The chief of intelligence for the Marine Corps in Iraq has concluded that the U.S. military has been all but defeated in the country’s western province of Anbar. The Washington Post reports the classified assessment of the dire state of Anbar marks the first time that a senior U.S. military officer has filed such a negative report from Iraq. The Marine report concluded that there are no functioning Iraqi government institutions in Anbar which includes the cities of Ramadi, Fallujah and Haditha. Al-Qaeda in Iraq has become the most significant political force in the province.