Marines pass a Saddam Hussein portrait as they operate a light armored vehicle April 14, 2003 in the center of Tikrit which is located approximately...
Bronze shoe sculpture honouring Iraqi reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi, who gained global fame by throwing his footwear at former US president George W....
Members of the Iraqi security forces patrol in the streets of Tikrit north of the capital Baghdad, on October 10 during the country's early...
An Iraqi fighter from the Hashed al-Shaabi checks the severely damaged tomb of the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the village of Al-Awja, on...
Iraqi fighters from the Hashed al-Shaabi check the severely damaged tomb of the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the village of Al-Awja, on the...
Iraqi officials share a laugh as they unveil a bronze shoe monument representing the one thrown by Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi at former US...
Photo dated 1960 of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in his hometown of Tikrit. Saddam came to power in 1979.
Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Popular Mobilisation units, fighting alongside Iraqi forces, ride on a tank in the town of Baiji north of Tikrit,...
An Iraqi Shiite fighter from the Popular Mobilization units holds an Islamic State group patch as he inspects a council building in the city of...
General view taken on April 5, 2015 shows destruction in a street in Tikrit after Iraqi forces retook the nothern city from Islamic State group...
Iraqi security forces inspect a Tigris river waterfront in Tikrit on April 1 which is believed to be the place of a June 2014 massacre, also know as...
This unsourced picture alleges to show Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in an unknown location in Iraq after his capture by US troops on December 13, 2003...
Two US soldiers from Charlie Company, 1-22, 4ID lay low as they briefly pause during a dismounted patrol in the streets of downtown Tikrit, north of...
Old Iraqi dinars sit in a bank vault on October 15, 2003 in Tikrit, Iraq. Today is the first day of exchanging old Iraqi dinars for new currency...
Marine sits on his light armored viechcle in front of Saddam Hussein Palace April 14, 2003 in Tikrit which is located approximately 175 km north of...
Marine puts tape over the mouth of an Iraqi prisoner of war in the main Square of Tikrit, April 14, 2003 some175 kilometers - just over 100 miles -...
An Iraqi boy in ousted dictator Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit carries a portrait of the former leader with the words, "Saddam Hussein, son of...
Darkness gathers over the memorial to the Islamic State massacre of 1,700 Shiite Air Force cadets from Camp Speicher beneath a bridge where victims...
Memorial stands to 11 men wearing orange jumpsuits executed by masked members of the Islamic State in December 2014 for defying ISIS rule at the Al...
Stuffed chair marks the entrance to the memorial to the Islamic State massacre of 1,700 Shiite Air Force cadets from Camp Speicher beneath a bridge...
Tiled portrait of Saddam Hussein on the streets of his hometown. --- Photo by Shepard Sherbell/Corbis SABA
An Iraqi Shiite fighter from the Popular Mobilisation units, fighting alongside Iraqi forces, walks in the town of Baiji north of Tikrit, during...
Iraqi forces deploy in the town of Baiji, north of Tikrit, during fighting against the Islamic State jihadist group to try to retake the strategic...
Picture shows one of executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's palaces in his hometown of Tikrit, 160 kilometres north of Baghdad, on April 12, 2015....
Iraqi university students light candles on the Tigris river waterfront in Tikrit on April 9 which is believed to be the place of a June 2014...
Iraqis cheer up as they wait at a checkpoint to arrive Tikrit after Iraqi forces, including soldiers, police officers, Shiite militias and Sunni...
Smoke rises from city center in Tikrit where is controlled by Shia militias after the attacks of Daesh militants, in Tikrit, Iraq, on April 1, 2015.
Members of the Iraqi Popular Mobilisation units ride in a bus outside the western entrance of the city of Tikrit, as they are relocated back to...
Peshmerga checkpoint stands beside pools of oil with damaged oil pipeline infrastructure, as Iraqi Kurdish forces push the frontline forward against...
Iraqi government forces and allied militias fire weaponry from a position in the northern part of Diyala province, bordering Salaheddin province, as...
Volunteer Shiite fighters, known as the Popular Mobilisation units, who support the Iraqi government forces in the combat against the Islamic State...
Volunteer Shiite fighters, known as the Popular Mobilisation units, who support the Iraqi government forces in the combat against the Islamic State...
Shiites volunteers, loyal to Muslim Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, take positions during a military advance in areas under the control of Islamic...
This unsourced picture alleges to show Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in an unknown location in Iraq after his capture by US troops on December 13, 2003...
Iraqi university students walk after being released from temporary custody in Saddam Hussein's home town of Tikrit, 180 kilometers north of Baghdad,...
Army soldiers from the 299th Engineering Battalion of the Fourth Infantry Division and Iraqi civil defense corpse personnel keep an eye out as they...
Army Col. Mark Huron from San Antonio, Texas of the 299th Engineering Battalion Fouth Infantry Division conducts a planning meeting as they prepare...
Marine guards an Iraqi prisoner of war in the main Square of Tikrit, April 14, 2003 some175 kilometers - just over 100 miles - north of the capital...
The ruins of Saddam Hussein palace destroyed during the fighting in 2015 between ISIS also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on March...
Check point by Al-Hashd Al-Sha'bi at the entrance of one of the smaller palaces of Saddam Hussein where photos of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who was an...
The ruins of Saddam Hussein palace destroyed during the fighting in 2015 between ISIS also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant seen on...
The US overseer in Iraq, Paul Bremer, gestures during a meeting with Iraqi tribal leaders to discuss the country's future in Tikrit, 180 kms...
The people of Tikrit, 180 km north of Baghdad, celebrate the birthday of iraqi president Saddam Hussein, who was born in their town 28 april 1937....
Member of the Iraqi security forces stands guard in the city of Tikrit north of the capital Baghdad, on October 10 during the country's early...
Iraqi women members of Iraq's Jaish al-Quds march in Tikrit, the president's home town 08 February 2003, on the 40th anniversary of a coup that...
An US military personnel reads a book on a terrace of one palace inside Saddam Hussein Tikrit complex, 13 March 2004. AFP PHOTO/Daniel MIHAILESCU
The caisson makes its way to the burial site. Burial service for Operation Iraqi Freedom casualty Staff Sgt. James R. Patton of Fort Benning, Ga.,...
This handout image provided by the Iraqi Prime Minister office shows Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki holding photographs of a man identified by...
This handout image provided by the Iraqi Prime Minister office shows Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki holding photographs of a man identified by...
This handout image provided by the Iraqi Prime Minister office shows photographs of a man identified by the Iraqi government as al-Qaida leader in...
This handout image provided by the Iraqi Prime Minister office shows Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki holding photographs of a man identified by...
This handout image provided by the Iraqi Prime Minister office shows Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki holding photographs of a man identified by...
Pennsylvania National Guardsmen Andrew Taylor and Tim Byers check for bombs in an Iraqi car in Tikrit on the eve of Iraq's national election.
Pennsylvania National Guardsman Josh Wilcox checks for bombs in an Iraqi car in Tikrit on the eve of Iraq's national election.