Iraqi Army Prepares to Storm Fallujah

Iraqi security forces are preparing to storm Falluja and break a month-long standoff with militants who control the city, senior security officials and troops told Reuters on Saturday.   Anti-government fighters, among them militants from the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), overran two cities in the Sunni-dominated western province of Anbar bordering Syria on Jan. 1. Iraqi government forces have since regained control over most of Ramadi, but Falluja...

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