Al Anbar Province

(noun)

The largest province in Iraq geographically. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.

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Examples of Al Anbar Province in the following topics:

  • The "Surge" in Iraq

    • Bush's 2007 increase in the number of American troops in order to provide security to Baghdad and Al Anbar Province.
    • He also extended the tour of most of the Army troops in country and some of the Marines already in the Anbar Province area.

  • The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

    • When it became clear that the person behind the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentegon was Osama bin Laden, a wealthy Saudi Arabian national who led the Islamic militant group al-Qaeda from Afghanistan, the full attention of the United States turned towards Central Asia and the Taliban.
    • In his address to a joint session of Congress on September 20, President Bush had declared war on terrorism, blamed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden for the attacks, and demanded that the radical Islamic fundamentalists who ruled Afghanistan, the Taliban, turn bin Laden over or face attack by the United States.
    • By the late 1980s, the Soviets and the Americans had both left, although bin Laden, by that time the leader of his own organization, al-Qaeda, remained.
    • In 2007, President Bush increased the number of American troops in Iraq in order to provide security to Baghdad and Al Anbar Province.
    • Bush ordered the deployment of more than 20,000 soldiers into Iraq and five additional brigades; he also extended the tour of most of the Army troops in country and some of the Marines already in the Anbar Province area.