Victory in Anbar - washingtonpost.com

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the month before President Bush announced the "surge" strategy for Iraq, 47 U.S. soldiers died in Anbar province, which many in Washington had written off as lost to al-Qaeda. During 2008 thus far, the American death count in Anbar stands at 24 -- including just two killed by hostile fire during the past two months. That is one measure of the dramatic turnaround in the war over the past 20 months -- and explains why on Monday U.S. commanders could turn over control of what was once the heartland of the insurgency to the Iraqi army. Though there is, as ever, reason for concern about the future of the Sunni province, this is a significant success.

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