A spokesman for the
Iraqi Peace Brigades, the fighting force
Loyal to
Radical Shiite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, says dozens of its fighters are traveling to help an offensive to retake Tikrit from the
Islamic State group. Ali al-Mosawi told The Associated Press on Sunday that the men will travel to the
Shiite holy city of Samarra, the launching point for operations to recapture Saddam Hussein's hometown. About a dozen heavily armed trucks packed with fighters left Baghdad for Samarra earlier Sunday. An offensive to liberate Tikrit including the
Iraqi military,
Shiite militias, police ******rs and Sunni tribes has been underway since March 2.
Al-Sadr an**unced last month that he would withdraw the Peace Brigades from fighting following accusations that the militias were responsible for battlefield atrocities.
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