Control of Anbar province handed to Iraqis!
Posted by Carlos C. on Monday, September 1st, 2008 at 7:47 am
BAGHDAD (AP) - The U.S. military has handed over security control of the western province of Anbar to Iraqi forces.
The province was once a hotbed of the Sunni Arab insurgency, and the scene of some of the bloodiest battles of the Iraq war.
The handover marks a major milestone in America’s strategy of turning security over to the Iraqis so U.S. troops can eventually go home.
In the ceremony Monday in the provincial capital of Ramadi, the top American commander in Anbar, Marine Maj. Gen. John Kelly, said al-Qaida has not been entirely defeated in Anbar. But he said, “their end is near.”
Amazing!
The fighting in the Anbar province, as well as the lawlessness and the despair that existed there, became a talking point for anti-war liberals who wanted to pull the troops out and go home. However, the U.S. military remained, and are still, resilient, they overcame many obstacles, and won the fight! They have decimated Al Qaeda in the Anbar province and are now hunting Al Qaeda’s remnants. This is victory! This is success! And soon our troops will come home with the honor that they have earned.
Oh, and of course, the surge worked.
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