A soldier of U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division, left and a member of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps hold their weapons in the center of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Monday, Nov. 17, 2003. (AP)
U.S. Raids Tikrit Story aired: Monday, November 17, 2003
On Saturday, two black hawk helicopters collided in the country's north, possibly after being hit by or trying to elude ground fire. Seventeen American soldiers died. On Sunday, an Arab television station broadcast a new audiotape said to be the voice of Saddam Hussein, urging an escalation of rebel attacks.
The U.S. continues to respond with greater displays of firepower than at any time since during the war earlier this year, while the U.S. seems to be also intensifying it plans to hand over more power in Iraq to Iraqis.
