad Guys enough
credit as military strategists.)
She also shows the Frederik Pleitgen piece from
Diyala that illustrates the main problem we have as
far as disengaging -- that no matter how many
casualties we take in winning ground, it can be lost
within a few hours of handing it over to the Iraqi
Army, which is in no way ready to hold the line
against the insurgents. I left it in because it
really is a good example of this very serious problem
(and despite the fact that I'm still grumpy over
Michael's Diyala footage not seeing the light of day)
and afterwards, Michael comments on yet another
insurgent strategy we still seem to be falling for.
Length: 5:05
Michael discusses with
Anderson what the expected pull-out of British troops
from Iraq will mean and what the troops on the ground
think of the September deadline that Washington used
to be pushing.
Length: 3:45
Anderson talks to David
Gergen and Michael about the surge, the September
benchmark that everyone seems to be backing off of,
and the reality of the situation in Iraq.
Length: 7:33
Michael talks about some
of the rumors circulating in Baghdad about possible
motives behind the bombing at the al-Mansour Hotel.
Length: 2:40
Michael reports on this
morning's suicide bombing at the al-Mansour hotel,
which killed several tribal sheiks who are fighting
against al Qaeda.
Length: 3:33
Michael does a prepared
piece about the plight of one Iraqi man who was
nearly killed because he worked with the American
troops.
Length: 6:21
Michael is back from
holiday, and on World Refugee Day his first live
report is about the plight of Iraqi refugees.
Length: 3:45