
Tikrit: 20 years since the US invasion of Iraq, what has become of Saddam Hussein’s birthplace?
Jessica Abetcha
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It has been 20 years since the United States and its allies invaded Iraq in their “war on terror” amid claims that the country’s dictator, Saddam Hussein, possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction. Along with Baghdad, the dictator’s birthplace Tikrit, was quick to fall. But what has become of Tikrit, once a rich and flourishing town, in the 20 years since the invasion? FRANCE 24’s Lucile Wassermann reports.
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Tikrit: 20 years since the US invasion of Iraq, what has become of Saddam Hussein’s birthplace?
Jessica Abetcha