A U.S. flag is seen above U.S. soldiers on a U.S. air force plane transporting journalists to a handover ceremony in Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, September 1, 2008. The U.S. military handed over Iraq's Anbar province to Iraqi security forces on Monday, less than two years after it almost lost the western region to a Sunni Arab insurgency. REUTERS/Wathiq Khuzaie/Pool (IRAQ)