Deadly Clashes Between Iraqi Forces and Tribal Fighters in Anbar
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/31/world/middleeast
By YASIR GHAZI
Published: December 30, 2013
BAGHDAD Heavy fighting erupted on Monday between government security forces and tribal gunmen when the police moved to dismantle a Sunni protesters camp in Ramadi, west of Baghdad in Anbar Province, police and local officials said. At least 17 people died in the clashes, according to a security official.
Battles also broke out in other parts of the province, including Falluja. The security official, who asked not to be named, said that 12 civilians were killed and 26 were wounded in fighting in Ramadi and Hit, a nearby city. In Falluja, the official said, five soldiers were killed and 15 people were wounded.
In scenes reminiscent of 2005, when Anbar was under the control of militants, tribal fighters in Ramadi deployed two tanks and seven Humvees they had seized from the military.
We will not kneel to the army of Maliki he should know that dealing with the people of Anbar is no picnic, a tribal fighter in Ramadi said, referring to Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq. He thought that he can deceive the world by fighting Al Qaeda, but in reality he is fighting the Sunnis.
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4Q2u2
(1,406 posts)Every one remembers Fallujah but Ramadi was worse and more dangerous back in the day. Hit was not picnic either, confined area with small roads and lots of choke points, ambush heaven. Not to mention the open cut sewer system made the place just awful smelling. One of the old Mayors of Hit disappeared with a couple million dollars in American cash and has never been heard of again.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/03/AR2006080301711.html
Eugene
(61,872 posts)Source: Al Jazeera
Last updated: 30 Dec 2013 23:51
Forty-four Iraqi MPs have announced their resignation over violence in Anbar province, just days after a deadly raid on the home of a Sunni lawmaker in the area.
Fighting erupted when police broke up a Sunni Muslim protest camp on Monday, leaving at least 13 people dead, police and medical sources said.
The camp has been an irritant to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Shia-led government since protesters set it up a year ago to demonstrate against what they see as marginalisation of their sect.
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The MPs who stepped down after the latest bout of violence demanded "the withdrawal of the army... and the release of MP Ahmed al-Alwani," a Sunni of the Iraqiya bloc who was arrested during a deadly raid on Saturday.
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Read more: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/12/iraq-anbar-violence-20131230222045598880.html