Sunday, January 5, 2014

Al Qaeda Linked Forces In Iraq Are In Complete Control Of Fallujah



Iraq Conflict: Sunni Fighters 'Control All Of Fallujah' -- BBC

The Iraq government has lost control of the strategic city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, say officials and witnesses.

Al-Qaeda-linked militants now control the south of the city, a security source told the BBC. An Iraqi reporter there says tribesmen allied with al-Qaeda hold the rest of Fallujah.

Fighting there erupted after troops broke up a protest camp by Sunni Arabs in the city of Ramadi on Monday.

They have been accusing the Shia-led government of marginalising the Sunnis.

The recent fighting in Fallujah and Ramadi has pitted government troops against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis), which is affiliated with al-Qaeda, and Sunni tribesmen.

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More News ON Reports That Al Qaeda Is Now In Control Of Fallujah

Iraq government loses control of Fallujah -- Al Jazeera
Fallujah city centre completely under control of forces linked to al-Qaeda -- Independent.ie
Iraq city falls fully into hands of al-Qaida group -- AP
Iraq's Fallujah falls to Islamist rebels -- The Australian/AFP
Al-Qaeda-linked militants secure nearly full control of Iraq’s Fallujah -- Globe and Mail/New York Times
Al Qaeda-linked militants capture Fallujah during violent outbreak -- FOX News
Iraqi City in Hands of Al-Qaida-Linked Militants -- Voice of America
Iraqi PM to al Qaeda fighters: 'We will not withdraw' from Anbar province -- CNN
Iraqi army shells Falluja to try to dislodge Qaeda, tribes -- Reuters
Why Iraq’s Most Violent Province Is a War Zone Again -- Ned Parker, Time
Iraq Glides Towards Civil War – Analysis -- Bernhard Schell, Eurasia Review

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