It was Foreign Policy, not The Economist, the Nov/Dec 05 issue:
The Mayor of Ar Rutbah
Amid the chaos in Iraq, one company of U.S. Special Forces achieved what others have not: a functioning democracy. How? By relying on common sense, the trust of Iraqis, and recollections from Political Science 101. Now, their commander reveals the gritty reality about nation-building in Iraq, from the ground up...
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