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No defenders seen outside Saddam's hometown
CNN ^ | Sunday, April 13, 2003

Posted on 04/12/2003 11:58:13 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:23 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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.


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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brentsadler; embeddedreport; tikrit; warcorrespondent
Sunday, April 13, 2003

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1 posted on 04/12/2003 11:58:13 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
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There do seem to be some thugs in charge of Tikrit judging by the last fifteen minutes of Sandler's report.
3 posted on 04/13/2003 12:00:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin (Socialism is slavery.)
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