A BBC/ABC poll says 18% of Iraqis have confidence in the coalitionBBC News will be marking the fourth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq with a week of special programming and online material, starting on Monday 19 March.
A BBC/ABC poll says 18% of Iraqis have confidence in the coalitionBBC News is marking the fourth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq with a week of special programming, from Monday 19 March.
A series of interlocking themes will be explored, focusing on the past, present and future of the country.
BBC correspondents will report from different locations around the country and from Iraq's neighbours. The regional view will focus on issues of security, refugees and Iran's influence in Iraq.
Throughout the week, BBC correspondents will report from different locations around the country.
There will be contributions from world affairs editor John Simpson, who will be in Baghdad; Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen, who is aboard an aircraft carrier in the region; Andrew North, who is embedded with US troops; Paul Wood who is embedded with British troops; and Jim Muir, who will report from the Kurdish North.
The week will begin with a wide-ranging poll of Iraqi opinion, which will include analysis and graphics focusing on issues such as security, attitudes to the government and the presence of coalition troops.
Ten O'Clock News presenter Huw Edwards will provide a diary of his trip to Basra and answer questions from readers on the situation there.
My Iraq
Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen will assess the effect of the Iraq conflict on the region and consider its implications for the future.
Throughout the week, you can hear from ordinary Iraqis in a series of audio-video diaries called My Iraq. A chef, a police diver, a businessman and a musician, among others, tell us about their lives, their work and how things have changed for them over the past four years.
Middle East correspondent Paul Wood is embedded with UK soldiers in the south. He will look at the changing shape of the mission and asses how successful the handover of security to the Iraqis has been.
My Iraq will also hear from people affected by and involved in the Iraqi situation living in the US and the UK. We will be re-visiting Ali Abbas, the boy who lost both arms and his family in the Iraq war who will talk about his new life in London.
The BBC News website has created an animated map of Baghdad, showing key locations, ethnic divisions, major bomb attacks carried out by the insurgency, and sectarian violence.
One highlight from the BBC News website will be an animated map of Baghdad, showing key locations, ethnic divisions, major bomb attacks carried out by the insurgency, and sectarian violence.
BBC Two's Newsnight programme will broadcast an authored film by an Iraqi living in Adamiyah, a Sunni suburb of Baghdad. It will feature footage of him taking part in a night-time armed patrol of his neighbourhood.
The programme's diplomatic editor Mark Urban will also examine pivotal moments over the past four years, and assess how the insurgency took hold and how the Americans and British lost control.
There will also be a report on the state of the country's education system. Reporter Hugh Sykes will be talking to parents and children about how pupils cope with getting to school and what it is like when they're there.
Highlights from the BBC World Service include an analysis of how Iraq is affecting the 2008 US presidential race. There will also be a report from Kirkuk, the big fault line in the future of Iraq and the struggle for oil and resources.
