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NEWS ABOUT: Tikrit

Tikrit stories: 7 news summaries

US Soldier Held in Iraq
Contractor's Shooting Death

Contractor for Houston-based KBR shot to death, died at 8:30am

Sep 14, 09 5:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A US soldier is being held in the shooting death of a civilian contractor in Tikrit, Iraq, reports CNN. Houston-based military contractor KBR said the victim shot to death yesterday at Contingency Operating Base Speicher was an employee. More »

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Iraq death toll • US Army • Tikrit • Iraq contractors • shooting • KBR

 Iraq Bans School Trips 
 to Saddam's Grave 

Group visits banned after schoolgirls filmed singing Saddam's praises

Jul 8, 09 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq has banned school groups and all other organized visits to Saddam Hussein's grave after video emerged of a group of schoolgirls singing his praises, the BBC reports. The executed dictator is buried in his home village near Tikrit, and the site is still a place of pilgrimage for loyalists.... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • Tikrit • Baathists

 Iraq Takes Down 
 Shoe Sculpture 

Government rejects monument's 'political motives'

Jan 30, 09 3:09 PM CST
(Newser) - The large, shoe-shaped sculpture made to honor an Iraqi journalist’s gesture of defiance against former President Bush was removed from the garden of a Tikrit orphanage just a day after it was put up, CNN reports. The government requested the removal, and sent police to supervise. “We will... More »

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Iraq • shoes • sculpture • Tikrit • orphanage • Iraq war • George W. Bush • Muntadar al-Zaidi

 Iraq Artist 
 With Sole 
 Honors Bush 
 Shoe Hurler 

Incident 'source of pride,' says sculptor

Jan 30, 09 3:12 AM CST
(Newser) - A copper sculpture of a shoe with a bush growing from it has been unveiled in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit to honor the journalist who hurled his shoes at President Bush. TV reporter Muntadar al-Zeidi missed, but his action hit it off with some Iraqis. Artist Laith al-Amari insists... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • shoes • Tikrit • George W. Bush • Muntadar al-Zaidi • Laith al-Amari

Iraqis Mark Saddam's Death

Heightened security greets first anniversary of Hussein's execution

Dec 30, 07 9:51 AM CST
(Newser) - "There is no life without the sun and no dignity without Saddam," read graffiti in the former Iraqi leader’s hometown of Tikrit today, the first anniversary of his execution. Small groups of mourners came to his tomb to praise Saddam Hussein’s accomplishments, reports Reuters, amid tightened... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Saddam Hussein • execution • Tikrit • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Washington Post Reporter Killed in Iraq

Shot taking photos in embattled neighborhood

Oct 15, 07 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Washington Post correspondent in Iraq was killed yesterday reporting from one of the  most volatile neighborhoods in Baghdad. Iraqi Salih Saif Aldin, 32, was shot in the head while taking photographs of burned-out homes. US news organizations rely heavily on Iraqi correspondents willing to  brave the hazards outside the... More »

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Iraq • Mahdi Army • Green Zone • Washington Post • journalists killed • Tikrit • Salih Saif Aldin • Sadiyah • Sudarsan Raghavan • Al Iraq Al Yawm • David E. Hoffman

Helicopter Goes Down, Killing 14

Black Hawk crashes north of Baghdad, killing 14

Aug 22, 07 5:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - An American helicopter crashed in northern Iraq today, killing all 14 soldiers aboard, reports CNN. The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was one of two performing a night operation when it went down in the area around Tikrit, north of Baghdad, the US military said in a statement. More »

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Iraq • crash • helicopter • US Army • Black Hawk • Tikrit

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