Iraqi Forces Dig Graves For Those Killed By ISIL In Tikrit

TIKRIT, IRAQ - APRIL 09: A Badr Brigade militia soldier mourns along the Tigris River in the palace compound of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on April 9, 2015 in Tikrit, Iraq. Iraqi government forces continue to locate the corpses of up to 1,700 soldiers who where reportedly executed last year by Islamic State fighters when they captured Tikrit, with many shot and pushed into the river and others put into mass graves. Government troops and allied Shia militia retook Tikrit in early April with the aid of U.S. airstrikes, and they continue to push ISIS fighters out from the area. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)