article_snippet: MailOnline has not been able to independently verify the origin of the images or establish when MailOnline were taken.
article_snippet: The excuses given for the delays in paying the salaries of the fighters are unacceptable.'
article_snippet: U.S. General Martin Dempsey said Wednesday that as many as 20,000 militiamen may be involved in the ongoing Tikrit operations.
article_snippet: Amnesty International cautioned it was still too early to tell if Tikrit had been a cleaner operation than usual. '
article_snippet: For now access to combat areas is restricted and information about abuses may take time to filter out,' the rights group's senior crisis response adviser Donatella Rovera told AFP.
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