The U.S. war in Iraq may have ended more than 2 years ago, but Washington's now rushing an emergency shipment of drones and missiles to the country. The firepower's designed to help the Iraqi government retake the city of Fallujah, which has been overrun by al-Qaeda-linked militants.Earlier, extremist forces crossed over from neighbouring Syria, joining up with their allies already in Iraq.
The radicals want to set up an Islamic state, and their ranks are swelling with thousands of new recruits.Iraqi leaders have been struggling to control the country in the aftermath of the U.S. withdrawal 2 years ago. Iran has also offered to help Baghdad, and analysts say the Islamic state will fill the gap left by America.
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