Tikrit is the hometown of Saddam, who is now in prison near Baghdad facing trial on war crimes charges. Army Major General Joseph Taluto, commander of the US 42nd Infantry Division, told Pentagon reporters in a teleconference from Iraq that progress had been made since February in training and equipping Iraqi forces to take over military operations from US troops.
Tikrit is the hometown of Saddam, who is now in prison near Baghdad facing trial on war crimes charges. Army Major General Joseph Taluto, commander of the US 42nd Infantry Division, told Pentagon reporters in a teleconference from Iraq that progress had been made since February in training and equipping Iraqi forces to take over military operations from US troops.