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on Tue Mar 31 16:23:53 2015
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Iraq premier: Troops in center of Islamic State-held Tikrit
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says that Iraqi forces have reached the center of Tikrit in its push to retake the city from the Islamic State group.
In a statement Tuesday, al-Abadi said security forces already have retaken neighborhoods on the southern and western edges of the city and are moving to control the entire city.
Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi, the commander of the Salahuddin operation, says his forces fighting in from the west were still 300 meters (325 yards) from the center of Tikrit.
The large-scale operation to recapture Saddam Hussein's hometown began on March 2. It stalled until U.S. forces joined the offensive, launching airstrikes on March 25.
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