The Daesh troops are surrounded and putting up a lot of resistance. There is INTELLIGENCE now on Tikrit and targeting bombing is possible. There is nothing saying the Daesh soldiers cannot surrender either.
March 12, 2015
By Qussim Abdul-Zahra
...Iraqi troops and allied Shiite militiamen (click here) entered Tikrit for the first time Wednesday from the north and south. The head of the military operation told The Associated Press on Thursday that troops would launch phase two of the offensive later in the day as they try to reach the city center. The militants were trying to repel security forces with snipers, suicide car bombs, heavy machine guns and mortars, he said, speaking anonymously as he was not authorized to brief the media....
I am assuming there are resources for POWs in Iraq. If not then there will be firefights to the death to end the occupation by Daesh.
March 12, 2015
By Qussim Abdul-Zahra
...Iraqi troops and allied Shiite militiamen (click here) entered Tikrit for the first time Wednesday from the north and south. The head of the military operation told The Associated Press on Thursday that troops would launch phase two of the offensive later in the day as they try to reach the city center. The militants were trying to repel security forces with snipers, suicide car bombs, heavy machine guns and mortars, he said, speaking anonymously as he was not authorized to brief the media....
I am assuming there are resources for POWs in Iraq. If not then there will be firefights to the death to end the occupation by Daesh.