No defenders seen outside Saddam's hometown

CNN ^ | Sunday, April 13, 2003

[JohnHuang2]

TIKRIT, Iraq (CNN) -- The hometown of Saddam Hussein has been "largely untouched" by coalition troops or looting, according to CNN correspondent Brent Sadler, who entered the area Sunday morning.

Sadler, one of the few Western journalists to travel to the immediate outskirts of Tikrit, said the town looked abandoned -- with no military movement and only a few civilians on the road. Highway signs bearing the deposed Iraqi leader's image were still intact.

[JohnHuang2]

Sunday, April 13, 2003

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[BenLurkin]

There do seem to be some thugs in charge of Tikrit judging by the last fifteen minutes of Sandler's report.