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 ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq ... The Old Palace, the ceremonial seat of government on the west bank of the Tigris, is also home to a camp for Saddam Hussein's vaunted Republican Guard. Rarely used openly ...

Western troops entered the palace, which is near Serseng, west of Amadiya, late Thursday. They inspected the grounds and buildings in a hunt for heavy weapons, then left Iraqi Republican Guard ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dozens of supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Monday stormed the Republican Palace, a ceremonial building inside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone of government buildings, a security ...