Iraq Government Loses Control Of Fallujah -- Al Jazeera
PM Maliki says "terrorists" will be beaten after security source concedes Islamic State of Iraq and Levant takes over.
The Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki has vowed to eliminate "all terrorist groups" from Anbar province as a security source conceded the government had lost control of the town of Fallujah to al-Qaeda linked fighters.
Maliki, speaking on state television on Saturday, said his government would end "fitna", or disunity, in the province and would "not back down until we end all terrorist groups and save our people in Anbar".
His comments came after a senior Iraqi security official told the AFP news agency that the government had lost control of Fallujah to fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
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MIDDLE EAST
Al-Qaeda militants in Iraq seize much of Fallujah. Iraq's Fallujah falls to 'Qaeda-linked' militants.
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