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A frozen chicken in every Iraqi pot
U.S. Soldiers lent their agriculture and engineering expertise, Oct. 31, to help bring a chicken processing plant into operation; one that will provide food and jobs. North Carolina Guardsmen with 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, who have agribusiness and engineering backgrounds, visited the al-Kien plant near Mahmudiyah to offer advice and seek ways to help the plant begin operations. Capt. Bobby Lumsden, the battalion’s operations officer, walked through the plant with owner … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
More Iraqi Chickens
Continuing my coverage of the rebuilding of the Iraqi chicken industry… Before the war, numerous areas in Iraq thrived off the chicken industry. Hawr Rajab, Arab Jabour and Adwaniyah all had prosperous chicken markets. “Historically, this was the largest chicken-producing area in Iraq,” said Capt. Michael Lenart, commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2-3 Brigade Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division. Insurgent violence ravaged the industry. Chicken coops and pens were used by insurgents as … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
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