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State Dept. PDF of 7-19-2006 Modernization of the Maternity and Child Hospital in Irbil, a city of about 900,000, is now complete. The $6.8 million in USG-funded renovations included major structural repairs, a water purification system, a medical waste incinerator, and back-up generators for uninterrupted power. The Iraqi Police Service graduated 3,412 students from basic training courses July 8-15. Four Iraqi Army division headquarters, 20 brigade headquarters, and more than 70 battalions are currently in the lead in their respective geographic areas. During the week of July 12-18, electricity availability averaged 7.3 hours per day in Baghdad and 11.7 hours nationwide. Electricity output reached a post-war record July 17, but for the week was one percent below the same period in 2005. Nine well projects were completed in a portion of the Ninawa Province, which … Read entire article »

Here’s a story of Iraqis working together, on their own initiative. By Maj. Anna Friederich, 2nd BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div. The southern portion of Iraq is reaping the long overdue benefits of infrastructure rebuilding and trained security forces. Although the areas in the Karbala, Najaf and Babil provinces still have their share of turbulence, some of the success the provinces are enjoying stems from the willingness of local tribes to work together to put their part of Iraq back together, said Capt. Dave Zaino, commander, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. “We are going into areas in the northern sector of our area of operations, finding a large population who are putting the pieces back together on their own,” said Zaino. Last week, Zaino met … Read entire article »