Guys,
Sorry to keep bugging you with requests, but there's an article that I read back in 2005, I believe, about a Marine CPT who likened determining relationships in Anbar to cliques in high school, and through his efforts to learn the local networks, ended up becoming an honorary sheik and met great success with his little piece of the pie. I've tried a zillion different Google searches, but have had no luck. Worst case, I'll search back through all the DoD EarlyBird editions I saved, but wanted to give it a shot to see if anyone recognizes who I am speaking of or the specific article. Thanks.