Heavy Fighting Rages In Iraq's Anbar Province -- Al Jazeera
Clashes continue between army and Sunni fighters, after gunmen seized control of several police stations.
Heavy fighting raged between the Iraqi military and Sunni fighters in Anbar province, after gunmen seized control of several police stations there.
An interior ministry official told AFP news agency on Thursday that al-Qaeda-linked fighters were in control of large parts of Anbar's Fallujah and Ramadi cities.
"Half of Fallujah is in the hands of ISIL (the Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) group, and the other half is in the control of" armed tribesmen, the official said.
A witness in the city west of Baghdad said that fighters had set up checkpoints each manned by six to seven people in central and south Fallujah.
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More News On The Ongoing Violence In Iraq
Iraqi forces, tribesmen battle Qaeda-linked militants -- AFP
Iraqi security forces fight militants in Anbar province -- BBC
Armed Groups Reportedly Control Parts Of Two Western Iraqi Cities -- Radio Free Europe
Official: Parts of two Iraqi cities held by al-Qaida-linked group -- UPI
Qaeda-linked fighters control parts of two Iraq cities -- Global Post/AFP
Iraq: Al Qaeda 'Controls Half Of Fallujah' -- SKY News
Militants free 100 prisoners, burn police stations in Iraq -- PakTribune
Iraqi special forces fighting in Fallujah -- Global Post/AFP
Iraq PM to deploy more troops to combat Anbar unrest -- Global Post/AFP
Iraq Prime Minister reverses Anbar pullout decision -- Gulf News/AFP
Iraq to send army to turbulent Anbar province -- Two Circles
Iraq PM reverses withdraw decision, keeps troops in Anbar -- Albawaba
Iraqi Sunnis' long struggle since Saddam -- Rafid Jaboori, BBC
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