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Society Technology All portals From today's featured article Marines from the 3rd Battalion 3rd Marine Regiment patrolling through the town o f Haqlaniyah in Al Anbar Province, 2006 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 fo ught 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, mos tly between April 2004 and September 2007. Savage fighting occurred in the provi nce in 2004, including the First and Second Battles of Fallujah. Though the figh ting initially featured heavy urban warfare, in later years insurgents focused o n ambushing the American and Iraqi security forces with improvised explosive dev ices. Both sides committed multiple human rights violations, such as the Falluja h killings and Haditha killings. In August 2006, several tribes located near Ram adi and led by Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Risha formed the Anbar Awakening and revo lted 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 fo rces left the province on 7 December 2011. (Full article...) Recently featured: Tender Mercies Madeira Firecrest Archive By email More featured articles... Did you know... From Wikipedia's newest content: A platoon of Southern Rhodesian soldiers in the British Army, pictured at Sheern ess, England in 1914 ... that 40% of Southern Rhodesian white males fought (example platoon pictu red) in the First World War? ... that Chris Remo composed the soundtrack for Thirty Flights of Loving, a video game created to support a crowd funded campaign to revive the Idle Thumbs podcast? ... that five species of threatened sharks, such as the scalloped hammerhead , have come under international protection regarding trading of their fins? ... that Olympic Bronze medalist, Wimbledon quarterfinalist and Dutch champi Irish Thoroughbred
on Hendrik Timmer coached Princess Juliana of the Netherlands in tennis? ... that the Horse Protection Act of 1970 was designed to eliminate soring, but inspectors still find hundreds of violations each year? ... that Greek journalist Helen Vlachos was placed under house arrest in Oct ober 1967 for calling the Minister of the Interior of the junta, Brigadier Styli anos Pattakos, a clown? Archive Start a new article Nominate an article In the news Toyo Ito Bangladeshi President Zillur Rahman dies in Singapore. Japanese architect Toyo Ito (pictured) wins the Pritzker Prize. In alpine skiing, Tina Maze and Marcel Hirscher win the overall women's and men's World Cup titles, respectively. In rugby union, the Six Nations Championship concludes with Wales winning th e tournament for the second consecutive year. The National People's Congress of China names Xi Jinping as the new Presiden t and Li Keqiang as the new Premier. Recent deaths: Ieng Sary Wikinews More current events... On this day... March 20: Nowruz in Iran, Central Asia, and Zoroastrianism (2013) Douglas MacArthur 1602 The Dutch East India Company was established. 1923 The Arts Club of Chicago hosted the opening of Pablo Picasso's first Un ited States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an ea rly proponent of modern art in the U.S. 1942 World War II: After being forced to flee the Philippines, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur (pictured) announced in Terowie, South Australia, "I shall ret urn." 1987 The antiretroviral drug zidovudine (AZT) became the first antiviral med ication approved for use against HIV and AIDS. 1993 The Troubles: The second of two bomb attacks by the Provisional IRA in Warrington, England, killed two children. More anniversaries: March 19 March 20 March 21 Archive By email List of historical anniversaries It is now March 20, 2013 (UTC) Reload this page Today's featured picture 2011 Thailand floods Satellite photographs showing massive flooding in Thailand. In late July 2011, b efore the floods began, the Chao Phraya River curved through the provinces of Ay utthaya and Pathum Thani (left). By October the river had overflowed and submerg ed fields, roads and buildings in most of the area (right). Photo: NASA Earth Observatory Recently featured: Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey Archive More featured pictures... Other areas of Wikipedia Peter Oliver Thelephora palmata
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Society Technology All portals From today's featured article Marines from the 3rd Battalion 3rd Marine Regiment patrolling through the town o f Haqlaniyah in Al Anbar Province, 2006 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 fo ught 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, mos tly between April 2004 and September 2007. Savage fighting occurred in the provi nce in 2004, including the First and Second Battles of Fallujah. Though the figh ting initially featured heavy urban warfare, in later years insurgents focused o n ambushing the American and Iraqi security forces with improvised explosive dev ices. Both sides committed multiple human rights violations, such as the Falluja h killings and Haditha killings. In August 2006, several tribes located near Ram adi and led by Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Risha formed the Anbar Awakening and revo lted 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 fo rces left the province on 7 December 2011. (Full article...) Recently featured: Tender Mercies Madeira Firecrest Archive By email More featured articles... Did you know... From Wikipedia's newest content: A platoon of Southern Rhodesian soldiers in the British Army, pictured at Sheern ess, England in 1914 ... that 40% of Southern Rhodesian white males fought (example platoon pictu red) in the First World War? ... that Chris Remo composed the soundtrack for Thirty Flights of Loving, a video game created to support a crowd funded campaign to revive the Idle Thumbs podcast? ... that five species of threatened sharks, such as the scalloped hammerhead , have come under international protection regarding trading of their fins? ... that Olympic Bronze medalist, Wimbledon quarterfinalist and Dutch champi Irish Thoroughbred
on Hendrik Timmer coached Princess Juliana of the Netherlands in tennis? ... that the Horse Protection Act of 1970 was designed to eliminate soring, but inspectors still find hundreds of violations each year? ... that Greek journalist Helen Vlachos was placed under house arrest in Oct ober 1967 for calling the Minister of the Interior of the junta, Brigadier Styli anos Pattakos, a clown? Archive Start a new article Nominate an article In the news Toyo Ito Bangladeshi President Zillur Rahman dies in Singapore. Japanese architect Toyo Ito (pictured) wins the Pritzker Prize. In alpine skiing, Tina Maze and Marcel Hirscher win the overall women's and men's World Cup titles, respectively. In rugby union, the Six Nations Championship concludes with Wales winning th e tournament for the second consecutive year. The National People's Congress of China names Xi Jinping as the new Presiden t and Li Keqiang as the new Premier. Recent deaths: Ieng Sary Wikinews More current events... On this day... March 20: Nowruz in Iran, Central Asia, and Zoroastrianism (2013) Douglas MacArthur 1602 The Dutch East India Company was established. 1923 The Arts Club of Chicago hosted the opening of Pablo Picasso's first Un ited States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an ea rly proponent of modern art in the U.S. 1942 World War II: After being forced to flee the Philippines, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur (pictured) announced in Terowie, South Australia, "I shall ret urn." 1987 The antiretroviral drug zidovudine (AZT) became the first antiviral med ication approved for use against HIV and AIDS. 1993 The Troubles: The second of two bomb attacks by the Provisional IRA in Warrington, England, killed two children. More anniversaries: March 19 March 20 March 21 Archive By email List of historical anniversaries It is now March 20, 2013 (UTC) Reload this page Today's featured picture 2011 Thailand floods Satellite photographs showing massive flooding in Thailand. In late July 2011, b efore the floods began, the Chao Phraya River curved through the provinces of Ay utthaya and Pathum Thani (left). By October the river had overflowed and submerg ed fields, roads and buildings in most of the area (right). Photo: NASA Earth Observatory Recently featured: Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey Archive More featured pictures... Other areas of Wikipedia Peter Oliver Thelephora palmata
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Local embassy For Wikipedia-related communication in languages other than En glish. Reference desk Serving as virtual librarians, Wikipedia volunteers tackle yo ur questions on a wide range of subjects. Site news Announcements, updates, articles and press releases on Wikipedia a nd the Wikimedia Foundation. Village pump For discussions about Wikipedia itself, including areas for tec hnical issues and policies. Wikipedia's sister projects Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other projects: Commons Commons Free media repository MediaWiki MediaWiki Free software development Meta-Wiki Meta-Wiki Wikimedia project coordination Wikibooks Wikibooks Free textbooks and manuals Wikidata Wikidata Free knowledge base Wikinews Wikinews Free-content news Wikiquote Wikiquote Collection of quotations Wikisource Wikisource Free-content library Wikispecies Wikispecies Directory of species Wikiversity Wikiversity Free learning materials and activities Wikivoyage Wikivoyage Free travel guide Wiktionary Wiktionary Dictionary and thesaurus Wikipedia languages This Wikipedia is written in English. Started in 2001, it currently contains 4,1 89,601 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are li sted below. More than 1,000,000 articles: Deutsch français italiano Nederlands More than 500,000 articles: español ??? polski português ??????? svenska Ti?ng Vi?t ?? More than 200,000 articles: ??????? Bahasa Indonesia català cesky ????? ??? magyar norsk bokmål româna suomi
Türkçe ?????????? More than 50,000 articles: Bahasa Melayu ????????? dansk eesti ???????? English (simple) Esperanto euskara galego ????? hrvatski lietuviu norsk nynorsk slovencina sloven cina ?????? / srpski srpskohrvatski / ?????????????? ????? ??? Complete list of Wikipedias Navigation menu Create account Log in Main Page Talk Read View source View history Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Donate to Wikipedia Interaction Help About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact Wikipedia Toolbox Print/export Languages Simple English ??????? Bahasa Indonesia Bahasa Melayu ?????????
Català Cesky Dansk Deutsch Eesti ???????? Español Esperanto Euskara ????? Français Galego ??? ????? Hrvatski Italiano Lietuviu Magyar Nederlands ??? Norsk bokmål Norsk nynorsk Polski Português Româna ??????? Slovencina Sloven cina ?????? / srpski Srpskohrvatski / ?????????????? Suomi Svenska ??? Ti?ng Vi?t Türkçe ?????????? ?? Complete list Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of Use for details. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit organization. Contact us Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers Mobile view Wikimedia Foundation Powered by MediaWiki
