Tikrit

...an assassination attempt against him in 1982. Saddam had been captured by US troops in December 2003, eight months after the fall of Baghdad, in a hole on a farm near his hometown of Tikrit. In the book, currently available only in Arabic...

In this article: Saddam Hussein, Khalil al-Dulaimi, US, Baghdad, Iraqi resistance, Reuters, US Marines, and Iraq

...Thursday. The escape in the northern town of Tikrit, which raised concerns about corruption within security forces, resulted in a curfew in the birthplace of the late dictator Saddam Hussein, as authorities hunted for the men. At least two...

In this article: Detainee, Iraq, Samarra, U.S., Saddam Hussein, Al Qaeda, and Al Hurra

...Thursday that guards there may have helped them. Authorities imposed a curfew on Tikrit, a city of about 250,000 north of Baghdad, after the escape of the prisoners Wednesday night. By dawn, police had set up checkpoints inside the city...

In this article: Al-Qaeda, Baghdad, Saddam Hussein, Iraq, and Dog

...which the inmates escaped was a makeshift prison, built on the compound of one of Saddam's former palaces. Five al-Qaida-linked prisoners awaiting execution and 11 other inmates broke out of a prison in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit.

In this article: Saddam Hussein, Al-qaida, Iraq, and Baghdad

...made a stunning jailbreak late last month. The two were among five al-Qaida prisoners who had been sentenced to death to break out of a makeshift jail in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. The arrest brings to at least nine the number...

In this article: Saddam Hussein, Iraq, United States, Baghdad International Airport, Al-qaida, Baghdad, Detainee, People's Mujahedeen of Iran, and Tariq Aziz

...locked down after prison break Iraqi officials say about 15 prisoners have escaped from a prison in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit and authorities have locked down the city as they search for fugitives. Iraqi military spokesman Maj....

In this article: Saddam Hussein, Iraq, and Baghdad

...a stunning jailbreak in Saddam Hussein's hometown, a police commander said Friday. The escape from the makeshift prison in Tikrit was the latest in a string of embarrassing security lapses in Iraq, raising questions about the country's...

In this article: Iraq, U.S., Al-Qaeda, Baghdad, Mosul, Saddam Hussein, and Salahuddin province

Clarence Bruton, Newark Office of Emergency Management Sgt. Pace enlisted in the US Marine Corps two days after the horrific terrorist attacks, and his platoon captured Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's 45-bedroom palace in Tikrit in 2003. He...

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The jailbreak in Saddam's hometown Tikrit highlighted the struggles for Iraqi authorities to maintain control over an overcrowded prison system and absorb thousands of detainees turned over by U.S. forces as part of a broad security pact. At...

In this article: Saddam Hussein, Al-qaida, Baghdad, U.S., Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki, and Syria