Shepperd: Efforts to impose order 'taking hold' U.S. forces battling for Tikrit have secured the presidential palace in the north-central Iraq city, Saddam Hussein's ancestral homeland and the last major Iraqi city not under coalition control. FULL STORY
Shepperd: Tikrit, cleanup are next (CNN) - Military operations continue in various parts of Iraq, with Tikrit, a Baath Party stronghold and the birthplace of Saddam Hussein, the only major city not under coalition control. FULL STORY