Anbar Province

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Al-Qaida Infiltrating Iraq Security Forces: Sunni Awakening Commander

Time | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: Al Qaida, Sunni Awakening Fighters, Anbar Province, Foreign Affairs, Qaeda Infiltration, Anbar Awakening, Sahwa, Al-Qaida in Iraq, Iraq, Sunni Awakening, Nouri Al Maliki, Advocacy, Al Qaeda, World News

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...

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(Re-) Creating Anbar's Awakening

Gabriel Ledeen | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan War, Anbar, Afghanistan, Anbar Province, Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Global War on Terror, Iraq, Anbar Awakening, Iraq Anniversary, War in Iraq, Anbar Surge, Counterinsurgency, War on Terror, Veterans, World News

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

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Jeff Mahaffey's War

S.D. Liddick | Posted 01.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anbar Province, Haditha, Iraq, Marines, Qrf, Iraq War, Warwire, Politics News

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.

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

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 01.26.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Jail Riot, Ramadi Jail, Ramadi, Anbar Province, War Wire, Iraq Jail, Riot in Iraq, Al-Qaida in Iraq, Iraq, Jailbreak in Iraq, Iraq Jailbreak, World News

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

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Remember Haditha, Murtha and Marines?

Hal Donahue | Posted 10.27.2008 | 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 10.02.2008 | 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 10.01.2008 | 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 09.28.2008 | 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 07.31.2008 | 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 07.31.2008 | 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 07.31.2008 | 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 07.30.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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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A Marine's Order: Feed The Hand That Bit You

NYT | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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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