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Improvements in Rusafa and Sadr City
Under the direction of Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Talley, commander, 926th Engineer Brigade, Multi-National Division–Baghdad, the last ten months brought significant engineering progress to Baghdad, specifically in Sadr City. The creation of Task Force Gold and Gold Spike provided reconstruction projects aimed at employing the people of Baghdad and improving essential services. “We bring employment back into the community,†said Master Sgt. Tracy Jackson, TF Gold Spike’s operations non-commissioned officer in charge. “And keep the projects equal on … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Sadr City Shows Recovery
Along a road a man sells hot, fresh rotisserie chicken under a string of lights. Nearby, two men stand in warm coats and knitted caps casually sipping a hot drink at a store front where another man in a blue “USA†sweatshirt moves quickly back and forth behind a glass counter tossing fresh ingredients in warm pitas for a growing line of patrons. It’s just a typical evening Dec. 18 along the street market near the Jamilla and Al Quds Road in Baghdad’s Sadr City district. “It’s really bustling isn’t it,†said Lt. Col. Michael Pemrick deputy commanding officer for the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division Baghdad. Pemrick is excited when he walks this street now because only seven months ago his Soldiers along with their … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Army Canal Refurbishment in Sadr City
As Iraqi flags waived in the air, Iraqi civilian and military dignitaries broke ground on the Army Canal Rehabilitation Project in Baghdad’s Sadr City district Dec. 1. This ceremonial groundbreaking marked the beginning of a commitment by the Government of Iraq to spend $50 million during the next three years in reconstruction efforts along the al-Kanat Road and surrounding areas, with construction slated to begin Dec. 17. The Army Canal, which runs a total of 25 kilometers spanning from Adhamiyah in northeastern Baghdad to Rustimiyah in southeastern Baghdad, was built in 1959 by Abd al-Kassem Quassim the former president of Iraq. The canal was meant to provide fresh drinking water and irrigation to the people of northeastern Baghdad, but after years of damage and sediment buildup the canal has been unable to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
School in Session in Sadr City
“I think education is the greatest weapon in the people’s hands,†said Buad Abdul Sadr, the senior engineer in charge of refurbishing the Jawala’la school in Sadr City. Schools are now in session in Sadr City, an area six months ago was home to some of the fiercest fighting of this five-and-a-half-year-old conflict. The rooms that children now fill at this school in northeastern Baghdad were once home to militia fighters who would daily launch attacks … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Schools Open in Sadr City This Week
This year the children of Iraq will have safer, refurbished schools thanks to the work of Renegade Soldiers. Before Company A, Task Force 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, arrived in Sadr City’s Jamilla neighborhood, the schools here were not even used for classes; militants were using the grounds as makeshift hiding places and torture cells. At the few schools that remained open, militants would kidnap children as they went to or from school and hold them … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
IA soldiers seize Iranian weapons in Sadr City
An Iraqi citizen led Iraqi Army Soldiers to a weapons cache in the Sadr City district of Baghdad Aug. 4. “We saved a lot of lives tonight,†said Maj. Gen. Muzer, commander of the 11th Iraqi Army Division. “We will never know how many, but this is something of which we can be proud.†Iraqi Army Soldiers with the 3rd Battalion, 42nd Brigade, 11th Iraq Army Division, found the cache at approximately 7:30 p.m. The cache consisted of 28 107 mm Iranian rockets; one 107 mm Chinese rocket; seven 122 mm Russian rockets; 63 60 mm Iranian mortars; one 240 mm warhead; 25 Chinese fuses; 25 Iranian fuses; a propellant charge for a rocket propelled grenade; one 120 mm mortar tube; two Iranian 60 mm mortar tubes; one 81 mm mortar tube; … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, War on Terror
8 Bad Guys Killed in Iraq
ISOF kill two suspected terrorists in Diyala Province Iraqi Special Operations Forces killed two suspected terrorists in Diyala Province July 17 during an operation to disrupt al-Qaeda in Iraq activity in the region. As the ISOF approached the suspects, one of the suspects raised his hands while the other reached for a suicide vest. Perceiving hostile intent, the ISOF engaged the men, killing both suspects. The two suspects were allegedly part of an AQI cell with at least 20 members, including foreign fighters. The cell is said to conduct mortar attacks and murders against Iraqi civilians and improvised explosive device attacks against Coalition forces. Reports indicate the cell moves at night and uses “spider holes†by the canal to emplace IEDs. Reports also indicate many of the terrorists manning these positions wear … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Terrorist Death Watch, War on Terror
Iraqi Army At Work in Sadr City
Iraqi Army soldiers working to secure the area in the Sadr City district of Baghdad uncovered weapons caches July 9. At approximately 2 p.m., Iraqi Army soldiers seized four 120 mm mortars, an 82 mm mortar, a 60 mm mortar and four 30 mm rockets. The weapons were later turned in to Mulit-National Division Soldiers at a joint security station. At approximately 7:15 p.m., soldiers with the 44th Brigade, 11th Iraqi Army Division, found 171 copper blocks. [ed. note - used for IEDs] MNF-I … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, War on Terror
IA Soldiers seize weapons in Sadr City
Iraqi Army Soldiers seized numerous weapons caches in the Sadr City district of Baghdad June 25. Iraqi Army Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraq Army Division uncovered 11, 82 mm rounds and nine fuses in a school courtyard at approximately 7 a.m. At approximately 11 a.m., Soldiers from the same unit discovered two AK-47 magazines and one tank scope. They also found two 82 mm rounds, five anti-tank mines, six 60 mm rounds, 11 rocket-propelled grenade rounds, 30 AK-47 rounds and command wire approximately one hour later. Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraq Army Division found a cache behind a mosque consisting of four explosively formed projectiles. Since May 20, the Iraqi Army has uncovered 205 weapons and munitions caches, including more than 150 improvised explosive devices and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, War on Terror
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