Iraq Isis News: Islamic State Threatens Baghdad as Anbar Province's Fall Nears

[Purveyor]

Source: International Business Times UK

By Umberto Bacchi
October 10, 2014 17:10 BST

Islamic State fighters have closed in on Baghdad and are now reported to be less than 10 miles away from the Iraqi capital.

Some units of the extremist group, previously known as Isis, have reached the suburb of Abu Ghraib, home to the infamous prison, which lies only eight miles from Baghdad international airport, according to CBS news.

Although the Iraqi army is said to be still in control of the district, the development sheds a worrying light on the government's ability to stop IS advance.

Despite US-led airstrikes against them, the jihadist group has made substantial gains in the western Anbar province in recent weeks.


Read more: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/iraq-isis-news-islamic-state-threatens-baghdad-anbar-provinces-fall-nears-1469462

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. Okay, they've supposedly been in the area for at least a week.

So where's the military response?

And what is ISIS doing?

[AngryAmish]

2. It has fallen

Anbar population wants ISIS. ISIL is their cousins.

[TwilightGardener]

4. ISIS has been in Anbar for a while. It's just that they're

continually able to outmaneuver or scare the Iraqis into giving up more ground or getting cut off. Anbar is where ISIS was born, as AQ/Iraq. They know the territory, and have some Sunni support there, unfortunately.

[quadrature]

3. ISIS appears to be winning, if that amswers your question.

Setting Syria on fire was a
dumb move.