Iraqi Republican Guard divisions, arrayed against U.S. forces for a potentially climactic battle south of Baghdad, are a mere shadow of what they once were, according to U.S. military officials ...

CENTRAL IRAQ – U.S. forces edged closer to Baghdad on several routes Thursday, clashing with Iraqi troops and preparing for a possible confrontation with Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard ...

Declaring Iraq's Republican Guard divisions are "no longer credible forces," Maj. Gen. Stanley McChrystal told a Pentagon briefing Wednesday that U.S.-led forces moved to within 30 miles of the ...

CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar – U.S. Marines have reported that about 2,500 Iraqi Republican Guard surrendered between Kut and Baghdad, U.S. Central Command said Friday. The surrender apparently ...

D uring their onslaught against the Republican Guard in the southern approaches to Baghdad, U.S. military commanders had grim words to describe what they were doing to the elite Iraqi forces. “I ...

Iraqi Republican Guard troops run during endurance training earlier this month southeast of Baghdad. April 2, 2003, 6:36 AM EST / Source: msnbc.com. By By Lalita Aloor.

Republican Guard divisions have the best heavy equipment in the Iraqi military. These include most of Iraq’s Soviet-built T-72 tanks, which at about 30 years old are the newest in Hussein’s ...

U.S. troops are for the first time reporting the capture of several dozen Iraqi soldiers who have identified themselves as members of the Republican Guard. The report comes amidst street by street ...

The Republican Guard was dug in and ready for a fight. “At first, the sound of bullets flying and bombs hitting really unnerve a person,” Crosby later told an Air Force reporter .

February 1991, the Gulf War. Republican Guard units defend the flank of the Iraqi army occupying Kuwait. The Battle of 73 Easting was named after a north-south coordinate line (an "Easting ...