The Anbar Re-Awakening!

http://www.azzaman.com/english/?p=772

The province that was the sight of the American "surge," Anbar, and the turn-around in the Iraq war that came with it, is now the sight of the Iraqi army's biggest offensive since American withdrawal. The force includes 20,000 troops with armor and helicopter support.

"Anbar, of which the city of Ramadi is the provincial capital, was for years an al-Qaeda stronghold. But the terror group’s control of the province came to an end when Sunni tribal leaders turned their again against it.
But the population has risen again this time in mass protests against the government. Violence has accompanied these protests, leading to a security vacuum which al-Qaeda is trying to exploit."