April 10, 2003


The Kansas City Star



NEAR AL-LAFIYAH, Iraq – While people in Baghdad began embracing a foreign army Wednesday, about 20 miles away 147 men lined up with heads hung low to be frisked and ordered two-to-a-seat in creaky buses.

They were carted off to another camp with parts to a puzzle that could eventually make it clearer how Saddam Hussein maneuvered, what plans he had, and, perhaps, with clues about to overcome more quickly those still firing at coalition troops.

Five hours later, on a bouncing drive that had the wounded constantly wincing, they would tell Americans their stories.

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