Supporters of the president's surge have made much of all the progress they're seeing in Anbar province. But in what officials are calling a huge setback for U.S. efforts in Iraq, the most prominent leader in the Sunni push-back against al-Qaida in Anbar was killed Thursday by a roadside bomb.Link.
Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha, the leader of the Anbar Salvation Council, met with George W. Bush during the president's surprise visit to Iraq earlier this month.
And a question: four-and-a-half years in, why have Our Leaders been unable to have a competent local military in place? Just apathy on Our Leaders' parts? After all, they're after the oil and a couple of permanent bases (which are manned by who?). Was there not a world-frightening military in place before the invasion?
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