PHOTOS: BARACK OBAMA travels to Anbar province to meet with Sunni tribal leaders [View All]

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama drinks tea during his visit to the governor's headquarters in Anbar province July 22, 2008. Obama travelled to Iraq's Anbar on Tuesday to meet Sunni Arab tribal leaders whose decision to fight al Qaeda helped change the course of the conflict in the country. REUTERS/Anbar Governor's Media Office/Handout (IRAQ)


Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (R) shares a laugh with a local government official during his visit to Anbar province July 22, 2008. U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama travelled to Iraq's Anbar on Tuesday to meet Sunni Arab tribal leaders whose decision to fight al Qaeda helped change the course of the conflict in the country. REUTERS/Anbar Governor's Media Office/Handout (IRAQ)


In this photo released by the Govern orate of the Anbar Province, U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama, 2nd left, is presented with a gift by the governor of Iraq's Anbar province, Maamoun Sami Rashid al-Alwani, right, in Ramadi, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 22, 2008. Presidential contender Barack Obama is wrapping up his Iraq stop with meetings among Sunni tribal leaders who have joined U.S. and Iraqi forces in the fight against insurgents.
(AP Photo/Anbar Governorate, HO)


In this photo released by the Governorate of the Anbar Province, U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama, 2nd left, talks with the governor of Iraq's Anbar province, Maamoun Sami Rashid al-Alwani, right, in Ramadi, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 22, 2008. Presidential contender Barack Obama is wrapping up his Iraq stop with meetings among Sunni tribal leaders who have joined U.S. and Iraqi forces in the fight against insurgents.
(AP Photo/ Anbar Governorate, HO)


Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (3rd R) listens during a meeting with local government officials in Anbar province July 22, 2008. Obama travelled to Iraq's Anbar on Tuesday to meet Sunni Arab tribal leaders whose decision to fight al Qaeda helped change the course of the conflict in the country.
REUTERS/Anbar Governor's Media Office/Handout (IRAQ)

On to Jordan...

US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) is saluted as he steps off an osprey upon arriving at Marka Airport in Amman, Jordan, July 22, 2008.
REUTERS/Jim Young (JORDAN) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (JORDAN)