War-shattered Tikrit is now free from months of rule by ISIL extremists.<br /><br /> But the liberators of Saddam Hussein’s hometown are said to be taking revenge, with reports of violence and looting by Iraqi forces and their Shi’ite militia allies in this, a majority Sunni city. <br /><br /> The United States, pursuing airstrikes on ISIL in Iraq and Syria, says it is keeping a close eye on events in Tikrit.<br /><br /> For the giant aircraft carrier, the “USS Carl Vinson“http://www.navy.mil/local/cvn70/, the priority remains dispatching fighter jets from the Persian Gulf to destroy militant targets.<br /><br /> Still in command of Iraq’s second-largest city Mosul, ISIL continues its destruction of the country’s heritage, ruining several ancient sites including Hatra.<br /><br /> A purported new video from the group shows carvings being reduced to ruins in the city, about 110 kilometres south of Mosul.<br /><br /> Some 2,000 years old and listed as a UN world heritage site, Hatra was reportedly destroyed in March.<br /><br /> Iraq’s antiquities ministry
