Michael delivers a
voice-over summation of what Iran's Special Groups
are up to in Iraq, and it is an absolutely chilling
look at the war, the kind of things our troops face
every day but that we, the American public, have been
shielded from. And it is about damned time we saw it
and started comprehending the truth about the fight
and about what is at stake.
Length: 5:46
Two clips regarding how
the presidential race is viewed from Iraq and the
pending visit to the country by Senator Obama.
Note: The audio on
the first clip is lagging several seconds at the
start, but it locks in when the image shifts to a
fullscreen of the Baghdad
feed.
Length: 3:06 / 3:05
Comments on the
Bush/Brown press conference in London today -- where
PM Brown announced British troop increases for
Afghanistan -- and how the epicenter of the
Anglo/American view of the Middle East sits squarely
in Tehran. International's European Political Editor
Robin Oakley also weighs in with the Brit view.
Length: 5:43
Michael recaps the
current status of the war and the SOFA talks.
Length: 3:45
Michael makes his first
appearance on Fareed Zakaria GPS, discussing the
current situation in Iraq. Other panelists are
Michael O'Hanlon and Ken Pollack (both of the
Brookings Institution) and Dexter Filkins (NYT).
This is one of the best discussions of the current
situation that I have heard in a long time. It really
summarizes where we are now and some of the choices
yet ahead.
Length: 9:38
The same recorded piece
as the 6/13 International World
News one.
Length: 1:29
Further details on the
progress of the SoFA talks: a bit of leftover law
from the Bremer/CPA days may allow the Iraqi
parliament to set the terms for our troops to stay in
the country. You have to give them credit: they sure
have learned to play Washington-style politics in a
hurry! (Maybe with some help from their neighbors to
the east?)
Length: 4:28
A brief recorded
summation of the latest developments in the SoFA
talks.
Length: 1:49
Michael reports the
latest developments in the Status of Forces Agreement
discussions: the Iraqis say they can take over and
set the terms for our troops to remain in the
country.
Unfortunately, the satellite feed from Baghdad was
lost before he could go into detail; however, there
is more about this in the next two clips.
Length: 2:58
The prepared piece about
the AQI documents finally airs on Domestic. The
breadth of information contained in the hard drives
turned over to him by the members of the Awakening
movement -- some of them former insurgents and AQI
members -- is just astonishing. The overview provided
here provides a sense of the true nature of the
day-to-day cruelty and businesslike tyranny of the
organization.
(I have added the original prepared piece, as aired
on International, to the bottom of the page; there
were slight changes made to the video when it aired
on Domestic.)
Length: 6:22
A replay of the section
of the prepared piece that was shown on
TSR
yesterday,
followed by a brief comment from Michael. They
apparently hope to show the full piece tonight
on AC360.
Length: 2:53
Campbell Brown does
another preview of the AQI document piece, and also
gets Michael's reaction to something that Senator
McCain said today.
(The AQI piece did not air on 360 due to breaking
news.)
Length: 4:39
Wolf talks with Michael
about the al Qaeda files, and Michael elaborates on
the kinds of documents found in the headquarters when
it was taken over.
Length: 4:39
Brianna Keilar talks with
Michael as an intro to tonight's special report.
Length: 3:46
Wolf talks to Michael
about the treaty currently being negotiated between
Washington and Baghdad (and Tehran...) that will set
the boundaries for keeping American troops in Iraq
beyond the end of 2008... possibly well beyond.
Length: 2:53