Iraq
Inside Iraq
CBC News special coverage Sept. 2007
October 11, 2007
Nahlah Ayed
Margaret Evans
During Sept. 2007, while U.S. General David Petraeus and others in Washington report on U.S. efforts in Iraq, the CBC's Nahlah Ayed and Margaret Evans report from the streets of Baghdad.
Their focus is the Iraqi people, what they see and what they say about their country today.
Look for their latest reports on this page as CBC News goes Inside Iraq.
October 10, 2007
Video: "An Uncertain Welcome": In this documentary Margaret Evans looks at the plight of Iraqis fleeing the violence and ethnic cleansing for what they hope will be safe haven in the Kurdish zone of northern Iraq. (Runs 10:23)
October 3, 2007
Audio: Margaret Evans reports from Erbil on worries in Iraqi Kurdistan that the continuing influx of Iraqi Arab refugees could threaten the relative stability in that region. (Runs 3:46)
Audio: Margaret Evans reports from Sulemaniyeh, on the squalid conditions at a camp for refugees fleeing sectarian violence in Baghdad ane elsewhere in Iraq. (Runs 2:10)
Audio: There are about 2 million displaced persons in Iraq, along with another 2 million who have fled the country. Margaret Evans reports on some Iraqis who have headed north to the Kurdish region of their country. (Runs 1:51)
September 19, 2007
Web Feature: Nahlah Ayed writes about what's behind the (good) news headlines about the US-Sunni alliance in Iraq.
Audio: Audio: Margaret Evans reports from the Kurdish region in northern Iraq on concerns there that the Iraqi government will not live up to commitments to hold a referendum this year on the future of Kirkuk. (Runs 2:00)
September 18, 2007
Web Feature:
Don Murray - An insider asks: Where did Iraq's billions go?
September 17, 2007
Audio: Rick MacInnes-Rae, host of CBC Radio's Dispatches, interviews Nahlah Ayed and Margaret Evans about their experiences and the situation in Iraq. (Runs 13:36) |
(Or click here for a podcast version of the entire program.)
Audio: Margaret Evans talks to CBC Radio's Maureen Brosnahan about the Iraqi government's decision to order employees from the U.S. private security firm Blackwater to leave the country. (Runs 4:09)
September 16, 2007
Video: Iraqis return to religion not only to deal with their grief - and their nation's - but simply to survive. Nahlah Ayed reports from Baghdad. (Runs 3:13)
Audio: As Ramadan begins, Nahlah Ayed looks at the impact the war in Iraq is having on people's faith. (Runs 4:16).)
September 14, 2007
Video: Margaret Evans reports from now desolate Abu Nawas street, once one of Baghdad's greatest streets, on the efforts to resurrect it. (Runs 4:03)
Audio: Abu Nawas Street -- a once glamorous, now deserted boulevard in Baghdad -- is now a focus of U.S. military efforts to prove the surge is working. The street is due to re-open soon, after a U.S.-financed facelift. Margaret Evans reports. (Runs 1:51)
Web Feature:
Adrienne Arsenault - An Iraqi town in Sweden
September 13, 2007
Two boys learn the alphabet from a U.S. soldier in Baghdad, Sept. 10, 2007. (Sat Nandlall/CBC)
Audio: Audio podcast: Nahlah Ayed and Margaret Evans answer your questions (Runs 32:55)
Video: Don Murray reports on Iran's role in the region and how it has been strengthened by the war next door. Runs 6:32)
Audio: Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha was a key US ally in Iraq, important enough to have met Pres. Bush. Margaret Evans reports on the killing today in Ramadi of this young Sunni sheikh. (Runs 2:48)
Video: Nahlah Ayed reports on the killing today in Ramadi, Iraq of Sheikh Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha, a key US ally in Iraq. (Runs 2:03)
Audio: Margaret Evans reports on efforts to preserve Iraq's collective memory, in the face of the ongoing violence and intimidation. (Runs 1:45)
Audio: Iraq's internal refugees prepare for Ramadan. Margaret Evans reports. (Runs 1:44)
September 12, 2007
Video: Adrienne Arsenault reports on Iraqi refugees finding safe haven in Sweden (Runs 4:38)
Video: US soldiers called it "Dodge City" but now they can patrol on foot in Jurf al-Sakh, a Sunni village. Nahlah Ayed reports. (Runs 3:28)
Audio: Margaret Evans reports on US efforts to win over Sunni tribal leaders in Iraq. Follow the money.(Runs 1:44)
Audio: A referendum to decide if the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk will become part of the Kurdish enclave may be postponed, Iraq's Prime Minister tells CBC News. Margaret Evans reports. (Runs 1:49)
Audio: Host Anna Maria Tremonti talks to Nahlah Ayed on The Current about Ayed's interview with Nouri al-Maliki (Runs 21:57)
September 11, 2007
Video: Nalah Ayed reports interviews Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (Runs 9:09)
Video: Nalah Ayed reports from Baghdad on her exclusive interview with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. (Runs: 4:29)
Audio: The worst of Iraq's sectarian violence is over, PM Nouri al-Maliki tells CBC News. Margaret Evans reports.
(Runs 3:33)
Audio: Margaret Evans reports from Baghdad on the Iraqi police force, considered corrupt and murderous by many Iraqis. (Runs 2:10)
Audio: Margaret Evans reports from Baghdad on Iraqi reaction to US Gen. David Petraeus' first day of testimony in Washington. (Runs 1:56)
Web Feature:
Henry Champ in Washington - Read my lips: Troop reductions may happen
Web Feature:
Neil Macdonald in Washington - Whatever happened to 'The War on Terror'
September 10, 2007
Web Feature: Nahlah Ayed explains why Baghdad doesn't care (about Petraeus)
Video: For many Iraqis, the surge in U.S. troops has brought little improvement to their country, or their lives. Nahlah Ayed reports from Baghdad. (Runs 3:45)
US soldiers in a building on Haifa Street in Baghdad, Sept. 10, 2007. (Sat Nandlall/CBC)
Audio: Margaret Evans joined U.S. troops as they ventured into Haifa Street, once one of Baghdad's most volatile neighbourhoods. The soldiers say violence is down because of the troop surge, but the effort to maintain a water supply hasn't been as effective. (Runs 5:05)
Audio: Margaret Evans reports from the streets of Baghdad on how people in the city judge the results of the recent troop surge. (Runs 2:25)
Audio: Margaret Evans reports from Baghdad on life for ordinary Iraqis in the city. (Runs 2:28)
September 9, 2007
Video: For many Iraqis, the surge in U.S. troops has brought little improvement to their country, or their lives. Nahlah Ayed reports from Baghdad. (Runs 3:45)
October 3, 2007
Audio: Margaret Evans reports from Erbil on worries in Iraqi Kurdistan that
the continuing influx of Iraqi Arab refugees could threaten the
relative stability in that region. (Runs 3:46)
Audio: Margaret Evans reports from Sulemaniyeh, on the squalid conditions at
a camp for refugees fleeing sectarian violence in Baghdad ane
elsewhere in Iraq. (Runs 2:10)
Audio: There are about 2 million displaced persons in Iraq, along with
another 2 million who have fled the country. Margaret Evans reports
on some Iraqis who have headed north to the Kurdish region of their
country. (Runs 1:51)
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