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While he ruled Iraq, Saddam Hussein remained in near constant motion, shifting from one palace to the next to prevent potential enemies from fixing his location. Over the last 8 months, he stayed on the move for the same reason. But U.S. military officials in Tikrit believe his accommodations on the lam more closely resembled the hovel on the property on which he was caught last Saturday night than the massive, ornate structures he had built around the country as monuments to himself. Lt. Col. Steven Russell commands the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry of the Fourth Infantry Division. In numerous...
...yesterday morning that the 4th Infantry Division arrested the country’s former president at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday in an underground “spider” hole near the Tigris River, in the town of Adwar, ten miles from Saddam’s hometown of Tikrit...
...located, is the home village of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, number six on the most wanted list of Iraqi political and military officials. Some soldiers on the raid, those who weren't privy to the real target, thought al-Douri might be their quarry. But select officers of the Tikrit-based 4th Infantry Division knew otherwise, and they felt that intelligence collected from Iraqis detained over the past few weeks would yield what they referred to as "H.V.T. 1," or high value target number...
...right hand man," who provided valuable information to the search, had been captured in the early morning hours of Dec. 12 in Baghdad. His name has thus far been withheld, but military officials have said that he was a member of one of these families. He was brought to Tikrit for questioning the morning after his arrest, and before 11 a.m., had provided enough actionable intelligence that Lt. Col. James B. Hickey, the commander of the 4th I.D.'s First Brigade, put his subordinate commanders on alert and began planning that night's raid. "We thought that night that there...
...same time, no one is expecting the conflict to end abruptly, especially the military commanders who work out of one of Saddam?s ornate palaces overlooking the Tigris River in Tikrit. ?We expect a spike in enemy activity,? says Captain Mitch Carlisle. ?We?re more focused on alert than ever. We?re not letting our guard down...