article_snippet: Tomb has been destroyed in heavy clashes between militants from the Islamic State group and Iraqi forces in a fight for control of the city of Tikrit.
article_snippet: Video from the village of Ouja, just south of Tikrit, shows all that remains of Executed dictator's once-lavish tomb are the support columns that held up the roof.
article_snippet: An Iraqi soldier inspects Tomb .
article_snippet: Destroyed: An Iraqi soldier takes photos of the demolished tomb of Executed dictator in Tikrit, 80 miles north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad .
article_snippet: Carnage: Video from the village of Ouja, just south of Tikrit, shows all that remains of Hussein's once-lavish tomb
article_snippet: ISIS claimed in August that Saddam's tomb had been completely destroyed, but local officials said that although Saddam's tomb was ransacked and burnt, the building suffered only minor damage.
article_snippet: Clear: Iraqi soldiers inspect Saddam's tomb yesterday .
article_snippet: Reports: ISIS claimed as long ago as August that Saddam's tomb had been completely destroyed, but
article_snippet: Iraqi soldiers stand next to the demolished tomb of former Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein yesterday .
article_snippet: No entry: An Iraqi soldier stands next to the demolished tomb of Saddam Hussein .
highlights_snippet: Tomb is now just a mountain of rubble .
  
highlights_snippet: Tomb was destroyed amid fighting between Islamic State militants and a coalition of Iraqi Army soldier and Shia militias battling to liberate Tikrit .