article_snippet: Instead of the posters of the executed dictator, Shiite militia flags and photos of militia leaders can be seen throughout the predominantly Sunni village, including that of Major General Qassem Soleimani, the powerful Iranian general advising Iraqi Shiite militias on the battlefield. '
article_snippet: This is one of the areas where IS militants massed the most because Saddam's grave is here,' said Captain Yasser Nu'ma, an official with the Shiite militias, formerly known as the Popular Mobilization Forces.
article_snippet: IS militants, Captain Yasser Nu'ma, an official with the Shiite militias, formerly known as the Popular Mobilization Forces added, set an ambush by planting bombs around Hussein's once-lavish tomb.
article_snippet: Members of Peace Brigades - a Shiite militia group loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr - are seen heading to Tikrit, where Iraqi troops backed by Shiite fighters and Iranian advisers are fighting Islamic State extremists .
article_snippet: Amnesty International last year said the militias wear military uniforms but operate outside any legal framework and without any official oversight, adding that the militias are not prosecuted for the militias crimes.
article_snippet: Earlier this month, Human Rights Watch echoed Concerns, calling on the Iraqi government to protect civilians in Tikrit and allow civilians to flee combat zones.
article_snippet: Human Rights Watch statement noted 'numerous atrocities' against Sunni civilians by pro-government militias and security forces.
article_snippet: Shiite militants are increasingly being accused of levelling the Sunni towns Shiite militants capture from the Islamic State group, making it impossible for residents to return.
article_snippet: Members of Peace Brigades sit with Members of Peace Brigades weapons in an armored vehicle as Members of Peace Brigades leave Baghdad for Tikrit .
article_snippet: Young volunteer militia posing for pictures before going into battle against Islamic State fighters in Tikrit .
article_snippet: A boy holds a white flag as A boy passes through a checkpoint manned by Sunni fighters who have joined Shi'ite militia groups allied with Iraqi forces against Islamic State .
article_snippet: Yazan al-Jubouri, a Sunni from Tikrit fighting alongside the Shiite militias, said that the Islamic State militants killed 16 of his relatives and kept his family living in horror. '
article_snippet: We want to take revenge on those IS militants who killed We children,' his said.