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 ...

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 ...

Military operations continue in various parts of Iraq, with Tikrit, a Baath Party stronghold and the birthplace of Saddam Hussein, the only major city not under coalition control. Retired U.S. Air ...

(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.

It tells the story of a medieval pagan king (Saddam) ruling Tikrit (Saddam’s hometown ... are plots against his life everywhere in his palace. Zabiba alone gives him good counsel and dares ...

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 ...

The recapture of Tikrit is of both strategic and symbolic importance. Located about 160 kilometers (100 miles) north of Baghdad, it is the hometown of former president Saddam Hussein ...