U.S. News reporter Alex Kingsbury recently spent time in the Iraqi capital and areas south of Baghdad for a series of reports on the war. His reporting focused on infrastructure reconstruction and the 2-3 Stryker battalion. You can find videos and stories from his trip at www.usnews.com/stryker.
Monthly Archives: March 2007
VOA On the Line with Eric Felton
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VOA On the Line with Eric Felton Transcript
Host: Four years after a U-S-led coalition invaded Iraq, troops are still fighting against insurgents and terrorists. Civilians continue to be killed almost daily in car bombings and other terrorist attacks. President George W. Bush says that a new security strategy for Iraq, backed by extra soldiers on the ground, may yet work:
Anatomy of a Raid CSPAN
Appearing on CSPAN’s Washington Journal, USN&WR’s Alex Kingsbury describes to Greta Wodele what it’s like to go on a night raid with American soldiers in Iraq (March 20)
Street Scenes in Baghdad: A Reporter’s Notebook
U.S. News reporter Alex Kingsbury recently spent time in the Iraqi capital and areas south of Baghdad for a series of reports on the progress of the war. His reporting focused on infrastructure reconstruction and 2-3 Stryker battalion. You can find videos and stories from his trip at www.usnews.com/stryker.
Stryker Force
The focus now is on the security crackdown in Baghdad, but U.S. troops are also struggling to keep the lid on elsewhere
The Things That Get You
FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU-There are plenty of nasty ways to meet with death or injury in Iraq. Examples of some of the cleverest devices targeting American troops are mounted on large sheets of plywood outside a dining hall at FOB Kalsu, about 25 miles south of Baghdad. It’s a sobering display of the ingenuity...
The Measure of Learning
Can you test what colleges teach? Academics are appalled that the government wants to try