Tikrit Falls News Today

And continuing back and forth over the crucial city of tikrit, on the highway to baghdad. if tikrit falls, it would bring militants even closer to the capital, to the iraqi capital there. >> lots of conflicting reports about what is happening exactly in tikrit, saddam husseins hometohom hometown. what more can you tell us about that? >> we have had claim and counterclaim, iraqi state tv has stated a number of times that tikrit is fully in government hands. but weve seen video recorded and distri...

Supported shiite militias that will be much more than anything that happened when we went in there in 2003. >> and there are reports today that the commander of the shia militia is basically praising iran for offering unconditional support and taking aim at the u.s. for a lack of resources. i find that very interesting and the impact of that particularly since -- if you know tikrit falls, that can be used as propaganda by isis to also recruit more sunnis to join the terror network. >> absolutely...