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April 13, 2003 Military Begins Screening Iraqis for New RuleBy IAN FISHER AGHDAD, Iraq, April 12 — The business of staffing a new Iraqi government began literally in front of American tanks today. Job-seekers showed up at a hotel here, in response to a radio announcement, and a translator near the tanks ordered the men into lines: police to the right, doctors to the left. Marines set up lines for electricians, engineers, sanitation workers. "We need new police, honest police!" shouted Magdad al-Jaburi, 45, who was seeking to reclaim the job as a police captain he said he lost 10...

NEAR BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Streams of U.S. tanks and armored vehicles rumbled over the Euphrates in the early hours of Sunday as U.S. forces bolstered positions around Baghdad. "We're pushing the bulk of the 3rd Infantry Division over the Euphrates toward Baghdad," said Colonel John Peabody, commander of the Engineer Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division. Reuters correspondent Luke Baker, with the Engineer Brigade about 15 miles from Baghdad airport, said he heard a constant rumble of tanks, armored personnel carriers and fuel trucks push up toward Baghdad through the night. He said units of the 3rd Infantry Division...

Over 250 Iraqis surrender at Umm Qasr -UK command ABOARD HMS ARK ROYAL, March 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Marines under British command took at least 250 Iraqi prisoners on Friday as they advanced into the outskirts of the important southern port of Umm Qasr, a British commander said. Colonel Steve Cox told Reuters on board the British flagship Ark Royal in the Gulf that the Iraqi troops had surrendered to the U.S. 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit by noon (0900 GMT). Reuters correspondent Adrian Croft, who is with 15 MEU, said the marines raised the Stars and Stripes over Umm Qasr's...