By Dexter Filkins Two years ago, Anbar Province was the most lethal place for American forces in Iraq. A U.S. marine or soldier died in the province nearly every day, and the provincial capital, Ramadi, was a moonscape of rubble and ruins.

By Charles Levinson BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military turned over control of Iraq's Anbar province, once the country's most dangerous, to the Iraqi government Monday in a landmark step toward the withdrawal of more American troops.

By Los Angeles Times BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military on Friday postponed a weekend ceremony to hand over responsibility for security in al-Anbar province to the Iraqi government, citing forecasts of bad weather. Lt. Col.

BAGHDAD _ Concerns are rising that the al-Qaida in Iraq movement is reconstituting for a fresh offensive after a relative lull in which Iraqi officials had boasted that the group was on the verge of defeat and the U.S. had downgraded the threat posed by the Sunni extremists.

BAGHDAD _ Violence is increasing in Iraq, raising questions about whether the security improvements credited to the increase in U.S. troops may be short-lived.