US launches Tikrit air strikes to support Iraqi forces
US aircraft launched bombing raids to support Iraqi forces fighting to recapture Tikrit from the Islamic State group on Wednesday, after Baghdad issued a request for air power./ The offensive to take back Tikrit -- the home town of executed dictator Saddam Hussein -- has stalled over the past week with jihadists defending their positions with homemade bombs. "I can confirm that the government of Iraq has requested coalition support for operations in Tikrit," Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steven Warren said. An Iraqi special forces lieutenant ...
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