Surrender or fight?
IRAQ: THE LOOMING WAR
SADDAM'S SOLDIERS
It will surrender in droves. It will fight tooth and nail. DERWIN PEREIRA, our roving correspondent in the
Author: Derwin Pereira
Marines free 123 from Iraq hellhole
Iraq - The Aftermath
FOR three days, American tanks have been shelling a military intelligence building in the posh Al-Khathamia area in west
Vulnerable Qatar plays it safe by aligning with US
IRAQ: THE LOOMING WAR
BATTLEFRONT
DERWIN PEREIRA, our roving correspondent in the Middle East, is in Qatar to assess preparations for a possible war
Iraqi anger mounts over US inaction
Iraq - The Aftermath
FROM the top of a 3-m-high cinder block, two American soldiers keep watch on a street not far from
Gulf War II’s nerve centre
IRAQ: THE LOOMING WAR
MILITARY PREPARATIONS
Come war, the shots are going to be called from here.
The United States has built itself an outpost
City of fear : postcards from the edge
IRAQ WAR
POST-SADDAM BAGHDAD
Straits Times correspondent Derwin Pereira reports from Baghdad US troops, Fedayeen militia, looters and vigilantes roam the streets of Baghdad
US troops gear up for urban battles
The American military may have to fight the Iraq war in the city streets. DERWIN PEREIRA, who is in Kuwait City, reports
Long road to Baghdad
VOICES FROM THE NEWSROOM
IRAQ WAR
The war in Iraq changed forever the nature of war reportage. The continuous stream of pictures and information,
9 seconds. That’s all the time you have. After that, you’re dead.
That is the line being drilled into American soldiers in Kuwait as they practise gearing up for the fearful possibility of a
Angry Kuwaitis await Saddam’s fall
WHAT SADDAM DID TO KUWAIT
Killed thousands of its people.
Took thousands as prisoners, hundreds of whom are missing.
Torched oilfields.
Stole billions of dollars.
TWELVE years
My friends were skinned alive by Saddam’
IRAQ: THE LOOMING WAR
Kuwaiti businessman Alfajji once called Saddam his friend but now sees him as a dangerous fiend who must be
Disappointment and disbelief
IRAQ WAR
ARAB REACTION
Arabs say US troops may have won the battle for Baghdad but the war for hearts and minds in the