ISIS occupies ramadi street in Iraq (22-11-2014)
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Islamic State militants mounted a fresh offensive to capture the capital of Iraqs largest province in a bid to extend its control over the majority of the countrys Sunni towns and cities.
The al-Qaeda breakaway group sought to seize control of the regional council of Anbar in the city of Ramadi, 90 kilometers (56 miles) west of Baghdad, before being repelled by airstrikes and tribal fighters, local officials said late yesterday. The offensive prompted Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi to order the military to arm citizens in the province after tribal leaders and politicians complained of inadequate government support.
Islamic State holds parts of Anbar including the city of Fallujah, scene of violent battles between U.S. forces and al-Qaeda during Iraqs last round of sectarian conflict more than five years ago. The fall of Ramadi would deal a blow to efforts to curb Islamic State, which declared a so-called caliphate in areas under its control in Syria and Iraq in June after capturing Mosul, the most-populated city in northern Iraq.
Unfortunately the central governments support so far is very weak, Faleh al-Issawi, deputy head of the Anbar provincial council, said by phone from Ramadi.
Iraqs Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi ordered to provide air support for fighters in Anbar and instructed the military to boost its presence in the province, his office announced yesterday. Close
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Iraqs Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi ordered to provide air support for fighters in Anbar and instructed the military to boost its presence in the province, his office announced yesterday.
North of Baghdad, Kurdish Peshmerga forces, aided by the Iraqi army and militias, were successful in driving Islamic State fighters from two towns, clearing a main road from the capital to the border with Iran, according to a statement posted on the Kurdistan Democratic website.
Tahseen al-Khafaji, spokesman for Iraqs ministry of defense, said in a phone interview yesterday that the military operation to recapture the Jalawla and Saadiya districts from Islamic State fighters are being wrapped up.
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AP Photo, File FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, June 25, 2014, fighters of the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) parade in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. We cant stop this thing, but we can limit it, a former Islamic State group commander told the Associated Press of the Sunni militant groups ambition to create a self-styled caliphate. Daesh has nothing to lose, he added, using the groups Arabic acronym. They like it when (they are) hot in the news. The former commander was interviewed at an Iraqi prison where he is now held and works as an informant.
BAGHDAD The former Islamic State group commander walked into the visitors' room of his Baghdad prison, without the usual yellow jumpsuit and shackles his fellow inmates wear. In slippers and a track suit, he greeted guards with a big smile, kissing them on the cheeks.
The scene testifies to the strange path of Abu Shakr, a 36-year-old who joined al-Qaida out of anger over treatment of Iraq's Sunnis and rose in the group as it transformed into the extremist juggernaut now called the Islamic State. Finally, he became an informant against the group after his capture.
Arrested in late 2013, he was presented a choice by Iraqi security officials: Help them against the extremists and in return he would get jailhouse perks. Now with relatively free rein inside the confines of a maximum security prison complex, Abu Shakr can play with his five children, enjoy supervised visits and buddy up with the guards.
Security officials say he has given them guidance on the extremists' tactics and helped them find, capture and interrogate suspected militants. In Salahuddin province, a key front line north of Baghdad, he helped the military win back key areas this week, including the town of Beiji, where troops secured Iraq's largest oil refinery.
He clearly has been willing to act against his former group in return for access to his family and perhaps, implicitly, to prevent any government action against them. But his personal sentiment toward the militants is hard to gauge. Speaking to The Associated Press, he didn't express any remorse for his involvement in the group or directly denounce its actions or talk of any ideological conversion. He only said he never liked the group's ferocious targeting of Shiites and Christians. "It was not supposed to be this way," he said.
"We can't stop this thing, but we can limit it," he said of the Sunni militant group. "Daesh has nothing to lose," he added, using its Arabic acronym.
He spoke to the AP with various prison guards coming in and out of the room and with an intelligence official with whom he works closely present for part of the time. He spoke on condition he be identified only by his nom de guerre to protect his family. IS militants have issued numerous death threats against him.
Abu Shakr's drive to wage jihad was twofold: He said he was enraged by the U.S.-led occupation in Iraq that overthrew Saddam Hussein in 2003 and bitter toward the new Shiite-led government that Sunnis feel discriminates against them.
A graduate of Baghdad University, he joined al-Qaida's branch in Iraq in 2007. His reasoning, he said: "If we invaded America, what would be the reaction? The American people ... would resist, of course."
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BAGHDAD Authorities in Iraq say a car bomb explosion at an outdoor market south of Baghdad has killed seven people.
Police officials say the attack took place Sunday morning in the busy market in the town of Youssifiyah, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the capital. They say the blast killed seven people and wounded 16.
A medical official confirmed the casualties. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to journalists.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blast.
Iraq is facing its worst crisis since the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. troops as the Islamic State group is in control of about a third of the country. U.S.-led airstrikes now target the militants in Iraq and in Syria.
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