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Gathering the Tribes; U.S. field commanders are finally beginning to tap the traditional networks that helped Saddam to stay in power.
Byline: Melinda Liu (With Larry Kaplow and Babak Dehghanpisheh in Baghdad and John Barry in Washington)
Pungent smoke floats through the chandeliers of the tribal chief's reception room. At his home in Ramadi, capital of Anbar province and a onetime Iraqi insurgent stronghold, Sheik Shakir Saoud Aasi is enjoying after-dinner cigars with his guest of honor, battalion commander Lt. Col. Craig Kozeniesky of the 2/5 Marines. Around the room, Marines and Iraqi tribesmen and police are sitting together, swapping jokes and stories. Some of these Iraqis were probably shooting at Americans less than a year ago. Now they and the Marines are fighting side by side against Al ...
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