Monday, May 30, 2016

Iraqi army storms to edge of Islamic State-held Falluja as fresh bombings hit Baghdad

By Saif Hameed and Kareem Raheem, Associated Press

The Iraqi army stormed to the southern edge of Falluja under U.S. air support on Monday, launching a direct assault to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) militants and help protect the nearby capital Baghdad from suicide bombings.

As government forces pressed their onslaught, a car bomb as well as suicide bombers driving a car and a motorcycle killed more than 20 people and injured over 50 in three districts of Baghdad, police and medical sources said.

Bolstered by Iranian-backed Shi'ite Muslim militia, the Iraqi army launched its operation to recover Falluja on May 23, first by tightening a six-month-old siege around the city 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad.


Commentary by: Lynn Cheramie, Founder, Freedom Fighters of America

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