Story by 1st Lt. Kelly McManus | 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 10.19.2011
In an ornate room once used for Saddam Hussein’s meetings with Ba’ath party members, nearly 20 Sons of Iraq members and sheiks from Iraq’s central and southern provinces met with members of the State Department and Col. Scott Efflandt, the commander of 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Oct. 19, to discuss the future of Iraq....
Story by 1st Lt. Kelly McManus | 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 09.22.2011
The sound of clicking prayer beads filled the room as nearly 60 sheiks from across Iraq gathered Thursday afternoon in the home of Emir Rabi’a Mohammad al-Habib al-Rabi’a, Prince of the Rabia’a Confederation....
