Iraqi forces launch new offensive on Tikrit

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Baghdad, July 15 (IANS) Iraqi security forces Tuesday launched a new offensive to re-capture the city of Tikrit from militants, security officials said. "The operations termed 'Cutting Sword' have been launched in Tikrit from Daash," a security official told Xinhua. Army and police forces backed by tanks and helicopters moved into the city from several routes at dawn. Fierce clashes broke out with Sunni militants from the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, formerly k**wn as Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS).

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