More than a quarter of US troops killed in Iraq have died in Anbar The US military is preparing to hand control of Anbar province, once the centre of Iraq's Sunni insurgency, to the Iraqi government. The province began a transformation in late 2006 as former insurgents turned against al-Qaeda and became US allies. More than a quarter of all US soldiers killed in Iraq have died in Anbar, which is Iraq's biggest... [read full story]
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Iraqi forces on Monday took control of mostly Sunni Anbar Province, once the most explosive battlefield in Iraq, from the US military, symbolizing the growing security gains in the war-torn country. The transfer ceremony...
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