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America to hand back Anbar, Iraq's biggest province, to Baghdad (Damien McElroy, 28/06/2008, Daily Telegraph)

America will next week crown its progress in driving al-Qa'eda out of Iraq by handing back the province of Anbar to local control.

Anbar was once the heart of extremist Islamic resistance to America but was transformed into one of Iraq's most peaceful regions in a matter of months.

The event is a vindication of General David Petraeus, the US commander in Iraq who transformed the situation with a "surge" of 30,000 extra troops last year and by persuading the local populace to work with them against the insurgency.