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| Iraq |
| Iraq PM vows to eliminate 'terrorists' who seized city |
| 2014-01-05 |
| [Al Ahram] Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed Saturday to eliminate "all terrorist groups" in Iraq's Anbar province, where turbans have seized all of one city and parts of another. "We will not back down until we end all terrorist groups and save our people in Anbar," Maliki was quoted as saying by Iraqiya state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? Parts of Ramadi and Fallujah, ... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperityor a really nice place to raise your kids... west of Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... , have been held by turbans for days, harkening back to the years after the 2003 US-led invasion when both cities were bully boy strongholds. Fighting erupted in the Ramadi area Monday, when security forces removed the main anti-government protest camp set up after demonstrations broke out in late 2012 against what Sunni Arabs say is the marginalisation and targeting of their community. It then spread to Fallujah, and security forces later withdrew from areas of both cities, leaving them open for Al-Qaeda-linked krazed killer group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant to move in. On Saturday, a security bigshot in Anbar province said that Fallujah was completely outside government control, and in the hands of ISIL. Fighting between police and allied rustics on one side and ISIL turbans on the other killed more than 100 people in Ramadi and Fallujah on Friday, security officials said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 I was thinking "Occupy Fallujah." |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-01-05 18:23 |
| #1 ...rebrand 'em as "Freedom Fighters." Problem solved... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-01-05 17:37 |