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COALITION JOINT TASK FORCE - SEVEN
BAGHDAD, Iraq

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Coalition efforts help rebuild Iraq

June 24, 2003
Release # 030624a

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (June 24, 2003) - Coalition forces continue to help rebuild Iraq through reconstruction and humanitarian aid.

Some of the tasks accomplished in the last 24 hours are:

In Al Fallujah, the Thunawait Al Fallujah Lilbenat Girls Secondary School received school supplies to include fans, blackboards, and stationery for the students. In addition, the Coalition installed fans at the College of Administration and Economics of Al Ansar, which allowed students to continue classes despite of the extreme hot temperatures.

Crowds in Al Fallujah welcomed the Coalition, after the city received 148,000 liters of benzene.

The Coalition met with Al Zahara council in Baghdad and developed the garbage clean-up program to help clean the area of debris and trash.

The Ministry of Health supplied the vaccines, which were administered to approximately 100 people at the Al Furat Health Center in Baghdad on June 23. The vaccinations included DTP, Measles Mumps Rubella, and polio.

Coalition distributed approximately 15 cases of rations to displaced families in abandoned government warehouses in Al Camel area.



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