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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hundreds of followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr breached the Republican Palace in Iraq on Monday. Local officials have called for a curfew of 3:30 p.m. local time for the capital city of ...