Troops disarm Tikrit residents

Wednesday, April 16, 2003

TIKRIT, Iraq -- Confronted by rage and insults, U.S. forces swept through Saddam Hussein's hometown Tuesday and began disarming residents, even as Marines came under fire while seizing an airstrip on the town's outskirts.

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