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Anbar in crisis amidst withering al-Qaida offensive

Exploiting the porous borders and vast desert of Iraq's biggest province, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham is waging an ambitious battle for control of Anbar.
At a funeral in Najaf, on April 28, 2013, relatives carry the coffin of an Iraqi soldier killed by militants in Anbar province. (HAIDER ALA/Reuters)
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