Anbar Province

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Remember Haditha, Murtha and Marines?

Hal Donahue | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Murtha, Iraq Surge, Marines, Bailout, Anbar Province, Economy, Haditha, Iraq, Limbaugh, Al Qaeda in Iraq, Murtha Iraq War, Murtha Haditha, Politics News

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.

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Iraqis Take Control Of Once Bloody Anbar Province

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 09.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq, War Wire, Anbar Province, Home News

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 ...

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

AFP | Bassem al-Anbari | Posted 08.31.2008 | Home

Read More: War Wire, Security Transfer, Iraq, Anbar Province, Home News

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...

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

The New York Times | Erica Goode | Posted 08.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Kurds, Anbar Province, War Wire, Iraq War Wire, Iraq, Home News

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

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The Surge or the Surge?

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Mccain, Mccain Surge Gaffe, Anbar Province, Surge, John McCain Gaffe, John McCain, Politics News

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.

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Scarborough Defames Bloggers Who Are Right On 'Surge'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, Joe Scarborough, Video, Anbar Province, Bloggers, Politics News

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...

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McCain Tries To Cover Surge Mistake With Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, John McCain, Anbar Province, Politics News

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...

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Surge, Anbar Province, Barack Obama, Video, Warwire, Ben Bernanke, Politics News

***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 "...

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American-Armed Sunnis Attack Iraq Police Forces

AFP | Posted 02.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Al-Qaeda, Warwire, Success of the Surge, Anbar Province, Al-Qaida, War in Iraq, Iraq Awakening, Politics News

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...

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The Top Eleven Myths about Iraq, 2007

Michael Schwartz | Posted 01.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Salafi Jihadi, Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Success of the Surge, Anbar Province, Juan Cole, Baghdad, Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq, Iraq, Sunnis, Shiites, Politics News

The Iraq myth I find most galling is that the surge has led to the pacification of large parts of Anbar province and Baghdad.

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

NYT | Posted 12.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Anbar Province, Iraq, Politics News

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...

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All Iraqi Groups Blame US Invasion For Discord, Study Shows

Washington Post | Karen DeYoung | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Bush Administration, Warwire, Anbar Province, Sunni Insurgency, George W. Bush, AQI, Al-Qaida, Iraq Civil War, Sunni, Shiite, Al-Qaida in Iraq, Iraq, War in Iraq, Iraq Insurgency, Politics News

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...

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Holocaust Denial, American Style

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iran, Iraq War Casualities, Ahmadinejad Holocaust, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Darfur Death Toll, Iraqi Holocaust, Iraq Death Toll, Anbar Province, Opinion Research Business Poll, Iraq Ethnic Cleansing, Fallujah, Politics News

The Iraqi death toll is five times more than the estimates of killings in Darfur and even more than the genocide in Rwanda 13 years ago. Is Washington responsible for a holocaust in Iraq?

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The Progress for Iraq

Huda Ahmed | Posted 09.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Baghdad, Iraq, Anbar Province, Iraq Violence, George W. Bush, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News

The added security does not appear to be the result of Gen. Petraeus' surge, but rather because the militias of both sides have no reason to fight.

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Lying for Bush

Bill Curry | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Ryan Crocker, Iraq, General Petraeus, Baghdad, Anbar Province, Politics News

In a reasoned and informed debate the "success stories" of Baghdad and Anbar would be seen for what they are -- two more arguments for getting out.

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Director's Cut: New Video Shows the Truth in Anbar That Petraeus Does Not Want Us to See

Katie Halper | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, Iraq, Abu Risha, Anbar Province, David Petraeus, Documentary, Video, Politics News

This video report by Rick Rowley, an independent filmmaker, presents a very different picture of the Anbar Awakening.

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Reading The Pictures: Bush Hype And The Loss Of Sheikh

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.18.2007 | Media

Read More: Ryan Crocker, Iraq, General Petraeus, Anbar Province, Surge, Photo-Op, Media News

Did George Bush effectively "off" an ally -- and even undermine his Anbar strategy -- for the sake of the "surge sale" and a single photo-op?

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Where in the World is Admiral Fallon?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 09.13.2007 | Politics

Read More: Ramadi Strategy, Admiral William Fallon, General Petraeus, Success of the Surge, Anbar Province, Politics News

Does Bush not want to hear from Admiral Fallon? Doesn't he care what his top commander thinks? Or is it that he has already heard from Fallon and wants to make sure we don't hear from him?

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