City falls, looters run rampant
A day after breaking open the cells of one of Basra's central prisons and freeing the inmates, residents returned Monday to liberate the supplies. Beneath an enormous portrait of Saddam...
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POW told: `We are here to . . . take you home’
"Jessica Lynch," said the commando in full battle gear, taking off his helmet. "We are United States soldiers, and we are here to protect you and take you home." "I'm...
Battle for Baghdad begins
American forces on Saturday opened the battle for Baghdad with an audacious display of military power, sending more than 40 tanks and armored vehicles rumbling into the Iraqi capital in...
U.S. tanks enter Baghdad
U.S. tanks and armored vehicles entered Baghdad on Saturday morning as the war to oust Saddam Hussein arrived at his doorstep. The Army's 3rd Infantry Division took control of Baghdad's...
Women kill 3 Rangers in suicide bombing
Two female suicide bombers, one of whom appeared to be pregnant, killed themselves and three U.S. Army Rangers at a checkpoint in western Iraq, U.S. officials said Friday. The Rangers...
Iraq pulls plug on 2 Al Jazeera reporters
The fiercest critics of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most provocative satellite television network, would be surprised to learn of the latest country from which its correspondents have been expelled....
U.S. forces tighten noose, battle for Baghdad airport
U.S. forces stormed to the gates of Baghdad on Thursday, rolling to within 10 miles of the Iraqi capital, raiding one of Saddam Hussein's presidential palaces and battling to seize...
U.S. routs Iraqi divisions
American forces crushed divisions of Iraq's vaunted Republican Guard on Wednesday as they stormed across the Mesopotamian plain to draw within sight of Baghdad. Marines routed the 8,000-member Baghdad Division...
Pentagon fears some Guard units slipped away
Despite the pounding inflicted on Iraq's Republican Guard divisions, U.S. military commanders warned Wednesday that small groups of Guard troops may have escaped U.S. assaults and slipped away--and that those...
Absence of Iraq’s planes raises questions
Some warplanes were bombed on runways. Others were dispersed and hidden amid trees. One was even spotted in a cemetery. The remnants of Iraq's once-mighty air force have yet to...