al-Anbar

"I know very well that this [pastor] does not represent the American nation," Aldulaymee, the imam of Iraq's al-Anbar mosque, continued.

Obama renews call for religious tolerance after Koran-burning canceled 2010

A year ago, I reported that real progress had been made in al-Anbar province -- but that our intelligence community was extremely pessimistic about the Shi'ites and Sunnis getting their act together to actually govern the country.

How Actual Journalism Works - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

They are to be congratulated for the transformation of al-Anbar province into a peaceful place, the largely successful campaign against Al Qaeda in Iraq and the success in the suppression of violence in many Baghdad neighborhoods, through the use of Counterinsurgency tactics.

The Petraeus Testimony - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  Gates stopped in al-Anbar Province on his way to Baghdad to mark the formal end of U.S. combat operations in the country.

Gates Visits Birthplace of Iraqi Turnaround 2010

Here I thought the decreased violence had something to do with the ceasefire the Iranians brokered between al-Sadr and the Iraqi government, or the (pre-surge) decision of Sunni tribesmen in al-Anbar province to turn against al-Qaeda, or the successful ethnic cleansing of Sunnis in Baghdad.

One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other | ATTACKERMAN 2008

David Petraeus saw the anti-AQ mood in al-Anbar province when he arrived in Iraq in 2007 and wisely decided to cultivate it throughout the country.

The Tide Turns Against Al Qaeda - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

Those in al-Anbar who had once supported, and had been supported by, Saddam Hussein, and then had initially supported the resistance became far keener to work with occupation forces as they saw their power eroded by al-Qaeda-in-Iraq.

Dahr Jamail: Iraq's "Teflon Don" 2009

In late 2006, roughly speaking, months before George W. Bush's "surge" strategy sent 30,000 more American troops into Baghdad and surrounding areas, the U.S. began making down-payments on the cooperation of local al-Anbar tribal sheiks and started funding and arming the Sunni militias they were then organizing.

Dahr Jamail: Iraq's "Teflon Don" 2009

The main goal of the Americans was never the reconstruction of devastated al-Anbar Province.

Dahr Jamail: Iraq's "Teflon Don" 2009

We were able to do this in al-Anbar [province] in Iraq.

Can the War in Afghanistan Still Be Won? 2009