The Iraq War in Anbar Province was a counter-insurgency campaign in the Iraq War, waged in the Al Anbar Governorate in western Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It was fought primarily between the United States Marine Corps and the Federal government of Iraq against members of the Iraqi insurgency led by Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). Almost 9,000 Iraqis and 1,335 Americans were killed during the war in Anbar, mostly between April 2004 and September 2007. Savage fighting occurred in the province in 2004, including the First and Second Battle of Fallujah. Though the fighting initially featured heavy urban warfare, in later years insurgents focused on ambushing the American and Iraqi security forces with improvised explosive devices. Both sides committed multiple human rights violations, such as the Fallujah killings and Haditha killings. In August 2006, several tribes located near Ramadi and led by Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Risha formed the Anbar Awakening and revolted against AQI. US and Iraqi tribal forces regained control of Anbar Province in 2007 and turned it over to the Iraqi Government in 2008. The last American forces left the province on 7 December 2011.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1602:

The Dutch East India Company was established. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company

1923 –The Arts Club of Chicago hosted the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_Club_of_Chicago

1942:

World War II: After being forced to flee the Philippines, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur announced in Terowie, South Australia, "I shall return." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur

1987:

The antiretroviral drug zidovudine (AZT) became the first antiviral medication approved for use against HIV and AIDS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zidovudine

1993:

The Troubles: The second of two bomb attacks by the Provisional IRA in Warrington, England, killed two children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrington_bomb_attacks

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

forethoughtful: Having or full of forethought; provident; proactive; visionary. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forethoughtful

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Being at one is god-like and good, but human, too human, the mania Which insists there is only the One, one country, one truth, and one way. --Friedrich Hölderlin https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Friedrich_H%C3%B6lderlin