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• Text of Crocker's Testimony to Congress  

-- Text of Ambassador Ryan Crocker's testimony to Congress on Monday, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions. . . .

In Anbar, as General Petraeus has noted, the progress on the security side has been extraordinary. Six months ago, violence was rampant, our forces were under daily attack and Iraqis were cowering from the intimidation of al-Qaida. But al-Qaida overplayed its hand in Anbar.

And Anbaris began to reject its successes, be they beheading school children or cutting off people's fingers as punishment for smoking.

Recognizing that the coalition would help reject al-Qaida, the tribes began to fight with us, not against us. The landscape in Anbar is dramatically different as a result.

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