Had to post this… will get back to my current series later today… Last One Turn Out the Lights: Marines Quietly Begin Leaving Bases in Iraqi Cities WASHINGTON — When Marine Maj. Gen. John Kelly deployed to Iraq in February, the violence had fallen so low in Anbar province that he began figuring out how

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One more sign that we are winning in Iraq…. Safer Iraq draws foreign investors

I ran across this article about the bravery and sacrifice a group of Army reservists recently made during their time in the Al Anbar province. That area has seen significant improvement over the last six months or so. It once was called the “Wild Wild West” of Iraq but thanks to improved relationships with tribal

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I got an email about a month ago from a man named Robert. He was trying to get in touch with Firas, a young Iraqi man who worked with the ministry at St. George’s Memorial Church, an evangelical church led by Maher, an Iraqi pastor whose story is the last story in A Greater Freedom.

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There he sat, the former dictator, the Iraqi Oppressor, the Butcher of Baghdad, having his day in court. And he was smiling, even chuckling. He wasn’t exchanging pleasantries with his defense counsel or making his initial greeting to the court – he was listening to the first witness describe the brutal attack on his village

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