REFILE - CORRECTING DATE A masked Iraqi soldier listens during a briefing of the security preparations for the hand over of the Anbar province in Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, August 30, 2008. U.S. troops will on September 1 hand over control of Iraq 's Anbar province, once the heart of a bloody Sunni Arab insurgency, reflecting a dramatic drop in violence across the country, an Iraqi official said on Thursday. REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal (IRAQ) Sat Aug 30, 4:30 AM ET