Jihadist #ISIS captures Fallujah from Iraqi forces
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Smoke billows from a police car following clashes between jihadists and Iraqi forces backed by tribesmen in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, West of Baghdad, on January 1, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Azhar Shallal)
The Iraqi government has lost control of Fallujah to #al-Qaeda-linked militants, a senior security official said Saturday, after days of fighting sparked by an anti-government protest camp’s removal. Parts of the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah, west of Baghdad, have been held by militants for days. 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 minority Sunnis say is the marginalization and targeting of their community. read (...)