Displaced Iraqis cross Bzeibez bridge to flee IS surge in Ramadi More than 2,000 displaced Iraqis were able Wednesday to flee the conflict-torn province of Anbar after the authorities opened a bridge that had been closed for three days. The fighting that led to the capture by the Islamic State of the provincial capital of Anbar on Sunday forced around 40,000 people to flee their homes, and ,any had massed at the Bzeibez floating bridge to cross into Baghdad but were prevented from going any further by security forces. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES