Sunni Uprising Continues In Iraq

New York Times

Iraq Reels From The Worst Violence In Five Years As Al Qaeda Fights Off Government Forces To Cling On To Seized Cities -- Daily Mail

* Government forces today surrounded Sunni cities Ramadi and Fallujah
* Were sized on Wednesday by Al-Qaida in new eruption of violence
* Group stormed areas, taking over police stations and freeing prisoners
* Some of the worst violence area has seen in many years, reports suggest

Al-Qaida militants today fought off government forces to hold on to two of Iraq's main Sunni cities in some of the worst violence the area has seen in years.

Iraqi troops and allied tribesmen today surrounded the western city of Fallujah, firing artillery at up to 150 militants, an anonymous military official said. Troops also made forays into the city of Ramadi, he added.

Al-Qaida's local branch, known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, have held the two cities and nearby towns in western Anbar province since Wednesday.

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Qaeda-Aligned Militants Press Fight Over Key Iraqi Cities -- New York Times
Iraqi Security Forces Try to Wrest Control of Fallujah Back From Militants -- Voice of America
Iraq Fights to Retake Towns From Al-Qaeda Amid Violence -- Bloomberg
Iraq army, tribes join forces against al Qaeda -- Reuters
Iraqi Troops Press Battle In West With Al-Qaida -- NPR/AP
Iraqi forces battle militant uprising in Sunni cities -- Washington Post
Heavy fighting rages in Iraq's Anbar -- Al Bawaba
Sunni tribesmen ally with Iraqi security forces against Al Qaeda-linked militants -- Global Post
Extremist Violence Spreads Across Western Iraq -- US News and World Report
Iraqi tribesmen and troops attack Islamist militants in Ramadi -- The Guardian
Iraqi Government Forces Make Gains In Ramadi, Fallujah -- Radio Free Europe
Clashes kill 62 Al-Qaeda militants in Iraq -- Al Bawaba
Clashes kill 32 civilians in Iraq's Anbar -- Global Post/AFP
Americans Who Fought in Fallujah Watch al Qaeda Make Make Comeback -- ABC News