Tuesday, March 6, 2012

AMERICA AT WAR KEY DEVELOPMENTS

ENDINGLOOTING: American forces agreed to team up with Iraqi policeto stem widespread looting that included the trashing of the nation'sflagship museum.

TOWARDTIKRIT: U.S. Marines geared up to push north toward Tikrit,President Saddam Hussein's hometown. In the west, coalition troopstook an airfield and the 4th Infantry Division moved into southernIraq from Kuwait.

ADVISERSURRENDERS: Saddam Hussein's science adviser surrendered tothe U.S. military, becoming the first of the 55 most wanted Iraqifigures in coalition custody. He insisted that Iraq had no weapons ofmass destruction.

BAGHDADRESISTS: A wild firefight outside a Baghdad hotel and thethreat of suicide bombings kept American soldiers busy putting downarmed resistance in the capital.

SUSPECTBUS: U.S. forces stopped a bus with 59 men of military agewho had $630,000 in cash and a letter offering rewards for killingAmerican soldiers. Military officials said the bus was headed forSyria.

EX-POWCOMESHOME: Jessica Lynch, the soldier rescued in a daringcommando raid in Iraq, returned to the United States to recover fromher injuries at an Army medical center.

AP

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