In Iraq, the top U.S. commander Gen. Richard Myers admitted yesterday that central Iraq is still a “war zone.”

Myers said at a news conference, “Militarily we won’t be defeated in Iraq. We will stay until the job is done.”

U.S. forces yesterday captured a personal bodyguard of Saddam Hussein during raids in Tikrit. The New York Times reports U.S. officials captured 175 Iraqis and carried out almost 60 raids around Tikrit in the search for Saddam Hussein.