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Originally Posted by Cool Beans

"BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militants took a town an hour from Baghdad that is home to four natural gas fields on Thursday, another gain by Sunni insurgents who have swiftly taken large areas to the north and west of the Iraqi capital."

Yes ,this has been a well planned strategy on their part, and having announced when we would withdraw gave them the time to plan and the right time to execute it.