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Aircraft bombed targeted Nuaimiya area and the industrial district in Fallujah
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published: 03 Apr 2014
Aircraft bombed targeted Nuaimiya area and the industrial district in Fallujah
Aircraft bombed targeted Nuaimiya area and the industrial district in Fallujah
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Schools closed in Fallujah due to ongoing clashes between the Iraqi army and ISIL
Amidst the ongoing fighting in Iraq's Anbar province the Education Directorate of Fallujah...
published: 22 Apr 2014
Schools closed in Fallujah due to ongoing clashes between the Iraqi army and ISIL
Schools closed in Fallujah due to ongoing clashes between the Iraqi army and ISIL
Amidst the ongoing fighting in Iraq's Anbar province the Education Directorate of Fallujah has announced the closing of all schools inthe district. Iraq's Anbar province has been the scene of fighting since late last year when members of the AL Qaeda splinter group calling themselves the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant tried to take over the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi there. Although the fighting sometimes decreases after Iraqi army's advancements, they have still not been able to thoroughly wipe the area of Al-Qaeda linked militants. The main feeling here in Iraq is that the situation will only get worse in the run up to the event. Aside from the bloodshed taking place around the country, on a daily basis, the education sector has become a target of terror groups operating in Iraq. The closure of the schools in Fallujah coincides with an attack launched by militants at a University in Baghdad on Sunday.- published: 22 Apr 2014
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Thousands Of People Flee Fallen City Of Fallujah
Thousands of residents are fleeing the Iraqi city of Fallujah, amid artillery fire and air...
published: 05 Jan 2014
Thousands Of People Flee Fallen City Of Fallujah
Thousands Of People Flee Fallen City Of Fallujah
Thousands of residents are fleeing the Iraqi city of Fallujah, amid artillery fire and air strikes by government forces, witnesses told the BBC. The exodus comes after the government admitted it had lost control of the city - west of Baghdad - to al-Qaeda-linked militants and allied tribesmen. Fighting is also reported in Ramadi, also in Anbar province, parts of which are in the hands of militants. Both the US and Iran have offered military support, though not troops. Fallujah is a highly symbolic city for many Iraqis, particularly Sunni Arabs, say correspondents. It is remembered for the battles fought there between insurgents and US-backed forces in 2004. The latest upsurge in violence in Anbar began after troops broke up a protest camp by Sunni Arabs in the city of Ramadi on Monday. Separately on Sunday, bombs in the capital Baghdad left at least 19 people dead. The deadliest attack, which police and medical sources told Reuters had killed nine and wounded 25, was in the Shia district of Shaab. Local journalist and Fallujah resident Ahmad al-Jumaili told the BBC that the city had been targeted by artillery fire and air strikes since Monday, and that a heavy bombardment continued on Sunday. Some specific districts were under attack, he said - al-Askari (in the east), al-Shuhada (in the west), al-Nazzal and al-Andalus (central), and al-Jughifi (in the north). "The army is using a military camp known as Tarik on the eastern outskirts of Fallujah as a launch pad for its strikes," Mr Jumaili said. "Thousands of families have fled their homes to near villages fearing for their lives and as the city is hit by severe shortage of food and fuel supplies." Other residents confirmed the exodus. It came as a senior regional Iraqi army commander, Lt Gen Rasheed Fleih, said it would take "two to three days" to eject the militants from Fallujah and Ramadi. Al-Qaeda-linked militants the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, known as ISIS, are reported to control the south of Fallujah. Tribesmen allied with al-Qaeda hold the rest of the city. Reports also speak of air strikes and clashes in Ramadi. Iran's deputy chief of staff Gen Mohammad Hejazi offered military equipment and advice to Iraq to help it battle al-Qaeda, reported the official Irna news agency. It followed comments from the US Secretary of State John Kerry, who said the US would help Iraq fight al-Qaeda-linked militants, but that it was not planning to send troops back to the country. The fighting in Anbar comes against the backdrop of swelling anger among Sunni Arabs at what they say is their marginalisation by the Shia-led government. They say their minority community is being targeted by anti-terrorism measures implemented to stem the surge in sectarian violence. For many Fallujah residents, the Iraqi army is serving the "sectarian" agenda of Prime Minister Maliki's Shia-led government, says BBC Arabic analyst Ahmed Maher. But among other Iraqis, Fallujah is also known as the "city of terrorism" as it served as the nucleus of al-Qaeda in their country. After the US-led invasion in 2003, al-Qaeda based itself in Fallujah where several beheadings and killings of foreigners took place. In recent months, Sunni militants have stepped up attacks across Iraq, while Shia groups began deadly reprisals - raising fears of a return to full-scale sectarian conflict. On Wednesday, the United Nations said at least 7,818 civilians and 1,050 members of the security forces had been killed in 2013. The annual death toll was the highest in years, but still significantly below those recorded at the height of the insurgency in 2006 and 2007. US forces ended combat missions in Iraq in 2010 and left the country in late 2011, having entered in 2003 in a US-led invasion to remove Saddam Hussein from power.- published: 05 Jan 2014
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Fallujah - Assemblage of Wolves (w/lyrics) (Harvest Wombs 2011)
LYRICS: Assemblage A Servant of the horns The oracle of truth and immortality A shadow in ...
published: 28 Nov 2011
author: Zach Rodriguez
Fallujah - Assemblage of Wolves (w/lyrics) (Harvest Wombs 2011)
Fallujah - Assemblage of Wolves (w/lyrics) (Harvest Wombs 2011)
LYRICS: Assemblage A Servant of the horns The oracle of truth and immortality A shadow in our native land speaks a viper's tongue and hears a sigil unfamilia...- published: 28 Nov 2011
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- author: Zach Rodriguez
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US Marines Still Battling to Secure Fallujah 2004 - video
While attention has been focused on the controversial killing of the insurgent by a marine...
published: 07 Jan 2014
US Marines Still Battling to Secure Fallujah 2004 - video
US Marines Still Battling to Secure Fallujah 2004 - video
While attention has been focused on the controversial killing of the insurgent by a marine, American forces are still battling rebels across Fallujah. Yesterday, India Company of the 3rd battalion, 5th Marines fought for more than six hours, just south of the main road, after they were fired on in the Byzantian district. It was a fierce clash - in which the marines took several casualties. This report contains some graphic and distressing images.Sign up for Snowmail, your daily preview of what is on Channel 4 News, sent straight to your inbox, here: http://mailing.channel4.com/public/snowmail/remotebox.jsp Missed Channel 4 News? Catch up on the last seven days here: http://www.channel4.com/news/catch-up/ Channel 4 News weather forecast, with Liam Dutton: http://www.channel4.com/weather/ All the latest blog posts from the Channel 4 News on-screen talent: http://blogs.channel4.com/news/- published: 07 Jan 2014
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Residents flee occupied Fallujah amid army bombardment
Thousands of residents are fleeing the Iraqi city of Fallujah, amid artillery fire and air...
published: 06 Jan 2014
Residents flee occupied Fallujah amid army bombardment
Residents flee occupied Fallujah amid army bombardment
Thousands of residents are fleeing the Iraqi city of Fallujah, amid artillery fire and air strikes by government forces, witnesses told the BBC. The exodus comes after the government admitted it had lost control of the city - west of Baghdad - to al-Qaeda-linked militants and allied tribesmen. Fighting is also reported in Ramadi, also in Anbar province, parts of which are in the hands of militants. Both the US and Iran have offered military support, though not troops. Fallujah is a highly symbolic city for many Iraqis, particularly Sunni Arabs, say correspondents. It is remembered for the battles fought there between insurgents and US-backed forces in 2004. The latest upsurge in violence in Anbar began after troops broke up a protest camp by Sunni Arabs in the city of Ramadi on Monday. Separately on Sunday, bombs in the capital Baghdad left at least 19 people dead. The deadliest attack, which police and medical sources told Reuters had killed nine and wounded 25, was in the Shia district of Shaab. Map- published: 06 Jan 2014
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Two Army Tanks Destroyed In Fallujah
Rebel fighters have staged coordinated attacks near the western Iraqi city of Falluja, des...
published: 14 Jan 2014
Two Army Tanks Destroyed In Fallujah
Two Army Tanks Destroyed In Fallujah
Rebel fighters have staged coordinated attacks near the western Iraqi city of Falluja, destroying two army tanks and capturing a police station, police have said. There was no immediate word on the casualty toll from those assaults, which occurred during a standoff between the army and armed fighters who overran Falluja two weeks ago. Elsewhere, car bombs and shootings killed at least 24 people, mainly in the capital, Baghdad, police and medics said. A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden fuel tanker blew it up under a highway bridge near the town of Saqlawiya, about 10km north of Falluja, causing the bridge to collapse and destroying one of two army tanks parked on top, police said. Gunmen then attacked and destroyed the second tank. Simultaneously, dozens of gunmen stormed a police station in Saqlawiya, forcing its occupants to surrender. Army helicopters later attacked the gunmen in the police station. The destroyed bridge lies on the main highway leading west from Baghdad across the vast Sunni desert province of Anbar towards Syria and Jordan. Police said the suicide truck bomber had driven from Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar. Two years after US troops left Iraq, violence has climbed back to its highest levels since the bloodshed of 2006-07, when tens of thousands of people were killed. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the spate of attacks in Baghdad but the Shia-led government has blamed al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters. Series of attacks Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has sworn to eradicate armed fighters, but has ruled out an army assault on Falluja, saying tribesmen and residents must force the fighters to leave. The Falluja crisis and the worsening violence pose a major challenge to Maliki, who faces parliamentary polls in April. In Tuesday's deadliest attacks in Baghdad, two car bombs killed nine people and wounded 23 in a crowded street in the mainly Sunni Ghazaliya district, police and medics said. A roadside bomb blew up in a busy market in the mainly Shia Husseiniya area, killing three and wounding eight. Earlier, a bomb attached to a bus killed three people and wounded 12 in the capital's mostly Shia Talbiya neighbourhood, while a roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed a passer-by in the mainly Kadhimiya district. In western Baghdad, gunmen killed a judge and his driver in a drive-by shooting in Yarmouk district, police said, and gunmen killed two soldiers at a checkpoint in Abu Ghraib. Four mortar rounds landed on houses in the town of Garma, 30km northwest of Baghdad and not far from Falluja, killing four people, a local official and hospital sources said.- published: 14 Jan 2014
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Kilo 3/5 Mortars Fire For Effect
Kilo company 3rd Battalion 5th Marines 60mm Mortar section fire for effect. Jolan District...
published: 13 Oct 2006
author: JonNFielding0341
Kilo 3/5 Mortars Fire For Effect
Kilo 3/5 Mortars Fire For Effect
Kilo company 3rd Battalion 5th Marines 60mm Mortar section fire for effect. Jolan District Fallujah, Iraq November 14th, 2004.- published: 13 Oct 2006
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Vicious Hand-to-Hand Combat in Fallujah | Warrior POV
During Operation Phantom Fury Sgt. Bellavia goes toe-to-toe against an insurgent and after...
published: 30 Apr 2013
author: MilitaryChannel
Vicious Hand-to-Hand Combat in Fallujah | Warrior POV
Vicious Hand-to-Hand Combat in Fallujah | Warrior POV
During Operation Phantom Fury Sgt. Bellavia goes toe-to-toe against an insurgent and after a long struggle is able to dispatch him with his Gerber knife. | F...- published: 30 Apr 2013
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Fallujah falls to al-Qaeda - War on Terror fails
WASHINGTON—As the second session of the 113th Congress began at noon Jan. 6, Rep. Howard M...
published: 08 Jan 2014
Fallujah falls to al-Qaeda - War on Terror fails
Fallujah falls to al-Qaeda - War on Terror fails
WASHINGTON—As the second session of the 113th Congress began at noon Jan. 6, Rep. Howard McKeon, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), released a news bulletin bemoaning the loss of the city of Fallujah to al-Qaeda forces in Iraq. In his press release, McKeon limited criticism about what critics call the Fallujah folly to Secretary of State John Kerry, the former Massachusetts senator. Kerry is saying Iraq's own government now has the responsibility to pick up the pieces on Fallujah. McKeon noted, "I am dismayed by Secretary Kerry's dismissal of the threat from al-Qaeda as 'Iraq's battle to fight.' It took two bloody battles to liberate Fallujah. Many U.S., British, and Iraqi forces—Sunni and Shia—lost their lives to secure that city." But was Fallujah, a strategic city west of Baghdad, really "liberated" by U.S. Marines in 2004? Critics say the U.S. liberation amounted to a brutal assault, which included the use of white phosphorus weapons on scores of civilians who were among the claimed enemy "insurgents." Yet all of that fighting appears to have been futile. Al-Qaeda, once "masterminded" by notorious 9-11 arch-villain Osama bin Laden, is, of course, the enemy organization blamed for the 9-11 attacks. And those attacks were used to justify an Iraq war that just passed the 10-year mark, and an Afghanistan quagmire that is America's longest-ever war. McKeon also cited Iran when he added: "When our allies fight al-Qaeda for us, and the United States sits on the sidelines, not only do our allies notice, but so do our adversaries. I note that Iran has already jumped in with offers of assistance. When terrorism is allowed to flourish abroad, when the specter of insurgency haunts democratic nations, our own security suffers." McKeon added that Sec. Kerry and the Obama Administration should realize that in spite of their desire to wish the threat away, al-Qaeda has evolved and remains "a shared threat." And citing a rationale for more U.S. military involvement, McKeon stated: "I urge the Administration to demonstrate a full commitment in support of an ally fighting a common enemy." Is this the same old song from legislators obsessed with the idea that the U.S. must be both an empire and an umpire and continually police the world? Will the current war on terror ever end, given breaking news that more and more U.S. weapons shipments are bound for Iraq? Of course, real terrorists do exist, especially closer to home. Missing among members of perhaps the most unpopular Congress in U.S. history are sustained, constructive concerns about loose immigration laws that help enable Mexican drug cartels to set up networks in various U.S. cities, both in border towns and in inland towns. Meanwhile, eyewitnesses are saying that even Iraq's government itself has lost control of Fallujah. Al-Qaeda-linked militants now are said to control southern Fallujah, while tribesmen allied with al-Qaeda hold the rest of it. Therefore, the purpose of the U.S. sack of Fallujah—indeed the purpose of the overall war on terror—is getting increasingly harder to understand. ### Download your free Next News "Heroes & Villains" Poster here: http://nextnewsnetwork.com/the-2013-heroes-villains-posters LIVE: http://NextNewsNetwork.com Facebook: http://Facebook.com/NextNewsNet Twitter: http://Twitter.com/NextNewsNet Sub: http://NNN.is/the_new_media Meet the Next News Team: http://youtu.be/2QnNKwQ2WkY Hashtag: #N3 About: Next News Network's WHDT World News program airs daily at 6pm and 11pm Eastern on Comcast, DirecTV and Over-the-Air and Online at http://NNN.is/on-WHDT WHDT World News is available to 6 million viewers from South Beach to Sebastian, Florida and to 2 million viewers in Boston, Massachusetts via WHDN. WHDT broadcasts on RF channel 44 (virtual channel 9) from Palm City and is carried on cable TV channels 44 (SD) and 1044 (HD) by AT&T;, on cable channels 17 (SD) and 438 (HD) in West Palm Beach by Comcast, on satellite channel 44 (SD) in West Palm Beach by DIRECTV, and on WHDN-Boston which broadcasts on RF channel 38 (virtual channel 6) from the Government Center district in downtown Boston. More about WHDT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHDT #DC- published: 08 Jan 2014
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Deformed babies in Fallujah Iraq
Young women in Fallujah in Iraq are terrified of having children because of the increasing...
published: 15 Oct 2009
author: enslavetherich
Deformed babies in Fallujah Iraq
Deformed babies in Fallujah Iraq
Young women in Fallujah in Iraq are terrified of having children because of the increasing number of babies born grotesquely deformed, with no heads, two hea...- published: 15 Oct 2009
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- author: enslavetherich
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BBC News - Iraq violence PM urges Fallujah to oust militants
BBC News - Iraq violence PM urges Fallujah to oust militants
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri ...
published: 06 Jan 2014
BBC News - Iraq violence PM urges Fallujah to oust militants
BBC News - Iraq violence PM urges Fallujah to oust militants
BBC News - Iraq violence PM urges Fallujah to oust militants Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has urged residents of the embattled city of Fallujah to force out insurgents linked to al-Qaeda who have taken control there. Mr Maliki said if the people expelled what he called terrorists, they would be spared military action. Iraqi forces are preparing to recapture the city, which has been out of government control for days. Hundreds have already fled shelling and air strikes by government forces. Mr Maliki called on "the people of Fallujah and its tribes to expel the terrorists" so "their areas are not subjected to the danger of armed clashes", state television reported. The former Iraqi national security adviser, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, has told the BBC it was impossible to defend all of Iraq from attacks by the al-Qaeda-linked militants the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, known as ISIS. "This can happen and probably will happen in future because you can't put millions and millions and millions of Iraqis under arms and protect every street all over the country. "These guys [the militants], they are highly motivated, they are very well-trained, they can do this because they are brainwashed, their understanding of Islam is highly selective. They are brutal. They are ruthless. They are after anarchy." An adviser to the prime minister, Saad al-Mutalabi, has told the BBC that insurgents had smuggled weapons into the city from the war in neighbouring Syria. "Because of what is happening in Syria and the new ammunition and missiles they received from Saudi Arabia into Syria, they managed to smuggle quite a vast quantity of equipment to fight the Iraqi people." Fighting is also continuing in Ramadi, also in Anbar province, parts of which are in the hands of militants. Both the US and Iran have offered military support, though not troops. A commander of an anti-government armed group in Iraq, calling itself the Fallujah Military Council, has vowed to punish tribesmen who support the Iraqi government forces in the battle for the control of Anbar province. "The revolutionaries of Fallujah tribes have resolved to punish those, the covetous, who are linked to the sectarian government. They decided to be part of the military council, vowing to thwart this filthy project in the whole Arab region," the militant said. Emblematic Fallujah is a highly symbolic city for many Iraqis, particularly Sunni Arabs, say correspondents. It is remembered for the battles fought there between insurgents and US-backed forces in 2004. The latest upsurge in violence in Anbar began after troops broke up a protest camp by Sunni Arabs in the city of Ramadi last month. Separately on Sunday, bombs in the capital Baghdad left at least 19 people dead. The deadliest attack, which police and medical sources told Reuters had killed nine and wounded 25, was in the Shia district of Shaab. The fighting in Anbar comes against the backdrop of swelling anger among Sunni Arabs at what they say is their marginalisation by the Shia-led government. They say their minority community is being targeted by anti-terrorism measures implemented to stem the surge in sectarian violence. For many Fallujah residents, the Iraqi army is serving the "sectarian" agenda of Prime Minister Maliki's Shia-led government, says BBC Arabic analyst Ahmed Maher. But among other Iraqis, Fallujah is also known as the "city of terrorism" as it served as the nucleus of al-Qaeda in their country. After the US-led invasion in 2003, al-Qaeda based itself in Fallujah where several beheadings and killings of foreigners took place. In recent months, Sunni militants have stepped up attacks across Iraq, while Shia groups began deadly reprisals - raising fears of a return to full-scale sectarian conflict.- published: 06 Jan 2014
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Kuma\War: Fallujah: Operation al-Fajr 1
Over the past six months, Fallujah has reemerged a hotbed of insurgent activity and a safe...
published: 21 Jul 2008
author: KumaGames
Kuma\War: Fallujah: Operation al-Fajr 1
Kuma\War: Fallujah: Operation al-Fajr 1
Over the past six months, Fallujah has reemerged a hotbed of insurgent activity and a safe haven for al Qaeda-linked militants like Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. You...- published: 21 Jul 2008
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- author: KumaGames
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The fall of artillery shells near the civil defense in the industrial district south of Fallujah
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published: 02 Mar 2014
The fall of artillery shells near the civil defense in the industrial district south of Fallujah
The fall of artillery shells near the civil defense in the industrial district south of Fallujah
. ..... شبكة حراك: شبكة اعلامية الكترونية مستقلة يعمل فيها مئات المراسلين المتطوعين , تتابع الشأن العراقي لحظة بلحظة تابعوا المزيد عبر وسائلنا الاخرى: https://fb.com/herakiq https://twitter.com/herakiq https://herakiq.net .....- published: 02 Mar 2014
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Iraqi Militants In Heavy Clashes With The Iraqi Army In Anbar Province
The Iraq government has lost control of the strategic city of Falluja, west of Baghdad, sa...
published: 13 Jan 2014
Iraqi Militants In Heavy Clashes With The Iraqi Army In Anbar Province
Iraqi Militants In Heavy Clashes With The Iraqi Army In Anbar Province
The Iraq government has lost control of the strategic city of Falluja, west of Baghdad, say officials and witnesses. Al-Qaeda-linked militants now control the south of the city. An Iraqi reporter there says tribesmen allied with al-Qaeda hold the rest of Falluja. The United States said it would speed up its deliveries of missiles and surveillance drones to Iraq as the Baghdad government battles a resurgence of Al-Qaeda linked militants. The White House, meanwhile, dismissed claims that the fighting, which has seen militants retake the city of Fallujah, was a result of President Barack Obama's decision to withdraw US troops. Two Iraqi Army soldiers were wounded when an Improvised Explosive Device exploded to the north of Babel province showing that the fighting is spreading over Iraq. "Unidentified gunmen emplaced a bomb nearby a security checkpoint, that belongs to the Iraqi Army/ 31st Brigade/ exploded at the entrance of Mussayib district of northern Hilla," noting that "The explosion of the IED resulted in wounding two soldiers of the security checkpoint.""The security forces blocked off the explosion area and transported the wounded soldiers to the hospital for treatment," The house of Fallujah Police Commander was detonated by gunmen on Monday. "The house of the Colonel Mohamed Allawi, the police commander of Fallujah Police Forces, was detonated by gunmen," noting that "The explosion resulted in huge material damages to the house.""The explosion did not cause any human causalities since the house was empty at the explosion time," Map of Falluja: http://adf.ly/bsdWJ Map of Ramadi: http://adf.ly/bsdcQ Like Our Facebook Page: http://on.fb.me/1h2gWju Subscribe To WarClashes: http://bit.ly/1jNCmDm- published: 13 Jan 2014
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IRAQ Security Official Confirms Fallujah City Fell Into The Hands Of ISIL Jihadist 4Jan2014
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IRAQ Security Official Confirms Fallujah City Fell Into The Hands Of ISIL Jihadist 4Jan2014
IRAQ Security Official Confirms Fallujah City Fell Into The Hands Of ISIL Jihadist 4Jan2014
How To Go To Heaven: http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/how_to_be_saved.html http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/01/04/343630/fallujah-outside-iraqi-govt-control/ Iraq loses control of Fallujah to militants: Security official Sat Jan 4, 2014 A senior Iraqi security official in Anbar Province says the government has lost control of the western city of Fallujah to al-Qaeda-linked militants. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official said on Saturday that the flashpoint city "is under the control" of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which operates in Iraq and Syria, AFP reported. The cities of Fallujah and Ramadi in Anbar Province have been the scene of deadly clashes between security forces and al-Qaeda-affiliated militants over the past days. The fighting left more than 100 people dead in Ramadi and Fallujah on Friday, security officials said. The violence broke out on Monday when the army removed an anti-government camp in Ramadi. Authorities said the camp was used as "headquarters for the leadership of al-Qaeda." But the move prompted 44 Iraqi MPs to announce their resignation and call for "the withdrawal of the army." The withdrawal cleared the way for the ISIL militants. The people of Fallujah and Ramadi soon called for the return of the army to the restive cities to restore order and confront pro-al-Qaeda militants.- published: 06 Jan 2014
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Iraqi Prime Minister Wants Al-Qaeda Out Of Fallujah
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has urged residents of the embattled city of Fallujah to...
published: 06 Jan 2014
Iraqi Prime Minister Wants Al-Qaeda Out Of Fallujah
Iraqi Prime Minister Wants Al-Qaeda Out Of Fallujah
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has urged residents of the embattled city of Fallujah to force out insurgents linked to al-Qaeda who have taken control there. Mr Maliki said if the people expelled what he called terrorists, they would be spared military action. Iraqi forces are preparing to recapture the city, which has been out of government control for days. Hundreds have fled to escape shelling and air strikes by government forces. Mr Maliki called on "the people of Fallujah and its tribes to expel the terrorists" so "their areas are not subjected to the danger of armed clashes," state television reported. The former Iraqi national security adviser, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, has told the BBC it was impossible to defend all of Iraq from attacks by the al-Qaeda-linked militants the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, known as Isis. "This can happen and probably will happen in future because you can't put millions and millions and millions of Iraqis under arms and protect every street all over the country. "These guys [the militants], they are highly motivated, they are very well-trained, they can do this because they are brainwashed, their understanding of Islam is highly selective. They are brutal. They are ruthless. They are after anarchy." An adviser to the prime minister, Saad al-Mutalabi, has told the BBC that insurgents had smuggled weapons into the city from the war in neighbouring Syria. "Because of what is happening in Syria and the new ammunition and missiles they received from Saudi Arabia into Syria, they managed to smuggle quite a vast quantity of equipment to fight the Iraqi people." Fighting is also continuing in Ramadi, also in Anbar province, parts of which are in the hands of militants. Both the US and Iran have offered military support, though not troops. Emblematic Fallujah is a highly symbolic city for many Iraqis, particularly Sunni Arabs, say correspondents. It is remembered for the battles fought there between insurgents and US-backed forces in 2004. The latest upsurge in violence in Anbar began after troops broke up a protest camp by Sunni Arabs in the city of Ramadi last month. Separately on Sunday, bombs in the capital Baghdad left at least 19 people dead. The deadliest attack, which police and medical sources told Reuters had killed nine and wounded 25, was in the Shia district of Shaab. The fighting in Anbar comes against the backdrop of swelling anger among Sunni Arabs at what they say is their marginalisation by the Shia-led government. They say their minority community is being targeted by anti-terrorism measures implemented to stem the surge in sectarian violence. For many Fallujah residents, the Iraqi army is serving the "sectarian" agenda of Prime Minister Maliki's Shia-led government, says BBC Arabic analyst Ahmed Maher. But among other Iraqis, Fallujah is also known as the "city of terrorism" as it served as the nucleus of al-Qaeda in their country. After the US-led invasion in 2003, al-Qaeda based itself in Fallujah where several beheadings and killings of foreigners took place. In recent months, Sunni militants have stepped up attacks across Iraq, while Shia groups began deadly reprisals - raising fears of a return to full-scale sectarian conflict.- published: 06 Jan 2014
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