America's North Shore Journal

In the largest Iraqi investment so far here, two Iraqi brothers opened a $500,000 retail mall at this remote logistics base in northern Iraq, July 28. The Al Rwad Mall is not the first of its kind here — there are several Turkish-owned shopping centers on the base — but it is the first Iraqi-owned and operated mall on the base. “Through a coordinated effort, the Iraqi-Based Industrial Zone retail section, along with brothers Nibras and Mustafa Khudir, were able to accomplish opening a large Iraqi-owned shopping center that will surely provide services for American Soldiers and Iraqi forces into the future,” said Capt. Allen Legere, officer in charge, IBIZ retail section, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 16th Sustainment Brigade. The mall, located at the corner of 8th Street and Indiana Avenue on … Read entire article »