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Rashid’s Displaced Citizens Return Home

Rashid’s Displaced Citizens Return Home

An Iraqi family stands in the doorjamb of the empty house, where once they lived before the specter of sectarian violence overwhelmed their lives. The residence once used by insurgents as part of a network of anti-Iraqi forces’ safe houses now stands empty in a suburban muhallah of closely-knit houses characteristic of the Rashid District’s Hadar community — but not for long. Soldiers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division are working with Iraqi … Read entire article »

Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror

Soldiers Help Iraqi Families Return to Their Homes

This is a nice story. We’re making progress one family at a time. I know that, as Americans, we yearn for the big project, the dam, the interstate, the skyscraper, but progress is ALWAYS achieved in small steps. DoD With the security situation here improving every day, Iraqi and coalition forces increasingly are helping displaced families move back into their old neighborhoods. Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division’s Company A, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, in cooperation with Iraqi security forces, the local reconciliation committee, and local and civic leaders, recently welcomed more than 100 families to an informational meeting aimed at returning them to their southwestern Baghdad homes. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror