Posted on 07/17/2007 9:57:40 AM PDT by Contentions
You don’t hear much about Anbar Province anymore. That’s because this area, once the scene of the heaviest fighting in Iraq, has turned remarkably quiet of late. Attacks are down 80 percent since last year. If there is any cause for optimism in Iraq this is it: If an area as troubled as Anbar could be turned around so quickly, then no part of Iraq can truly be said to be hopeless. Yet much hard work remains to be done to consolidate the gains that have recently been made. I asked Colonel John Charlton, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division, whom I visited in April, to provide an update for contentions readers on what is happening in the provincial capital, Ramadi. His emailed response follows:
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The title should be “More Good News from Iraq”.
Fantastic news! Why does the MSM not report on any of this? Oh, wait, that would mean admitting that we ARE actually making progress in Iraq and does not fit the “hate America” mantra of the moonbats.
Thank you for sharing this. My son is there.
Marine Mom
God Bless our troops and their families
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