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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Surviving on bags of nuts, baby wipes
The rocket-propelled grenade flashed into the compound just before dark, exploding at a distance away with a tremendous boom. We grabbed our helmets and hit the ground, tight against a...
U.S. force rings Baghdad
U.S. forces made a second incursion through Baghdad on Sunday after they had seized all major roads in and out of the city and began landing supplies at Baghdad's airport....
‘1st day of Shiite freedom’
The chanting began well after dark and grew gradually. Then under the glow of Umm Qasr's newly restored streetlights, the men came into sight--dancing down the dusty street, leaping and...
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...
Displaced civilians in limbo
Five days ago, in the middle of the night, Thaer Abdul Al-Rahin's house in Basra suddenly shook with tremendous blasts and then went up in flames. Fedayeen Saddam fighters, who...
POW facility draws flocks of civilians
Something curious occurred at the first allied POW camp in Iraq: Surrendering prisoners started turning up at the front gate even before the remote facility formally opened. There was something...
No place for trust on road crucial to U.S. convoys
"Red, red, red! They've got a gun!" yelled the soldier rooting through the pickup's bed. The National Guard officers manning the checkpoint dropped to defensive positions, guns raised at the...
Relief aid aims for stomachs–and hearts
There were the dirty-faced kids fighting over bottles of water and juice boxes torn from plastic shopping bags. There was the slight woman with sad brown eyes wordlessly begging anyone...
Ground war heats up
The opening scenes of the U.S.-led war to oust Saddam Hussein are those of unrelenting military might: bombs and missiles plummeting into Baghdad, American tanks racing unchallenged across the desert...