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In Tikrit, Saddam’s memory lives on in watches

Five years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, his memory lives on through wrist watches as people in his home town and birth village seek reminders of a time of safety, jobs and…

Suicide bomb attack devastates Iraq police station

A suicide bomber slammed an explosives-laden van into a police station in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 25 more, officials said. Lieutenant…

Iraqi rebels parade downed helicopter

Insurgents in Iraq have released a video showing the burned-out wreckage and 11 victims of a helicopter crash, as Washington insisted it is able to stop rebel attacks amid…

The beast and buffalo: Iraq’s mine killers

When he climbs into his huge ”husky”, a South African-made armoured tractor used to detect mines, Josh Streeter thinks of a 24-year-old friend who was killed in December by a…

US chopper guns down attackers

A United States helicopter gunship killed seven people allegedly preparing to fire rockets at a US base in northern Iraq, a military spokesperson said on Friday. Ground troops…

Six die as Blackhawk is ‘forced down’

Six US soldiers were killed on Friday when a Blackhawk helicopter was ”forced down” outside an American base near the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, US military officials said.…

Spirit of Saddam alive and well in Tikrit

Twenty-four years after a local boy called Saddam Hussein came to power, later dragging Iraq into three ruinous wars, Tikrit residents still have time for the man they say at…