Near Najaf, Iraq - The Iraqi military has brought up reinforcements to bolster depleted Republican Guard units south of Baghdad ahead of a major push on the capital by American and British forces ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Iraqi commanders are pulling troops out of the north of the country to back up Republican Guard units crippled by days of U.S. attacks in the south, defense officials said Monday.

Members of Saddam's elite Republican Guard have been fighting back with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, but the Americans have seized enough of the city to capture a small Iraqi ...

U.S. troops are ready to launch a major assault against Iraqi Republican Guard forces protecting Baghdad, but the commanding general may wait for pressure to build on Saddam Hussein before ...