Iraq Needs More Airstrikes to Dislodge IS in Tikrit: Officials
 

https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cg...afb6c4a3384e80Iraq said on Monday it had put its Tikrit offensive on hold and senior officials called for more air strikes to dislodge Islamic State militants who have laid explosives across Saddam Hussein's home city and still hold its central districts. The offensive, the largest yet against insurgents who swept through **rthern Iraq in June, has been stalled for four days after Iraqi security forces and mainly Shi'ite militia pushed into Tikrit last week.




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