In western Iraq, a bloody American legacy
In 2006 alone, there were 1,129 total insurgent attacks in Anbar; this year there have been 333. The provincial police force, nonexistent five years ago, employs 32,000 officers, Dan Zak reports for The Washington Post. Those numbers are cited by the Americans now leaving Iraq as cause for optimism. But the Iraqis who will stay […]In 2006 alone, there were 1,129 total insurgent attacks in Anbar; this year there have been 333. The provincial police force, nonexistent five years ago, employs 32,000 officers, Dan Zak reports for The Washington Post.
Those numbers are cited by the Americans now leaving Iraq as cause for optimism. But the Iraqis who will stay in Anbar have been taking a darker view of 2012 — wondering whether the province is in the clear or merely in the eye of a storm.
