Anbar: U.S. trophy for Iraq security losing its shine (Reuters)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sun, 03/23/2008 - 6:30pm

Policemen check a vehicle at a checkpoint in Ramadi, about 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad March 19, 2008.<br /><br />Tensions are simmering again in once bloody Anbar province, Washington's prize good news story for security in Iraq.<br /><br />Picture taken March 19, 2008. (Ali Mashhadani/Reuters)Reuters - Tensions are simmering again in once bloody Anbar province, Washington's prize good news story for security in Iraq.




 

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