COALITION
EFFORTS AID IRAQ RECOVERY | June
2, 2003
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Release
# 03-06-003 CAMP
DOHA, Kuwait - Coalition Forces continue to assist in developing a safer and
more secure environment in Iraq through the following activities.
BAGHDAD
Coalition
Forces: - Have
assessed 57 of 212 banks in Baghdad, report 31 are operational, and report
that the Central
Bank opened June 1.
- Participated
in an electricity-oil ministry coordination meeting to discuss fuel/power issues.
- Participated
in Baghdad Power Distribution Summit with Iraqi power officials to troubleshoot
the control of the hundreds of electricity distribution nodes in the city.
Also discussed was a public information campaign.
- Assisted
the Al-Zara
Charitable Clinic expedite it's reopening.
- Met
with LIFE and Children of the World representatives to get the Village of Iraq
orphanage running.
- Executed
$40,000 in payments to the Kadhimiya University Hospital, and paid 2000 workers.
- Reported
Baghdad received 1,400 million liters of water on May 30, mainly due to increased
power delivered to city, which represents an increase in production
for
the fifth straight day.
- Reported
funding authority was received for $100 million in sewer system repairs and
$50 million in water system repairs.
- Reported
50,400 bottles of propane were distributed at 86 locations, and 3.1 million
liters of gas were distributed on May 30
- Worked
with medical facilities near Baghdad International Airport to coordinate the
delivery of US medical supplies, particularly antibiotics.
- Received
152 truckloads of World Food Program food and
16
truckloads of UNICEF supplies from Jordan.
- Reported
numerous aid missions, including Missionaries of Charity, Islamic Enlightenment
and the Salvation Army,
The
Royal Saudi Air Force, Red Cross, UAE, and the UN are moving supplies to Baghdad
through Baghdad International Airport.
- Met
with the Central Statistical Office (CSO) of the Ministry of Planning Ministry
of Planning to discuss the upcoming 2004 Iraqi census.
- Interviewed
the directors of nine Iraqi fertilizer/petro-chemical and construction material
companies ascertain which could make the best use of outside funding
- Assisted
with assessments of the Iraqi mental health system, and will collaborate with
elements of U.S. national psychiatric and psychological associations to improve
delivery of mental health care services.
- Worked
to reestablish Iraqi pharmaceutical company Kimadia to reestablish medical
supply acquisition and distribution and to examine reform options such as privatization
as a non-profit corporation.
- Delivered
the payroll for the central Oil Ministry headquarters and the associated companies
located in the Baghdad area.
These
include State Oil Marketing, Projects, Exploration, Drilling, Research and
Development and the Baghdad Training Institute.
- Delivered
the initial budget and startup fund of $35,270 to the Iraqi Organization for
Standardization and Quality Control.
- Paid
the first salary installments of 765,000,000.00 Iraqi Dinar to approximately
seven of the fifteen Director General departments of the Iraqi Ministry of
Culture.
NORTHERN
IRAQ IRBIL
/ MOSUL / TIKRIT / KIRKUK
Coalition
Forces: - Hosted
Iraqi families at the opening of a children's amusement park.
- Reported
the World Food Progam delivered 308 truckloads of humanitarian aid to Sulaymaniyah
and 510 truckloads of humanitarian aid to Dohuk and Mosul.
- Worked
with the World Food Program to receive and deliver three grain evacuators from
aircraft to a World Food Program warehouse for use in the Kirkuk grain harvest.
- Secured
an additional $1,000 in funds for computer center cleanup and school supply
purchases for the Sananek School.
Also
paid $50 each to teachers from nine schools.
- Working
to acquire replacement
parts for Iraqi wheat silos.
The
Kansas Wheat Association has identified suppliers that might be interested
in donating parts.
- Received
139 benzene and 32 propane trucks from Turkey today.
- Assessed
Iraqi Airlines operations in Mosul to develop a plan to reestablish commercial
airline service.
- Arranged
for the shipment of 40 tons of propane to the town of Ar Rutbah.
SOUTHERN
IRAQ AL
KUT 23rd
Marine Regiment recently:
- Assisted
electric power employees to reconstruct the four towers that hold the 400 kV
power lines, which will provide consistent power to the province when they
are repaired.
- Met
with the Coalition Provisional Authority to develop future chlorine supplies
for the province.
AN
NAJAF 7th
Marine Regiment recently:
- Received
36 truckloads of diesel fuel at the electric power plant.
AN NASARIYAH ·
Conducted
a Humanitarian Assistance mission to deliver and distribute 400 cases of water
to 189 families in the village of Al Harza.
AD
DIWANIYAH
5th Marine Regiment recently:
- Provided
security for a convoy that carried the civil servant salary payments from Baghdad
to Ad Diwaniyah.
KARBALA
7th
Marine Regiment recently:
- Met
with Coalition medical personnel, Iraqi Minister of Health, and the Director
of Al Hindyah Hospital regarding upcoming projects for the hospital, and to
complete estimates for repairing the septic system.
- Met
with the principal of the Karbala girls' school to review conditions and discuss
how to make improvements. .
- Attended
the Public Safety Day at a local school to teach the dangers of handling ordnance,
the role of the police and fire departments.
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