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Tikrit

British  
/ tɪˈkriːt /

noun

  1. 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

A resident of the central Iraqi city of Tikrit, Mundhir tried to go on Hajj several times over the past two decades, but never made the draw.

From Seattle Times Jun. 14, 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

The government is pouring resources into the Mosul battle while also trying to rebuild Falluja and Ramadi, in Anbar Province, and to repair the city of Tikrit, farther north.

From New York Times Feb. 10, 2017

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