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Iraqi Forces Retreat in Wake of Islamic State Attack
(Wall Street Journal) Tamer El-Ghobashy - Iraqi security forces abandoned a military camp in the city of Hit in Anbar province after it was surrounded by Islamic State fighters, Iraqi officials said on Monday. Many people had fled to Hit during fighting in other towns and most of them have now taken refuge in the provincial capital of Ramadi, which local officials say is at imminent risk of falling to the insurgency. As recently as Sunday, the U.S. carried out airstrikes in Hit, illustrating the limits of the campaign to beat back the Islamic State's dramatic offensive in Iraq. Provincial officials in Anbar say Islamic State militants have surrounded and continue to assault Abu Ghraib, just 15 miles west of Baghdad Airport.