Marines 'Hit the Jackpot' Near Fallujah

ON Point | Andrew Lubin | February 08, 2007
A telephone system might be unnecessary in the Iraqi tribal culture. Local news spreads faster when it runs word of mouth, from mother to daughter, uncle to nephew, or sheik to sheik. Because of this networking, when the Marines of 4th Platoon, Golf Company, 2/8 raided a house last night, they managed to hit a jackpot. They arrested someone who they had been looking for. More importantly, they also found someone who had been looking for them.