Taking Iraq to School

How do you teach a war that’s still ongoing, and that carries so much political baggage? This week on War News Radio, we hear about a curriculum available that brings Iraq to high-school classrooms. And, as politicians strike a deal to outlaw inhumane treatment of prisoners in American custody, we…

Images of War

This week on War News Radio, we hear about the Iraqi film industry from an aspiring filmaker in Baghdad. And we look at the images Americans are getting – and not getting – of the Iraq war. Last, we visit with an Iraqi artist about how he improvised in order…

Taking Stock of the War

This week on War News Radio, we review the President’s “Plan for Victory” and the reaction it has received. Also, Reuben Heyman-Kantor chats with a soldier’s mother who has started her own blog. Then, Wren Elhai gets the scoop on the Iraqi Stock Exchange from its CEO. And, an update…

Should We Stay or Should We Go?

This week on War News Radio, should we stay or should we go? Congress debates if troops should come home or sit tight in 2006, we take a look at Congressman and veteran John Murtha’s call for immediate withdrawal. We also bring you the story of Walter Jones, one of…

The War, at home

This week on War News Radio, we take a look at Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and why, even after Vietnam, it still often goes untreated. Also, we examine the results of the recent off-year elections and how the War in Iraq played into campaign strategy. And we check in on…

As they stand up…

The President says we won’t leave Iraq until Iraqi forces can fend for themselves. How are they doing? This week on War News Radio, we hear about how Iraqi Army recruiting efforts are going. Then we take a look back at how the army operated in Saddam’s Iraq – and…

Signing Up

This week on War News Radio, we investigate a few of the paths that lead young men and women to Iraq. Reporter Tevye Kelman tries to sign up at a recruiting station in Philadelphia. Also, John Williams talks to Individual Ready Reservists who never expected to get called up for…

What Next?

This week on War News Radio, Iraq most likely has a constitution, but what next? Sunni politician Adnan Pachachi gives WNR his prediction of key issues for the December elections. Is instability spreading to Iraq’s neighbors? Reuben Heyman-Kantor gets an international perspective on new friction between Syria and the U.S.…

Law and Order

This week on War News Radio, Reuben Heyman-Kantor looks into whether or not the U.S. is building permanent military bases in Iraq. Aaron Strong also examines the status of women’s rights in Kurdistan. Are women in the Kurdish north of Iraq really better off than their Arab counterparts? And, in…

One Nation…Indivisible?

We the people of Iraq, newly arisen from our disasters and looking with confidence to the future through a democratic, federal, republican system, are determined – men and women, old and young – to respect the rule of law, reject the policy of aggression, pay attention to women and their…