Must be all those stunning al qaeda military victories. Right Nancy?
"Anbar will be the 10th of Iraq's 18 provinces returned to Iraqi security control since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, but it will be the first Sunni Arab region handed back.
Mamun Sami Rasheed, Anbar's governor, said the handover ceremony would take place on Saturday.
"We have been dreaming of this event since 2003," he said."
Is it my imagination, or is al reuter's reporting more even-handed lately? Just wondering...
