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...American forces are zeroing in on their main prey. With the sons disposed of, military officials last week received flurries of reports on Saddam's whereabouts. Says Lieut. Colonel Steven Russell, commander of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, which is based in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit: "Any time we have seen a capture or killing of deck-of-cards people, we see a very positive effect, with a lot more people coming forward with information." On Thursday, during a raid south of Tikrit, soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division captured what the Pentagon said were "five...
...drama last week began with what the military calls a walk-in. Someone approached U.S. soldiers at a camp gate to volunteer information on the brothers' whereabouts. U.S. forces put a discreet cordon around the Mosul house, which is owned by Sheikh Nawaf al-Zaydan Mohammed, a member of Saddam's tribe. Shortly before 10 the next morning, a phalanx of Army humvees arrived at the house, blaring instructions in Arabic for those inside to come out. Witnesses say that moments after al-Zaydan and his son emerged, hands raised, gunfire erupted from the upper floor of the house. About...
...brothers' deaths were followed by a step up in guerrilla attacks. Last week eight more U. S. soldiers died from hostile fire. U.S. officials hope the uptick, perhaps driven by revenge for the deaths of Uday and Qusay, will be temporary. But TIME spoke to members of a Fedayeen Saddam cell who said their support for the Husseins is not what motivates their attacks on the Americans. "We do it because they degrade us, they occupy our area," said a tribal elder sitting at the head of the gathering. The cell members said they operate autonomously, selecting their targets...
Even among Iraqis relieved to hear of the brothers' deaths, there was grumbling last week that U.S. forces should have endeavored to capture Uday and Qusay alive, which might have produced leads on Saddam's whereabouts and enabled a public accounting of the brothers' crimes. Plus, seeing them alive and in custody might have convinced more Iraqis that the brothers were truly a spent force. "I wanted them arrested so we could see them on TV," says Hassanin Mohammed, 23, who runs a tiny store that sells fans in the Karrada district of Baghdad. "Most people around here...
...take refuge, given its sizable Kurdish and Turkoman minorities, populations that are not favorably inclined toward the former regime. The area has not been a center of active resistance against occupying U.S. forces. But in other ways, Mosul was a comfortable fit for the brothers, because key elements of Saddam's top officer corps came from there. At what point the brothers arrived in Mosul, a scenic city that is a popular family holiday destination, remains unclear. As TIME reported in the June 2 issue, in late May Uday dispatched a relative to try to negotiate the terms...