Strong support for US troop presence in region
After Saddam
REMAKING THE MIDDLE EAST
SPECIAL REPORTS : KUWAIT
Iraq was just the beginning. American ambitions in the Middle East, some say, go well
Author: Derwin Pereira
US troops might end up fighting Iraqi child soldiers
IRAQ: COUNTDOWN TO WAR
MILITARY STRATEGY
Saddam has trained children as young as 10 to fight through ambushes, sniping, and terrorist-type operations, reports DERWIN
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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