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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants claimed full control of the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday in the biggest defeat for the Baghdad government since last summer.
Ramadi is the capital of Iraq's western Anbar province, which is dominated by Sunni Muslims. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi signed off on the deployment of Shi'ite militias to attempt to seize back the area, a move he had previously resisted for fear of provoking a sectarian backlash.
Earlier, security sources said government forces evacuated a key military base after it came under attack by the insurgents, who had already taken one of the last districts still holding out.
The Iraqi government had vowed to liberate Anbar after routing the militants from the city of Tikrit last month. But the security forces, which partly disintegrated under an Islamic State onslaught last June, have struggled to gain traction in the vast desert province.
An officer who withdrew from the besieged army base said the militants were urging them via loudspeaker to discard their weapons, promising to show mercy in return.
"Most of the troops withdrew from the operations command headquarters and Daesh fighters managed to break in from the southern gate," the officer said. Daesh is an Arabic name for Islamic State.
"We are retreating to the west to reach a safe area".
http://news.yahoo.com/iraqs-anbar-total-collapse-brink-falling-islamic-state-145804625.html
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Iraqis shut gates of Baghdad to desperate families fleeing terror
Over 20,000 trapped in no man's land at the mercy of advancing ISIS horde after the fall of Ramadi
Thousands are stranded between ISIS-held Ramadi and the city of Baghdad
Refused entry to Iraqi capital because of concerns they could be militants
ISIS has reportedly taken control of a village between Ramadi and Fallujah
Indicates the terror group are moving eastwards towards the Iraqi capital
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...d-mercy-advancing-ISIS-horde-fall-Ramadi.html
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants claimed full control of the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday in the biggest defeat for the Baghdad government since last summer.
Ramadi is the capital of Iraq's western Anbar province, which is dominated by Sunni Muslims. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi signed off on the deployment of Shi'ite militias to attempt to seize back the area, a move he had previously resisted for fear of provoking a sectarian backlash.
Earlier, security sources said government forces evacuated a key military base after it came under attack by the insurgents, who had already taken one of the last districts still holding out.
The Iraqi government had vowed to liberate Anbar after routing the militants from the city of Tikrit last month. But the security forces, which partly disintegrated under an Islamic State onslaught last June, have struggled to gain traction in the vast desert province.
An officer who withdrew from the besieged army base said the militants were urging them via loudspeaker to discard their weapons, promising to show mercy in return.
"Most of the troops withdrew from the operations command headquarters and Daesh fighters managed to break in from the southern gate," the officer said. Daesh is an Arabic name for Islamic State.
"We are retreating to the west to reach a safe area".
http://news.yahoo.com/iraqs-anbar-total-collapse-brink-falling-islamic-state-145804625.html
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Iraqis shut gates of Baghdad to desperate families fleeing terror
Over 20,000 trapped in no man's land at the mercy of advancing ISIS horde after the fall of Ramadi
Thousands are stranded between ISIS-held Ramadi and the city of Baghdad
Refused entry to Iraqi capital because of concerns they could be militants
ISIS has reportedly taken control of a village between Ramadi and Fallujah
Indicates the terror group are moving eastwards towards the Iraqi capital
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...d-mercy-advancing-ISIS-horde-fall-Ramadi.html
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