Middle East

Tikrit Celebrates Saddam's Birthday

Old anthems heard again as people in president’s home town insist they have the right to honour their former leader.

22 Feb 05

A community displaced once before has to flee again to avoid being caught up in Baathist and Islamist resistance.

22 Feb 05

Many blame America for the fighting – but some point their fingers at foreign militants.

22 Feb 05

Use of brutality to coerce confessions is justifiable in the war on serious crime, officers claim.

22 Feb 05

Shia from Iran enlist in Mahdi Army, pledging to keep US forces out of Iraqi holy places.

22 Feb 05

Ordinary Iraqis say Governing Council has no right to alter national symbol.

22 Feb 05

Those who fled fighting take advantage of new accord to try to get back to their home.

22 Feb 05

Police have secured the main street in the town, but insurgents still maintain order elsewhere.

22 Feb 05

Arab students in northern Iraq find themselves at a disadvantage in an overwhelmingly Kurdish area.

22 Feb 05

Kurdish peshmerga fighters even protect the American base and accompany soldiers on main roads.

22 Feb 05

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