Courtesy Photo | Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs | 03.21.2008
Army Capt. Brian Gilbert, commander of Company D, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, left, and Army Lt. Col. John Kolasheski, commander of 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, center, eat lunch with Mahmud Jabllawe, the leader of the Sons of Iraq group in Tuwaitha, a small village east of Baghdad, following a meeting at Jabllawe's house, March 21. (Photo/ Spc. Ben Hutto, 3rd Infantry......
Courtesy Photo | Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs | 03.21.2008
Army Lt. Col. John Kolasheski, commander of 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, left, greets a local sheik at the house of Mahmud Jabllawe, the leader of the Sons of Iraq group in Tuwaitha, a small village east of Baghdad, during a meeting at Jabllawe's house, March 21. (Photo/ Spc. Ben Hutto, 3rd Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs)...
Courtesy Photo | Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs | 03.21.2008
Army Lt. Col. John Kolasheski, commander of 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, left, speaks with Mahmud Jabllawe, the leader of the Sons of Iraq group in Tuwaitha, a small village east of Baghdad, during a meeting at Jabllawe's house, March 21. (Photo/ Spc. Ben Hutto, 3rd Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs)...
Courtesy Photo | Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs | 03.21.2008
Army Capt. Brian Gilbert, commander of Company D, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, left, and Army Lt. Col. John Kolasheski, commander of 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, center, speak with Mahmud Jabllawe, the leader of the Sons of Iraq group in Tuwaitha, a small village east of Baghdad, during a meeting at Jabllawe's house, March 21. (Photo/ Spc. Ben Hutto, 3rd Infantry Division, 3rd......
Courtesy Photo | Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs | 03.21.2008
Army Lt. Col. John Kolasheski, commander of 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, gives Mahmud Jabllawe, the leader of the Sons of Iraq group in Tuwaitha, a small village east of Baghdad, a house-warming gift before their meeting at Jabllawe's house, March 21....
Photo by Spc. James Hutto | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division | 03.21.2008
Capt. Brian Gilbert, from Boise, Idaho, commander of Company D, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment (left), and Lt. Col. John Kolasheski, from Loudon, Tenn., commander of the 3-1 Cav. Regt. (center), eat lunch with Mahmud Jabllawe, the leader of the Sons of Iraq group in Tuwaitha, a small village east of Baghdad, following a meeting at Jabllawe's house on March 21....
Photo by Spc. James Hutto | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division | 03.21.2008
Lt. Col. John Kolasheski, from Loudon, Tenn., commander of the 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment (left), greets a local sheik at the house of Mahmud Jabllawe, the leader of the Sons of Iraq group in Tuwaitha, a small village east of Baghdad, during a meeting at Jabllawe's house on March 21....
Photo by Spc. James Hutto | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division | 03.21.2008
Lt. Col. John Kolasheski, from Loudon, Tenn., commander of the 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment (left), speaks with Mahmud Jabllawe, the leader of the Sons of Iraq group in Tuwaitha, a small village east of Baghdad, during a meeting at Jabllawe's house March 21....