Michael tells Anderson
about the arrest and release of 18 Shia Iraqi police
officers who took part in a brutal retaliation in Tal
Afar, where they killed more than 70 Sunnis.
Length: 4:22
Wolf plays a short clip
from last night's piece on tribal forces in al-Anbar
and Michael answers some questions about what's
happening there.
Length: 4:05
The first clip is a
lengthy discussion on how a US withdrawal
should/might be handled. Anderson speaks with
Michael, General "Spider" Marks, and Steve Simon.
The second clip starts with a prepared piece from
Michael's recent trip to al-Anbar province, where
tribal leaders have bonded together to fight
al-Qaeda. It is followed by a brief live Q&A.
Length: 11:12 / 6:35
Wolf talks to Michael
some more about walking in Baghdad and the latest al
Qaeda resurgence in Tal Afar.
Length: 3:51
John Roberts talks to
Michael about Senator McCain's explanation of his
statements regarding the current security within
Baghdad.
Length: 4:05
Anderson talks to Michael
about the claims that Senator John McCain made
earlier about the situation in Baghdad.
Length: 5:12
Michael talks to Kitty
Pilgrim about the current violence levels in Iraq,
which another military leader apparently has decided
isn't a civil war.
Length: 1:42
Michael shreds John
McCain's bizarre assertions that Americans can walk
safely in some neighborhoods in Baghdad and that
General David Petraeus drives around in an unarmed
Humvee. McCain's condescension while speaking to Wolf
is like hearing a new version of the
Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld Wall of Lies.
Length: 6:29
Wolf talks to
Michael about the missed chances to find a political
solution in Iraq.
Length: 3:21
Commentary on the week's
events from Michael, Jamie McIntyre, and retired Army
Colonel Pat Lang. Michael's comments are on the
reported use of children to bypass security
checkpoints (a story which still has not been
confirmed) and the
mortar-shell-explosion-seen-round-the-world (focusing
on Maliki's unflinching reaction.)
Length: 8:36
John Roberts speaks to
Michael about today's vote in the House to set a date
to start the troop redeployment.
Length: 4:37
A brief recorded piece
summing up today's assassination attempt on the
deputy Prime Minister.
Length: 1:50
Wolf talks to Michael
about today's assassination attempt against the Sunni
deputy Prime Minister.
Length: 4:24
Wolf speaks to Michael
about the explosion this morning that jarred UN S-G
Ban Ki-moon.
Length: 4:29
Michael has been
investigating the report of a weekend car-bombing
that used children as decoys to pass through a
checkpoint. The children were reportedly left inside
the car when it was detonated. (I had assumed the
kids were abducted from the "other" side of the
sectarian divide; more horrifying, it may be that the
bombers thought they were doing the children a favor
by sending them to Allah more swiftly.)
Length: 2:54
Michael appears on a
panel with Christiane Amanpour and Wolf Blitzer to
discuss the situation in Iraq with Paula Zahn.
Length: 6:47
Anderson is in Thailand,
and speaks to Michael about the start of Year 5 in
Iraq. In the first segment, he reports on the
execution of Saddam's VP, carried out at dawn in
Baghdad, followed by a prepared piece about the
current state of the war as the troop surge
continues.
In the second segment, he and Michael Gordon answer
Anderson's questions about the surge and its
effectiveness.
Length: 6:16 / 5:11
Michael speaks to Kitty
Pilgrim about the progress being made with the troop
surge.
Length: 2:52
After another week
off-air, Michael returns for the fourth anniversary
of the beginning of the war. He also reports on a
report that Saddam's VP will be executed in a few
hours.
Length: 4:58
John Roberts talks to
Michael, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, and "Spider" Marks
about the events of the week.
Length: 8:35
Anderson speaks with
David Gergen (in San Francisco) and Michael about, as
he says, "realities in both Washington and Iraq."
Length: 5:44
A brief pre-recorded
recap of General Petraeus' morning press conference.
Length: 1:36
An overview of some of
the violence being directed at Shia pilgrims,
followed by comments regarding this morning's press
conference and reaction to a renewed call to set a
date for withdrawal of American troops.
Length: 4:46
General Petraeus held his
first press conference today, which Michael attended.
During the first hour of American Morning, he talks
to Miles about some of what was said (and not said).
During the second hour, they play a brief
pre-recorded summation of the event.
Length: 2:47 / 2:17
Michael does a report
about the current spate of violence aimed at Shia
pilgrims observing a holy festival. 160 dead so far,
with another three days to go.
Length: 1:42
Michael's piece on the
battle for the intelligence agencies in Iraq aired
again; this is only the Q&A with Hala that
followed it.
Length: 1:00
Michael's prepared report
on the story he previewed on TSR: a power struggle
for supremacy between the CIA in Iraq (and the
intelligence agency they front) and a new agency
being championed by the Shiite-led government (with
ties to Iran.) The latter is trying to force out the
former, a move that would essentially blind us and
give Iran the upper hand.
Length: 5:37
After a week off, Michael
is back with news about legislation currently before
the Iraqi parliament that will prevent the CIA from
working effectively inside Iraq. It would be a clear
victory for Iran in the tug-of-war for control of
Iraq.
Length: 3:54