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llujah on Jan. 25, after a month of anti-government protests in Anbar, Nineveh and Salahuddin provinces and elsewhere for which thousands turned out. Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Iranian-backed Shiite militias are re-mobilizing. Iraq teeters on the brink of renewed insurgency and, potentially, civil war. This cris
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027116 →t unnoticed in the United States. Iraqi army troops killed five Sunni protesters in Fallujah on Jan. 25, after a month of anti-government protests in Anbar, Nineveh and Salahuddin provinces and elsewhere for which thousands turned out. Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Iranian-backed Shiite militias are re-mobilizing
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027116 →llujah on Jan. 25, after a month of anti-government protests in Anbar, Nineveh and Salahuddin provinces and elsewhere for which thousands turned out. Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Iranian-backed Shiite militias are re-mobilizing. Iraq teeters on the brink of renewed insurgency and, potentially, civil war. This crisi
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028742 →t unnoticed in the United States. Iraqi army troops killed five Sunni protesters in Fallujah on Jan. 25, after a month of anti-government protests in Anbar, Nineveh and Salahuddin provinces and elsewhere for which thousands turned out. Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Iranian-backed Shiite militias are re-mobilizing
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028742 →the recent $3 billion dollar loan given to its armed forces by the Saudi Arabian government. Iraq: A significant number of jihadists with links to al-Qaida and fighters in Syria—in particular, members of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS)—have moved into Fallujah and Ramadi in Anb
ida and fighters in Syria—in particular, members of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS)—have moved into Fallujah and Ramadi in Anbar province in Iraq. This is the first time militants have retained such flagrant control in major cities since the peak of the violent insurgency that
yst cited by the Journal, remarked, "Iran's geopolitical policies have failed. We have lost Hamas, overstretched Hezbollah in Lebanon, and now have al Qaeda spilling from Syria to Iraq." Iran benefits most, so the doves appear to reason, when the Sunnis are not being driven into an alliance out of fear
as the years go on, the oil in Kirkuk would be a tempting ISIS target. One question is whether ISIS has learned from its failed reign of terror in Anbar province in 2005 and 2006, when it alienated local Sunni sheiks through sheer brutality and drove them into an alliance with the U.S. military. Fro
se. Of particular concern is the Sunni-dominated Anbar province and its city of Fallujah, where the government is not in control EFTA00684086 and al-Qaida-inspired militants and tribesmen vie for power. However, with an ever-growing Sunni estrangement from politics, the absence of Sunni unity (with som
ist networks the opportunity to build links across the Iraq-Syria border and expand their support base. Of particular concern is the Sunni-dominated Anbar province and its city of Fallujah, where the government is not in control EFTA00684086 and al-Qaida-inspired militants and tribesmen vie for power
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