The tomb of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been flattened during fighting between Islamic State and Iraqi security forces in the village of Ouja, South of Tikrit.
Decimated ... an Iraqi soldier inspects the demolished tomb of former Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, in Tikrit. Picture: AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed Source: AP
THE lavish tomb of Iraq's executed dictator Saddam Hussein has been virtually levelled in heavy clashes between militants from the jihadist IS group and Iraqi forces in a fight for control of the city of Tikrit.
Fighting intensified to the north and south of Saddam Hussein's hometown on Sunday as Iraqi security forces vowed to reach the centre of Tikrit within 48 hours.
Demolished ... an Iraqi soldier takes photos of the demolished tomb of former Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, in Tikrit, 130 kilometres north of Baghdad. Picture: AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed Source: AP
Damaged ... the demolished tomb of former Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, in Tikrit, is seen behind a barbed wire fence. Picture: AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed Source: AP
Poster-sized pictures of Saddam, which once covered the mausoleum, are now nowhere to be seen amid the mountains of concrete rubble.
Blown apart ... former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's once-lavish tomb has been turned into rubble. Picture: AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed Source: AP
Rubble ... Iraqi soldiers inspect the tombs of Uday and Qusay Hussein, sons of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, in Tikrit. Picture: AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed Source: AP
Instead, Shiite militia flags and photos of militia leaders mark the predominantly Sunni village.
The extremist IS group has controlled Tikrit since June, when it waged its lightning offensive that saw Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul, come under its control.
IS claimed in August that Saddam's tomb had been destroyed, but local officials said it was just ransacked and burned, but had only minor damage.
Fighters ... Iraqi fighters of the government-controlled Popular Mobilisation units take part in a military operation to take control of Tikrit. Picture: AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye Source: AFP
Blasts ... volunteer Shiite fighters, known as the Popular Mobilisation units, fire a Howitzer artillery canon in the village of Awaynat near the city of Tikrit. Picture: AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye Source: AFP
Saddam was captured by US forces in 2003 and was executed by hanging in December 2006 after an Iraqi special tribunal found him guilty of crimes against humanity for the mass killing of Shiites and Kurds.
Iraqi media reported last year that Saddam's body was removed by loyalists amid fears that it would be disturbed in the fighting. The body's location is not known.
Killed ... Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was executed in 2006. Picture: AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg Source: AP
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