The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. December 28, 2015 Iraqi Military Says It Has "Liberated" Ramadi --------------------------------------------- The Iraqi military says it has "liberated" the city of Ramadi from the self-proclaimed Islamic State. ISIS seized Ramadi in May, marking a humiliating defeat for the Iraqi army. For weeks, Iraqi forces backed by U.S.-led airstrikes have sought to retake Ramadi. .