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 ...

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 ...

the hometown of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is expected to be fully liberated in four days. Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al-Obaidi has also said that the battle for Tikrit will change ...