If Ramadi falls?
Over 100,000 people have fled fighting in Anbar province as fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group advanced on Ramadi. This comes after officials sent out a warning that the city could fall. Many of those wound up in Baghdad and brought with them tales of brutality and woe. Some, however, were […]Imran Khan writes for Al Jazeera:
Over 100,000 people have fled fighting in Anbar province as fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group advanced on Ramadi. This comes after officials sent out a warning that the city could fall. Many of those wound up in Baghdad and brought with them tales of brutality and woe. Some, however, were more blunt, blaming the government for letting Anbar descend into chaos and therefore allowing ISIL to take huge chunks of the province. But why is Ramadi so important? For a start it's symbolic. It's the largest city in Anbar and is the capital of the province.
