U.S. begins airstrikes against ISIS in Tikrit

Late Wednesday, American warplanes began airstrikes against Islamic State positions in Tikrit, Iraq. U.S. Airstrikes on ISIS commence in Tikrit, Iraq ://t.co/PJSl39koMl pic.twitter.com/BGq57kGIh3 -- KDVR FOX31 Denver (@KDVR) March 25, 2015 It is the first time the United States has participated in the Iraqi offensive to take back the city, located north of Baghdad. For the past three weeks, a coalition of Shiite militias and Iraqi security forces, aided by Iranian military advisers, have been tr...