Iraqi Family Ties Complicate American Efforts for Change.

Discusses how the extraordinarily strong family bonds in Iraq complicate everything that Americans are trying to do in the country. How members of these tight and bounded kin groups see the world; View of nepotism by Iraqis as a moral duty; Comments of Iraqis; Loyalty to the tribe; Concept of preserving the dynasty; The practice of cousin marriage; Views of sociologists; Prevalence of clan traditions.