US troops moved into Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit yesterday as a senior defence official in Wahington declared that "the major combat operations are over". US warplanes and helicopters ...

US forces have been "actively engaging" Iraqi troops in Tikrit -- Saddam Hussein's home town and likely the last stronghold of his resistance, said Lieutenant Mark Kitchens, a spokesman at US ...

Julian E. Barnes covered terrorism, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and international security issues from the Wall ...