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June 2, 2003
Release Number: 03-06-03
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COALITION EFFORTS AID IRAQ'S RECOVERY (June 2, 2003)
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 to expedite its 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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