Iraqi Officials Are Now Warning That Al Qaeda Militants Have The Weaponry To ‘Occupy Baghdad’

Iraqi Officials Warn Militants Have The Weaponry To ‘Occupy Baghdad’ -- RT

Al-Qaeda militants occupying areas in the Anbar province west of Baghdad have enough arms to siege the capital, top Iraqi officials warned Monday amid a spate of bombings that killed at least 31 people across Iraq.

Iraq’s Deputy Interior Minister Adnan Al-Asadi said Monday in a speech that members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) - the Al-Qaeda branch in Iraq which now controls much of Anbar’s capital, Ramadi, and the center of the nearby city of Fallujah - have adequate weaponry to invade nearby Baghdad.

"The weapons that were brought inside Fallujah are huge and advanced and frankly enough to occupy Baghdad," Al-Asadi said, according to AP. He did not elaborate on what type or quantity of arms ISIL maintained, but he described “fierce battles” having occurred in Fallujah and Ramadi.

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Update #1: Iraqi official claims al-Qaida fighters have enough heavy arms to 'occupy' Baghdad -- FOX News/AP
Update #2: Iraq: Jihadists fight off Maliki's army, hold onto western cities -- UPI

My Comment: By not being able to defeat these militants .... the Iraqi government is then losing this battle. And while I do not believe that these Iraqi Sunni militants have the firepower to take Baghdad .... they certainly do have the firepower to cause considerable damage and bloodshed .... enough to spark a sectarian civil war that will match the bloodshed that is occuring in Syria.