U.S. Pays More Than $5M To Buy Loyalty of Iraqi Tribes
This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
TIKRIT, Iraq — The stack of cash sat enticingly on the table beneath a beaded chandelier inside one of Saddam Hussein’s marbled palaces: $15,000 in red-and-green Iraqi notes.
Three tribal leaders inched closer as an American military commander explained how the bundle was theirs if they secured a 30-mile road through a lawless stretch of countryside.
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