Nice article from
USA Today:
BAGHDAD — The Humvee has barely rolled to a stop, and Iraqi army Col. Talib Abdul
Razzaq is already out of the vehicle.He moves like a politician, stopping on the sidewalk to playfully cuff a young
boy on the head and joke with a man selling shoes. He quizzes several people about
violence and militias in the neighborhood. Most say the streets have been quiet.“I’m trying to make people believe in the Iraqi army,” Razzaq says at the next
stop, where a sidewalk vendor gives him a complimentary sandwich from his cart. “They
will feel more safe.” Razzaq hands the sandwich to an aide and keeps moving.Twice a day, Razzaq patrols the troubled neighborhoods in his battalion’s sector
of Baghdad. He’s checking on his troops, who have set up checkpoints in the area.
And he’s listening to what merchants, local leaders and ordinary people have to say
about security in their neighborhoods.
Sounds like a guy I would follow and respect. Hope they find more like him.