Dam takeover highlights worsening Anbar violence
As militants seize control of a dam in Fallujah, the government is planning for April 30 elections in which worsening security problems will not allow many Anbar residents to vote.
Iraqi men move a boat that was stuck on the banks of the Euphrates river in Twairij, roughly 20 kilometers east of Karbala, due to a decline in the water level after supplies were blocked by anti-government fighters who control access to the Fallujah dam further upstream in conflict-hit Anbar province on April 8, 2014. (MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP/Getty Images)
FALLUJAH - The militants controlling the Fallujah dam were skeptical at first, reluctant to grant an interview with their leader.
But after a thorough questioning, a pat-down, confiscation of mobile phones, and an agreement to preserve the anonymity of the fighters, Iraq Oil Report was introduced to a man who called himself only "al-Hajji."
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