Published on 23 Jan 2014
U.S. forces are sending weapons to arm Iraqi attack helicopters in an all-out war against Al-Qaeda
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The Anbar Province was where the Tribes challenged the Al Qaeda and had them rolled back with an alliance.
The quasi-secular Tribal Resistance movement was called The Awakening.
The eruption of violence this time indicates the Awakening Movement has collapsed and Al Qaeda has come back with vengeance.
Heavy gunfights rage at fallujah and provincial towns between Iraqi Government forces and Al Qaeda backed militias.
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2 Jan 2014 Courtesy Al Jazeera
A powerful explosion in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut – stronghold of the Shia armed group Hezbollah – has killed at least five people and left another 20 wounded.Al Jazeera’s Rula Amin, reporting from Beirut, said the explosion was a “major violation” of Hezbollah’s security in the area as it was home to many Hezbollah buildings and officials.
The New year began with bombings in Russia and now Lebanon.
This Terror strike is between Sunni and Shiite militias in retaliation to the former attacked last week- killing a cabinet minister.