Qaeda controls town in wake of U.S. troops withdrawal

Mohammed Fadhel, Azzaman
Members of al-Qaeda group have retaken a strategic town, some 70 kilometers south of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, members of parliament said.The MPs said Tuz Khormato, a predominantly Shiite town, was now in the hands of 'al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia’, the group’s official appellation. The MPs gave no reason for the unexpected withdrawal of U.S. Marines from the town... continua / continued