They are Iraqi President ... “The Republican Guard has been defeated in every direct combat with a competent adversary and they do not pose a threat to U.S. forces.” FROM PALACE TO BATTLEFIELD ...

U.S. and Iraqi workers clapped and cheered in the ornate banquet hall of the former Republican Guard palace at lunch time. Saddam used to run the country from the palace with his elite Republican ...

Iraq's Strategy Unknown The Pentagon reports U.S. forces are rolling through key areas in Iraq with little sign of Republican Guard units. A week of heavy bombing has weakened some guard divisions ...

Elements of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division attack Iraqi Republican Guard positions near Baghdad ... information ministry and a presidential palace. Hear NPR's Nick Spicer and NPR's Anne ...

CAMP SALIYAH, Qatar -- U.S. soldiers advanced toward Karbala early today after a night-long bombardment of the strategic city and ground fighting with Iraq's Republican Guard -- the first battle ...

An American POW was rescued in Iraq. Defense officials ... southern end of the Old Palace on the west bank of the Tigris River, home to a camp for the Republican Guard. Saddam -- through a ...

Washington, 1 April 2003 (RFE/RL) -- The U.S. military says U.S. ground forces have been waging their first fights with units of Iraq's Republican Guard just south of Baghdad, while coalition ...

This week's rollout of House Speaker Paul Ryan's "repeal and replace" Obamacare bill is an excellent reminder of what the country would look like if any Republican ... in Iraq after having trashed ...

According to reports from Baghdad, round-the-clock air raids continued to pound the outskirts of the city as part of an ongoing campaign to break up elite Iraqi Republican Guard units preparing to ...

Today he reports on the U.S. seizure of a Republican Guard compound that appeared to offer evidence that the Iraqi regime had been trying to steadily rebuild its military forces since the 1991 ...