quarta-feira, 8 de janeiro de 2014

Iraq: Departing people, arrive the tanks to Fallujah

The city on the banks of the Euphrates River has been the scene of clashes between insurgents with links to Al-Qaida, who have taken control of Fallujah, and Government forces, which are preparing for a "final assault" the Iraqi city.

The Shiite Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, wants to avoid at all costs a new conflict with Sunnis and has successively postponed a big dirty to Fallujah. This Wednesday, the head of the Government's "appeal to the people and tribal leaders to unite in rejection" of the rebels and reiterated the promise "not to use force while the tribes are willing to fight and to expel Al-Qaeda".

In recent days, more than 13 thousand families have fled Fallujah, according to Red Crescent have provided aid to about 8000 households. Head mostly to Kerbala in search of refuge. Bring in memory the bombing and the fighting in the region of Al-Anbar, where the allies of Al-Qaida want to establish the Islamic State dreamt by Bin Laden.

Leave people, arrive the tanks that prepare the big dirty against the positions of the rebels of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, who control Fallujah and Ramadi.

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