Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Iraq's Sunni Rebellion Continues



Iraq Forges New Strategy To Defeat Fighters -- Al Jazeera

As humanitarian situation in Anbar worsens, military and tribal leaders strike deal to drive out al-Qaeda-linked group.

Iraq's military and some tribal leaders have struck a deal to drive out al-Qaeda-linked fighters in Anbar amid continued clashes and shelling in the predominantly Sunni Arab western province.

Pro-government Sunni tribes have asked the Iraqi military to withdraw from Anbar, and together with local police tribal fighters have begun to retake checkpoints and other vital government installations.

Fallujah and parts of the Anbar provincial capital, Ramadi, farther west have been outside government control for days - the first time al-Qaeda-linked fighters have exercised such open control in major Iraqi cities since the height of the insurgency that followed the US-led invasion of 2003.

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More News On The Continuing Sunni Uprising In Iraq

Iraqi prime minister says victory certain as Falluja assault looms -- Reuters
Nouri al-Maliki vows to eradicate al-Qaida and its allies in Iraq -- The Guardian
Iraqi PM urges Al-Qaeda to lay down arms after airstrike kills 25 insurgents -- RT
Iraqi PM Urges Militants To Surrender, Avert Fallujah Assault -- Radio Free Europe
Maliki Calls on Local Tribes to Fight Iraq Militants -- Voice of America
Fighting in Iraq's Fallujah as jihadists urge resistance -- Global Post/AFP
Iraqi government: Airstrike kills 25 militants -- Washington post
Iraqi Government Releases Airstrike Video -- Voice of America
Iraq strikes back against al-Qaida militants holding Ramadi, Fallujah -- PBS Newshour
U.S. advising Iraqi military to work with locals -- USA Today
13,000 families flee Fallujah: Iraqi Red Crescent -- Daily Star
Iraq fighting: UN warns of humanitarian crisis in Anbar -- BBC
UN warns of humanitarian threat in western Iraq -- Washington Post/AP
Fallujah - the city that has never stopped rebelling -- The Telegraph

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