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FALLUJAH, Iraq, Feb. 4 (UPI) — Amid sustained shelling, Iraq’s military is getting ready to mount major assaults against al-Qaida forces who seized large areas of the western cities of Fallujah and Ramadi Dec. 30.
Iraq intensifies Fallujah shelling, gets ready for assault – UPI.com – 2/4/2014.
Problem: First page up on YouTube for “Fallujah” and all I see comes by way of RT or PressTV.
Propaganda.
Plus video game “footage”.
And old footage.
Fallujah is dark.
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The Iraqi armed forces, working with tribal fighters in Anbar province killed 40 fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), destroyed weapons and seized four ISIS headquarters in the city of Fallujah this week.
Iraqi army kills 40 ISIS fighters in Fallujah | Al Bawaba – 1/31/2014.
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I’m not ashamed to run yesterday’s news.
Last weeks, last month’s, last year’s, years ago — that’s a problem.
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The Iraqi defense ministry has announced that 50 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were killed in Saturday’s and Sunday’s aerial bombardment and artillery assaults as government forces and local militias targeted ISIL fighters in the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah.
Preparation fire: Iraqi army kills 50 militants in Fallujah artillery, air strikes — RT News – 2/3/2014.
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Government forces are reportedly stationed 15 minutes from Fallujah, awaiting a final go-ahead from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to launch their invasion. For several weeks the city has been subjected to indiscriminate artillery fire and aerial strikes that have killed an unknown number of civilians, and a blockade that has restricted access to food, medicine and water.
Iraqi military bombs Fallujah ahead of ground assault – World Socialist Web Site – 2/4/2014!
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Attacks in and around Baghdad killed seven people on Tuesday as Iraqi forces made steady progress against militants in conflict-hit Anbar province where the government lost key territory weeks ago.
The bloodshed comes after more than 1,000 people were killed in January, the worst monthly death toll in nearly six years . . . .
Renewed Iraq bloodshed as army progresses in Anbar – Al Arabiya News – 2/4/2014.
Related: Anbar province headed toward isolation – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East – 2/3/2014.
All of that above seems thin even for an aggregation-and-comment blog.
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(Reuters) – Rockets hit Baghdad’s heavily fortified “Green Zone”, home to the prime minister’s office and several Western embassies, on Tuesday and car bombs elsewhere in the capital killed 10 people, police and medical sources said.
Two rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone, car bombs kill 10 | Reuters – 2/4/2014.
Perhaps I was scanning news for the wrong city.
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Baghdad twin blasts kill at least 4 civilians – YouTube – 2/4/2014.
Additional Reference
AFP: Baghdad attacks kill 24 as Iraq presses Anbar assault – 2/3/2014.
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