I've heard that the super high tech 4th division will be given this task. Personally, I think they should just carpet bomb Tikrit. It is Saddam's home town, and he has drawn his most brutal and dedicated soldiers and generals from there. Nasdaq Headlines US To Move Against Saddam's Birthplace, Tikrit, Soon -
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- U.S. military commanders are preparing to launch a major assault to seize Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's birthplace, Tikrit, later this week, The Financial Times reported on its Web site Monday.
According to military sources at U.S. Central Command in Doha, Qatar, advance elements of the U.S. Infantry Division are being rushed into central Iraq from Kuwait, ready to spearhead the attack on Tikrit, the report said.