Anbar Province

Al-Qaida Infiltrating Iraq Security Forces: Sunni Awakening Commander

Time | Posted 05.01.2009 | World


Sheikh Hamid al-Hayess is not optimistic. A burly man with a thick black moustache and closely knitted brows, he is one of the founding members of the...

(Re-) Creating Anbar's Awakening

Gabriel Ledeen | Posted 04.27.2009 | World


Gabriel Ledeen

Describing the Anbar Awakening movement as a miraculous Sunni uprising blinds us to the lessons we ought to have learned.

Jeff Mahaffey's War

S.D. Liddick | Posted 01.27.2009 | Politics


S.D. Liddick

Sergeant Jeff Mahaffey's QRF (Quick Reaction Force) team is composed of 12 Marines and a medic. It is on call at all times. You could say Mahaffey's boys are the modern-day cavalry.

Iraq Jail Riot Leaves 13 Dead And 4 Escaped, Say Police

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 01.26.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — Four suspected al-Qaida in Iraq insurgents broke out of jail during a riot Friday that killed six police officers and seven prisoners ...

Remember Haditha, Murtha and Marines?

Hal Donahue | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics


Hal Donahue

The right wing spin doctors raise money off the very name Murtha but what really came out of the Haditha investigations? Not what you think.

Iraqis Take Control Of Once Bloody Anbar Province

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 10.02.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD — American forces on Monday handed over security responsibility to the Iraqis in a province that the U.S. once feared was lost _ a sign ...

Anbar Province Will Transfer To Iraqis Tomorrow: US Troops On Alert

AFP | Bassem al-Anbari | Posted 10.01.2008 | Home


RAMADI, Iraq (AFP) - Iraqi and US forces were on alert on Sunday in the western Sunni province of Anbar ahead of the transfer of security in the deser...

U.S. To Hand Over Security In Anbar To The Iraqis

The New York Times | Erica Goode | Posted 09.28.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD -- The American military will hand over responsibility for the security of Anbar Province, once a stronghold of the Sunni insurgency and one o...

The Surge or the Surge?

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics


Ilan Goldenberg

When McCain went on CBS, he completely bungled the facts about the surge and demonstrated that he had no idea of how the the counterinsurgency or Anbar Awakening played out.

Jason Linkins

Scarborough Defames Bloggers Who Are Right On 'Surge'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics


For all of my ideological differences with the man, I've always appreciated the way MSNBC's Joe Scarborough has seemed to applaud and encourage people...

Seth Colter Walls

McCain Tries To Cover Surge Mistake With Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics


In a quote to the AP, John McCain's rapid response man delivered the campaign's first reaction to the news that the Arizona Republican bungled the his...

Seth Colter Walls

McCain Gets History Of The Surge Wrong, CBS Doesn't Air Footage

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics


***UPDATED BELOW*** During a CBS interview on Tuesday, John McCain made a stone cold error on a subject about which he claims expert knowledge: the "...

American-Armed Sunnis Attack Iraq Police Forces

AFP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Hundreds of members of an anti-Al-Qaeda front in Iraq's central city of Baquba on Friday donned keffiyeh headdresses and took to the streets demanding...

A Marine's Order: Feed The Hand That Bit You

NYT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


CAPT. SEAN MILLER shook his head like a big brother. He and his marines had just walked by a cluster of large orange garbage bins, American-bought, fr...

All Iraqi Groups Blame US Invasion For Discord, Study Shows

Washington Post | Karen DeYoung | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Iraqis of all sectarian and ethnic groups believe that the U.S. military invasion is the primary root of the violent differences among them, and see t...