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It is estimated that given the high demand of meat and the increasing urban population, the plant will generate revenues that will cover the operation, maintenance and financial costs. However, stressed Masini, the city must work hard on a good management plan, appoint a qualified administrator and skilled technical persons to run this renewed facility with modern business methods.

Baseel Ali, Deputy Director of Agriculture for the Dhi Qar province, cut a red ribbon at the Nasiriyah Tree Nursery to officially open the facility March 26.

Just four months earlier, this location was an empty dirt and gravel lot. Today, it consists of two greenhouses used for planting vegetables and a fenced-off area for growing trees.

“The language of soldiering is the same,” Lt. Col. Abdullah, the Iraqi battalion commander, said. “We perform the same tasks, whether Iraqi or American. Therefore, communication is easy.”