From a Beirut cell, an Iraqi watches as the U.S. finally takes his advice

In the IHT, here

".....So he waits in limbo, staring at the photographs of wounded and dead Iraqi children he has pasted to his cell wall. A haggard-looking man who treats his prison guests with elaborate hospitality, he says he has forgiven the Americans for killing his brother and his nephews and nieces, and for appropriating much of his family's large fortune. The future of Iraq is what matters, he says...."The Kharbit family was the early backbone of U.S. policy on tribes," said another former C.I.A. officer who had spent time in Iraq. "It's a bit odd that no one in the U.S. government really cares about him."