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Gunships hit Tikrit sites in new assault
Government builds foothold in city as Isis militants dig in
by Our Foreign Desk
IRAQI gunships struck suspected insurgent positions in Tikrit today as part of a government offensive to retake former dictator Saddam Hussein’s home town from Sunni militants led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis).
The military launched its push to wrest back Tikrit on Saturday with a multipronged assault spearheaded by ground troops backed by tanks and helicopters.
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