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Summary
Iraq relative zones of influence as of January 2007, Sources and documentation used to base information include but are not limited to: Newsweek, The Geography of WarWashington Post,  Situation Called Dire in West Iraq Washington Post, Anbar Picture Grows Clearer, and Bleaker Freemarket News, US LOST CONTROL OF AL-ANBAR PROVINCE   MSNBC MSNBC

Licensing
{{legend|green| Coalition control: provinces are relatively stable, possess functional local governments.}} {{legend|red| Sunni Insurgent control: provinces under de facto insurgent control local governments are affiliated with the Mujahideen Shura Council}} {{legend|orange| Shiite militia influence: provinces under the influence of the Mahdi Army, Badr Organization or other Shiite militias local governments are infiltrated by militia groups and sympathetic to them.}} {{legend|yellow| Contested provinces: provinces have a significant Insurgent and/or militia presence while still maintaining some Coalition control, area’s are ethnically mixed and local governments are typically not functional |border=1px}}