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IS seizes government HQ in Iraq's Ramadi
Iraqi air force dropped weapons to IS militants in Bajji 'by mistake'Islamic State fighters took over the main government compound in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Friday, giving them nearly full control over Anbar's provincial capital, the group and officials said.
The militants seized the government complex at around 2pm (1100 GMT) and raised the IS's black flag, capping an offensive launched on Thursday, a police officer said.
IS "now occupies the government centre in Ramadi and has also raised its flag over the police HQ for Anbar," the police major told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The group itself issued a statement in which it said its fighters broke into the "government complex in the centre of Ramadi".
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