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Mohammed Hamza Zubaidi, the former Prime Minister of Iraq and one of the Pentagon's most wanted, was captured in an evening raid Monday in the central Iraq town of Hillah. A brigade of the Free Iraqi Forces, working with a U.S. Army Special Ops team took Zubaidi from a safe house near the ancient city of Babylon at 9:30 p.m. "Zubaidi has a lot to tell, he's on the list," confirms a Pentagon official in Baghdad. Though now estranged from Saddam Hussein's inner circle, Zubaidi, says a FIF commander, "might have some information about weapons...
...Iranian border, the U.S. sent in warplanes to quiet two sparring militias. More recently, on March 22 in Paktia province, the U.S. called in air strikes against warlord Pacha Khan Zadran, whose men had set up roadblocks and were shaking down travelers. Several militiamen were killed in the air raid, including Zadran's eldest son. Zadran had been considered an ally, but after his son's death, he's joined what appears to be a growing list of America's sworn enemies...
...Saddam's first broadcast to the nation came a few hours after the strikes early on March 20, but U.S. officials speculated that it could have been pre-recorded prior to the bombing raid. Some even suggested that the speaker may have been a body double rather than Saddam himself. This speech, too, may have been pre-recorded but it was clearly done recently given the references to recent battles...
When you've been camped in the Kuwait desert for weeks, even dodging incoming SCUD missiles can become routine. Late Thursday morning air raid sirens blasted the 101st Airborne's Camp Pennsylvania. Seconds later every soldier in camp was wearing a chemical protective mask and scurrying to one of the concrete bunkers scattered around the camp. There they rested, many of them panting after the exertion of a full out sprint in chemical gear, until the all clear siren sounded some fifteen minutes later...
...Wuhu, Charles was patrolling the waterfront when he saw a woman holding opium. Rather than arrest her, he let her go. That woman was Lily Chan. Lily, whose first husband had died in a Japanese bomb raid, was an aptly roguish match for Charles; she "walked like a hood," he says, and was a devout gambler. Soon Charles had a new family: Lily and her daughters, Yulan and Guilan...