HIT, Iraq -- Lt. Col. Thomas Graves wasn't expecting trouble as his convoy rolled toward this embattled Euphrates River town at midday recently, on a mission to monitor Friday prayers at mosques. Lying 35 miles upriver from Anbar's capital of Ramadi, Hit is an ancient city known for its tar... City... -
In Iraqi Town, U.S. Feels Push Toward an Exit
HIT, Iraq -- Lt. Col. Thomas Graves wasn't expecting trouble as his convoy rolled toward this embattled Euphrates River town at midday recently, on a mission to monitor Friday prayers at mosques. Lying 35 miles upriver from Anbar's capital of Ramadi, Hit is an ancient city known for its tar... City...-
By Ann Scott Tyson