Story and photo by Cpl. Luke Blom2nd Marine Division
HADITHA - “I need kerosene.”
“Do you have any information about my son who was detained yesterday?”
"Can you fix the damage that was done to my house when Marines were fighting ali-baba (what locals call insurgents)?”
Citizens from this western Al Anbar city come to the U.S. Marines of the Virginia-based 4th Civil Affairs Group seeking answers for their many questions. Whether the CAG Marines were able to accommodate all the requests or not, they have built a strong rapport with the local population in the four months since their arrival through their tireless effort to help, according to Capt. William Parker, the CAG team leader.
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(Photo: Master Gunnery Sgt. Salvatore Rignola, the CAG’s senior enlisted adviser, tries to get answers for a local Haditha citizen who has come to the Civil Military Operations Center to inquire about the whereabouts of a detain relative.)
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