Islamic State takes over large portions of town near key airbase in Anbar

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The town of al Baghdadi in Iraq’s Anbar province sits close to the Al Asad airbase where over 300 US Marines are stationed. The Islamic State has taken control of large portions of the town of al Baghdadi in Iraq’s Anbar province. However, Sheikh Naim of the Albu Nimr tribe countered these claims by saying that the Islamic State now controls large portions of al Baghdadi, according to Almada. The Islamic State took credit for attacking Al Asad, in a message released in its daily radio announcements. [For more, see LWJ reports Islamic State ambushes Iraqi military column near Ramadi, Islamic State overruns Iraqi military base in Anbar, Islamic State photos highlight group’s grip on Ramadi, and Islamic State photos detail rout of Iraqi Army at Camp Saqlawiya.]