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<p>WASHINGTON - It was both an auspicious and ominous way to begin the week: Auspicious because of President George Bush's resolute demand that Saddam Hussein and his sons leave Iraq. There were also ominous noises from his predecessor in the White House, Bill Clinton, who bared not only his antagonism to the president but his horror at envisioning a strong America.</p>

U.S. troops surprised by lack of resistance Surrendering Iraqi soldiers looked hungry, official says03/22/2003 From Staff and Wire Reports For the troops moving north toward Baghdad on Friday, "shock and awe" took on a different meaning. The U.S. Army and Marine troops were awed by the lack of resistance they met and shocked at the condition of Iraqi troops who surrendered in the face of a state-of-the-art military assault. "I felt kind of sorry for them," one U.S. military official said on condition of anonymity. "A lot of them looked hungry. They haven't been fed in a while." The American...

<p>WASHINGTON — The Defense Department is seeing movement of Iraqi troops and heavy artillery toward the south, possibly to take up positions in Southern Iraq, where they could be able to shell U.S. troops dug in inside Kuwait, defense officials confirmed to Fox News on Thursday.</p>