Tikrit

British

/ tɪˈkriːt /

noun

a town in N central Iraq on the River Tigris; birthplace of Saladin and Saddam Hussein. Pop: 28 900 (2002 est)

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Army 25 mm rounds of depleted uranium ammunition, photographed Feb. 11, 2004, in Tikrit, Iraq.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2023

December 2003: Saddam is captured in an underground hideout near Tikrit.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Videau adds that there was a constant plume of thick black smoke rising from the pit at Speicher, located near the city of Tikrit.

From Fox News • Dec. 20, 2021

The Wall Street Journal reporter Yochi Dreazen, who got stuck in a bathroom in Hussein’s palace in Tikrit by accident, also wrote about “gold-handled toilets and bidets.”

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2021

Shakir Mahmood, a soldier in Iraq’s elite counterterror forces, fought in battles in Ramadi, Falluja and Tikrit, but they were nothing like the fight he has faced in Mosul, he said.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2016

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