Iraq Army and Militias liberating Tikrit from ISIL today

Re: Iraq Army and Militias liberating Tikrit from ISIL today

But Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, has said that without the broader US-led air strike campaign, the Tikrit offensive would have been impossible.

US claims its air strikes enabled Iraqi push poised to retake Tikrit from Isis | World news | The Guardian