Residents pray near the tomb of executed former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in Awja, December 3, 2008. Credit: Reuters/Sabah al-Bazee
i24 News: Saddam Hussein's tomb reportedly destroyed in Iraq fighting
Army says coalition raids needed in Tikrit but 'no air support' from foreign allies had yet been provided
The tomb of Iraq’s late dictator Saddam Hussein was destroyed in heavy clashes between militants from the Islamic State group and Iraqi forces in a fight for control of the city of Tikrit, the Associated Press reported late Sunday.
Saddam’s body has been kept in the mausoleum in his birthplace, Ouja, since 2007. Iraqi media reported last year that Saddam’s body was removed by loyalists amid fears that it would be disturbed in the fighting. The body’s location is not known.
Update: Saddam's tomb suffers extensive damage in Iraq fighting -- AP
WNU Editor: His body was removed last year ... Saddam's allies moved his corpse, fearful Shi'ite militias would harm it: tribal leader (Reuters) .... but his mausoleum appears to have been destroyed in the past few days.
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