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| July 3, 2003 Release Number: 03-07-15 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COALITION CONTINUES EFFORT TO REBUILD IRAQ (July 3, 2003) BAGHDAD, Iraq - Irrigation water in sufficient quantity reached Tala'a, a small village near Al Hillah in southern Iraq, for the first time in three years according to the 304th Civil Affairs Brigade. In the An Najaf area, two hundred one facility protection service guards graduated from security training. Sixty-seven guards will work at oil and gas facilities and 134 will work at hospitals. While in the Fallujah area, Coalition forces transferred authority and responsibility for the security of the power substation to the local police. Coalition forces continued to clean sewer pipes in different cities and towns throughout the country to minimize sewage back up and reduce the chances of a health epidemic. Five septic trucks were provided to Baghdad's Al Schweb neighborhood to relieve a serious emerging sewer problem. Three doctors from Korea Food for the Hungry International (KFHI) and Global Care working with Coalition forces completed the recreation of disabled veterans' medical records. -30- |
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