(JTA) — Near the start of the Iraq War in 2003, David Goldstrom found himself leading a Yom Kippur service for about 50 soldiers in one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces in Tikrit, Iraq.
And the views of the Tigris? Spectacular. After bombing Saddam Hussein's New Presidential Palace today, the US Army swept in and took an inventory. Soldiers searched the vast complex by the river ...
US troops moved into Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit yesterday as a senior defence ... heart of the town and seizing the presidential palace without a fight as they rolled past abandoned ...
Military action against Iraq would start with US-led bombing raids on President Saddam Hussein's palaces and other symbols ... would be Saddam's home town of Tikrit, key ministries, and homes ...
Wait, wait. Don’t shoot!’” While deployed in Iraq, he came upon a piano while encamped in one of Saddam Hussein’s private palaces. He was encouraged to play the piano —whose ivory pieces ...