▁lost ▁about ▁ 3 0 ▁men . ▁ ▁Independ ence ▁Day ▁ ▁Sim ult aneous ▁with ▁combat ▁operations , ▁the ▁brig ade ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁" hold " ▁portion ▁of ▁clear , ▁hold , ▁build . ▁Lieutenant ▁Colonel ▁Tony ▁De ane , ▁commander ▁of ▁Task ▁Force ▁ 1 - 3 5 ▁Arm or , ▁approached ▁She ik ▁Abd ul ▁S att ar ▁Bez ia ▁al - R ish aw i ▁of ▁the ▁Ab u ▁R ish a ▁tribe ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁rec ruit ▁his ▁tribes men ▁to ▁the ▁police ▁force . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁book ▁A ▁Ch ance ▁in ▁Hell ▁that ▁focus es ▁on ▁the ▁operation ▁in ▁Al ▁An bar , ▁Jim ▁Mich a els ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁US ▁had ▁a ▁fla wed ▁view ▁on ▁civil ▁government ▁which ▁ignored ▁the ▁trib al ▁history ▁of ▁Ira q . ▁" The ▁trib al ▁system ▁emb rac ed ▁elements ▁of ▁dem ocracy . ▁The ▁she ik ▁may ▁not ▁be ▁elected ," ▁wrote ▁Mich a els ," ▁but ▁nor ▁is ▁he ▁born ▁into ▁his ▁job . ▁ ▁She iks ▁are ▁generally ▁selected ▁by ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁el ders [ ...] ▁Through out ▁history , ▁ign oring ▁the ▁tribes ▁[ in ▁Ira q ] ▁has ▁never ▁been ▁a ▁smart ▁move . ▁ ▁She iks ▁have ▁w ield ed ▁power ▁for ▁thousands ▁of ▁years ▁and ▁surv ived ▁count less ▁efforts ▁to ▁bl unt ▁their ▁influence ▁in ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁modern ity ." ▁ ▁To ▁facil itate ▁She ik ▁S itt ar , ▁Colonel ▁Mac F ar land '