After Iraqi forces take Tikrit, a wave of looting and lynching

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

World | Fri Apr 3, 2015 4:32pm EDT

After Iraqi forces take Tikrit, a wave of looting and lynching

TIKRIT, IRAQ

(Reuters) - On April 1, the city of Tikrit was liberated from the extremist group Islamic State. The Shi'ite-led central government and allied militias, after a month-long battle, had expelled the barbarous Sunni radicals.

Then, some of the liberators took revenge.

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Since its recapture two days ago, the Sunni city of Tikrit has been the scene of violence and looting. In addition to the killing of the extremist combatant, Reuters correspondents also saw a convoy of Shi'ite paramilitary fighters – the government's partners in liberating the city – drag a corpse through the streets behind their car.

Local officials said the mayhem continues. Two security officers, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Friday that dozens of homes had been torched in the city. They added that they had witnessed the looting of stores by Shi'ite militiamen.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/03/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-tikrit-special-re-idUSKBN0MU1DP20150403

[Fred Sanders]

1. Victory over ISIS..but the Western corporate media digs for the bad news using half-baked rumours?

Sometimes you have to wonder whose side the corporate media are on...

[bemildred]

2. Iraqi forces halt looting, arson in Tikrit

TIKRIT, Iraq, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi security forces on Saturday stopped a wave of looting and burning of public facilities, houses and shops by groups of Shiite militias in the city of Tikrit, the capital of Salahudin province, days after freeing the city from the Islamic State (IS) militants, a provincial security source said.

The Iraqi forces set up checkpoints on the entrances of the city, preventing in and out movement except for those who are carrying official identities of the security forces and vehicles that are not carrying stolen properties, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Meanwhile, the source said that orders were issued for the Shiite militias known as Hashid Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization, to withdraw from the city which will be controlled by the army unites and local policemen.

Late on Friday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who is also the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi armed forces, said in a statement issued by his office that he gave orders to the security forces to arrest anyone "breaking the law" in Tikrit, which located some 170 km north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/04/c_134125034.htm