Sunni Tribal Leader: "The problems of Anbar were not solved by the government or the Americans"

[sabra]

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/checkpointbaghdad/archive/2007/09/11/how-shiites-sunnis-see-petraeus-report.aspx

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Sunnis, of course, saw it with converse disappointment. Parliamentarian Ahmed Suleiman al-Awani is a tribal leader from Ramadi in Anbar province, which U.S. commanders showcase when trying to show progress in Iraq. He focuses on what the hearings did not cover. Why wasn’t more time spent dealing with Iranian-backed Shiite militias with government connections that terrorize the Sunnis? What about the attempts to marginalize and ignore the Sunni members of the government? And in addition to what he sees as the sparse mention of the failings of the Shiite-led government, a favorite Sunni topic, the Americans were taking credit for the indigenous Anbar province offensive against Al Qaeda, for which Sunnis paid a heavy price in blood. “The problems of Anbar were not solved by the (Iraqi) government or the Americans. They were solved by the Sunni tribes,” Awani grouses.

[OHdem10]

1. Anbar was well under way at least 4 months before the Surge.

Detailed account was posted hee 2 nights ago.

[sabra]

2. yep, and we are giving tons of money and arms. Guess who there are other enemies are?

Shiite backed Iraqi gov't
US gov't occupiers

:-(