Gains in Iraqi city vindicate U.S.-led strategy, at high cost

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

BAGHDAD -- The advance of Iraqi forces into the heart of Ramadi, a restive city that fell to the Islamic State group earlier this year, in some ways vindicated the U.S.-led coalition's strategy for rolling back the extremists.

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