23 Dec. Washington Times - Police, U.S. Troops Forge Ties.

... Capt. Nate Conkey, of a company in the 101st Airborne Division, notes the suspect's name in his journal and lauds Chief Saleh's efforts. Earlier in the chief's office, the captain went through a laundry list of questions, noting whom the chief had captured as terror suspects and the state of security in his working-class community of 20,000...

The Daquq visit by Capt. Conkey and his men is a part of his weekly rounds to police stations and municipal offices, in which he discusses security with police and civil leaders.

Chief Saleh and Capt. Conkey's cooperation is the kind of relationship U.S. forces are trying to forge with civil authorities here, whereby select U.S. troops also gather intelligence at the local level, working with Iraqi authorities to find terror suspects before they strike...