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© Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Iraq hails victory over Islamic State extremists in Tikrit
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMEER N. YACOUB TIKRIT, Iraq©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Elbuda Mexicano
I hope this is good news for Iraq.
patty cake champion
As soon as one city is liberated, another one falls. Isn't that how this war works?
Serrano
Islamic State heads will roll for this setback! Let's hope it's not just a setback but in fact the beginning of the end for Islamic State in Iraq.
Black Sabbath
I hope this is good news for Iraq
Really? Isn't it obvious that it is? I mean, ISIS is so bad, it can bring Iran and the Saudi's together.
Is not defeating something that bad better than not?
WilliB
Black Sabbath:
But it does not. ISIS continues to have strong backing from Sunni Arabs in the region, especially because of the Iranian encroachment (and just wait til Iran gets its Obama-approved nuclear bomb).