It's a form of successful organization because we didn't leave a stabilizing force behind. So they were able to rise from the ashes. But back then we had engaged about 100,000 Sunnis in that battle. We had about 100,000 Iraq security forces that were once cleared, we would hold and they provided protection for the Sunni populations. And we had 160,000American troops. Probably 35 to 40,000 of those were involved in that fight. That's what it took for us to defeat 6 to 8,000 members of Al Qaeda in Iraq. (02:03–02:13)
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Asserts that 100,000 Iraqi security forces provided protection for Sunni populations during the 2007 surge.
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