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Jan 11, 6:57 AM ESTIraqi Arrested in U.S. Soldier's Shooting TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) -- U.S. troops arrested a Saddam Hussein loyalist early Sunday suspected in last month's shooting of an American soldier who was saved by his flak jacket, the Army said.Acting on a neighbor's tip, soldiers arrested the man in a raid on his home in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, said Lt. Col. Steve Russell, commander of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment of the Army's 4th Infantry Division.The soldier allegedly shot by the Iraqi, Sgt. Jeffrey Allen of Leitchfield, Ky., made the arrest, Russell said. Russell described the...

<p>TIKRIT, Iraq  — U.S. troops arrested a Saddam Hussein (search) loyalist early Sunday suspected in last month's shooting of an American soldier who was saved by his flak jacket, the Army said.</p> <p>Acting on a neighbor's tip, soldiers arrested the man in a raid on his home in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit (search), said Lt. Col. Steve Russell, commander of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment of the Army's 4th Infantry Division.</p>

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The exiled leader of the biggest Iraqi opposition group called Thursday on Iraqis to converge in the Shiite holy city of Karbala to oppose a U.S.-led interim administration and defend Iraq's independence. Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution of Iraq, chose the southern Iraqi city and the date - next Tuesday - because of their connections to Hussein, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad and one of Shiite Islam's most revered heroes. "I call on Iraqis to converge in Karbala to oppose any sort of foreign domination and support...

The biggest Iraqi Shi'ite opposition group says it will boycott a US-hosted meeting of opposition factions on Tuesday. It also says it will not recognise a US-installed interim administration for Iraq. A senior leader of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution of Iraq, Abdul Aziz Hakim, told a news conference on Monday his group would not be going to the meeting of US officials and Iraqi political parties opposed to ousted President Saddam Hussein in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. "We will not attend the meeting in Nasiriyah because the Iraqi people won't accept preparations for an administration...

WASHINGTON, -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld gave details of Saddam Hussein's death squads, during a Pentagon press briefing today. He also warned Iraq's neighbors Syria and Iran not to interfere with coalition combat operations in Iraq. Finally, the secretary and Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave a rundown of coalition military successes of the past eight days. Coalition success can lead to more uncertainties and has served to drive Saddam's death squads to more excesses, the men observed. "Each day, more coalition forces flow into country, and each day more Iraqi forces...