As U.S. Bombs Tikrit, Some Iraqi Sunnis Are Stuck Between ISIS And Shiite Militias
- There’s a ghost town called al-Dour on the way from Baghdad to the besieged city of Tikrit, where the United States began striking the Islamic State on Wednesday. All that’s left of al-Dour is a burned-out and bullet-scarred carcass of what used to be home for thousands of people. The doors of shops and homes are eerily ajar, their contents strewn out before them like intestines. Buildings are leveled, and others, engulfed in flames. It’s a place that, depending on whom you talk to, has several different stories. Ask Iran-backed Shiite ...
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