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Al Jazeera examines whether the controversial US policy of joining forces with Sunni tribes in Iraq's volatile al-Anbar province has worked, and who is paying the price. With filmmakers Rick Rowley and David Enders. (more)
The Marine Commandant says control of Anbar province could be turned over to Iraqis in a matter of days. He says that would mean less need for U.S. troops in that area.
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A tribute in felt to Capt. Travis Patriquin and the men and women who fought alongside him in Iraq. His is one of the greatest, simplest explanations of the situation in Anbar.
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Al Jazeera examines whether the controversial US policy of joining forces with Sunni tribes in Iraq's volatile al-Anbar province has worked, and who is paying the price. With filmmakers Rick Rowley and David Enders.
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Don't miss the end of this video. The Commander-in-Chief along with the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, and many high ranking generals, gave a speech to the troops in a surprise visit to Iraq. The sound is somewhat distorted by some of the applause and cheers from the troops in the audience. I also added a very fitting piece from LOTR.
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General Petraeus, the US commander in Iraq, is holding up the Iraqi western province of al-Anbar as an icon of the success of the United State's troop increase in the country.
He says it is now peaceful, thanks to their security plan.
But as Al Jazeera's James Bays has been finding out, residents in the area are telling a very different story.
![McCain: The Surge \"Began the Anbar Awakening\"](http://img.youtube.com/vi/32i3pL9z7UE/2.jpg "McCain: The Surge \\"Began the Anbar Awakening\\"")
