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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COALITION CONTINUES EFFORTS TO REBUILD IRAQ (June 29, 2003)
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition forces continue to help rebuild Iraq
through reconstruction and humanitarian aid. Some of the tasks
accomplished in the last 24 hours:
The 418th Civil Affairs Battalion completed the Tikrit Women’s
College project. The unit provided the college with paper, light
bulbs, ceiling fans, a refrigerator, two safes, several calculators
and school supplies.
The 1st Armored Division humanitarian activities included meeting
with artist and vendors to discuss the opening of the Baghdad Zawra
Park Zoo. The division’s major ongoing projects include monitoring
fuel distribution, solid waste collection, salary payments, medical
supply distribution, food distribution and coordinating supplies for
the upcoming student exams.
The 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment continued to issue Humanitarian
Daily Rations from the World Food Bank Organization to the people of
the Al Anbar Province, Trebil and Ar Ramadi. The 3rd ACR engineers
collected in the area of operation, 111 truckloads of trash and
debris for a total of 1,588 truckloads to date.
A unit of the 101st Airborne Division continues the major endeavor of
fighting the massive fire at the sulfur plant utilizing 21
bulldozers, eight dump trucks and one loader.
Task Force Pothole laid three tons of asphalt, repairing 14 potholes
in Mosul.
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vom centcom
ich finde es wichtig, dies alles zu dokumentieren. es macht mich ein
wenig stolz, operation "light bulb" vorhergesagt zu haben. wir
europäer müssen als ideengeber fungieren. lasst uns gemeinsam beten
für ein baldiges ende der okkupation.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COALITION CONTINUES EFFORTS TO REBUILD IRAQ (June 29, 2003)
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition forces continue to help rebuild Iraq
through reconstruction and humanitarian aid. Some of the tasks
accomplished in the last 24 hours:
The 418th Civil Affairs Battalion completed the Tikrit Women’s
College project. The unit provided the college with paper, light
bulbs, ceiling fans, a refrigerator, two safes, several calculators
and school supplies.
The 1st Armored Division humanitarian activities included meeting
with artist and vendors to discuss the opening of the Baghdad Zawra
Park Zoo. The division’s major ongoing projects include monitoring
fuel distribution, solid waste collection, salary payments, medical
supply distribution, food distribution and coordinating supplies for
the upcoming student exams.
The 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment continued to issue Humanitarian
Daily Rations from the World Food Bank Organization to the people of
the Al Anbar Province, Trebil and Ar Ramadi. The 3rd ACR engineers
collected in the area of operation, 111 truckloads of trash and
debris for a total of 1,588 truckloads to date.
A unit of the 101st Airborne Division continues the major endeavor of
fighting the massive fire at the sulfur plant utilizing 21
bulldozers, eight dump trucks and one loader.
Task Force Pothole laid three tons of asphalt, repairing 14 potholes
in Mosul.
<---
vom centcom
ich finde es wichtig, dies alles zu dokumentieren. es macht mich ein
wenig stolz, operation "light bulb" vorhergesagt zu haben. wir
europäer müssen als ideengeber fungieren. lasst uns gemeinsam beten
für ein baldiges ende der okkupation.