Iraq: 'Islamic state' prepares for last stand in Tikrit

In Tikrit militant group "Islamic country" Iraqi forces and Shiite militia members to tighten their grip the city, are preparing to make their last stand on the platform. Islamic group reduced their losses.
Iraqi forces in Tikrit on Friday on a tour of the move, but they approached the city from all sides said they were adopting through a strategy of caution.
"Islamic country" (It) is an ordinary part of the losses and damages suffered by stating that it had done so far, played down the news that moves outside Tikrit.
"Following the success of the firm ... and is getting stronger," said the spokesman, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani gains against its enemies, describing the alleged "fake".
"This is a war of attack and retreat, just taking a few villages in the back," he was the first official reaction to the development team, said.
Government commanders, driving out the remaining resistance fighters, they hoped to consolidate its grip on the city was.
"Now we are moving to our second phase of the program," Defence Minister Khalid al-Obeidi told reporters Thursday in Salaheddin province. Council should be as low as possible, "We are very interested. Time is on our side, we will take the initiative. "
Tactics to take a number of
So far there has been little in the way of statistics about the fighting, but government troops in Baghdad and the holy city of Najaf, with dozens of bodies were reported to have operated, from the loss. As suicide attacks, car bombs, booby traps and gun guerrilla tactics such as Iraq and Shiite forces that have done the most damage.
As well as the strategic value, Tikrit, has great symbolic significance and Shiite militia fears of revenge against residents of the predominantly Sunni city.
Executed dictator Saddam Hussein's hometown of Hussein's Baath Party, which was accused along with IS, town homes residues.
This IS the US-based Institute for the study of the local people in the mass killings in the last year and captured the suspect says that about 1,200 recruits were Shia.