Islamists attack Saddam's birthplace Tikrit after Mosul

(ANSA) - Rome, June 11 - Islamist militia on Wednesday attacked Saddam Hussein's hometown Tikrit after overrunning Iraq's second city Mosul Tuesday.
    Insurgents believed to be part of al-Qaeda offshoot the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) took control of some parts of Tikrit, 150km (95 miles) north of Baghdad.
    Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has vowed to fight back against the jihadists and punish police and soldiers who have deserted.
    ISIS controls a lot of territory in eastern Syria and western and central Iraq.
    It is trying to set up an Islamist enclave straddling the border.