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Kurdish fighters sweep into Mosul
Kurdish fighters and US forces today swept into Iraq’s third city, Mosul, after Saddam Hussein loyalists abandoned one of the last strongholds of his dying regime.
Battle at mosque in hunt for Saddam
One US marine was today reportedly killed during a heavy gun battle around a Baghdad mosque that the soldiers suspect may be providing sanctuary for Saddam Hussein.
US: Saddam era is over
The US military today said that Saddam Hussein’s regime is over as jubilant Iraqis greeted American troops mopping up fading resistance in Baghdad. Is this the end? Looting,…
’36 killed’ in raids on Baghdad
Iraq said today that yesterday’s raids on Baghdad, including an apparent stray missile strike on a crowded market, had killed 36 Iraqi civilians.
Bombing fails to knock out Iraqi TV
Iraqi state television was back on air this morning despite a heavy dawn bombing raid that targeted the country’s national station.