US 'hijacking' victory in Iraq's Tikrit: militia groups
Iraqi Shiite militias accused Washington Thursday of hijacking the operation to retake Tikrit, threatening a mass pullout even as regular government forces pressed a final assault./ The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group launched its first air strikes on Tikrit late Wednesday, in what Washington and Baghdad have described as a potential game-changer in a stalled operation. Iran had so far been the most prominent foreign partner in Baghdad's largest operation against jihadists who swept through Iraq's Sunni heartland nine ...
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