The Hunt for Saddam

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YURI KOZYREV FOR TIME

A Blackhawk helicopter takes off from a soccer field in Tikrit as soldiers begin a patrol. The U.S. sweeps have not been without cost. Russell's 22nd Infantry Regiment alone has lost two men and has been awarded 22 purple hearts for soldiers wounded in action since the beginning of June

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