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June 29, 2003
Release Number: 03-06-99
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COALITION CONTINUES EFFORTS TO REBUILD IRAQ (June 29, 2003)
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Coalition forces continue to help rebuild Iraq through reconstruction and humanitarian aid. Some of the tasks accomplished in the last 24 hours:
The 418th Civil Affairs Battalion completed the Tikrit Women's College project. The unit provided the college with paper, light bulbs, ceiling fans, a refrigerator, two safes, several calculators and school supplies.
The 1st Armored Division humanitarian activities included meeting with artist and vendors to discuss the opening of the Baghdad Zawra Park Zoo. The division's major ongoing projects include monitoring fuel distribution, solid waste collection, salary payments, medical supply distribution, food distribution and coordinating supplies for the upcoming student exams.
The 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment continued to issue Humanitarian Daily Rations from the World Food Bank Organization to the people of the Al Anbar Province, Trebil and Ar Ramadi. The 3rd ACR engineers collected in the area of operation, 111 truckloads of trash and debris for a total of 1,588 truckloads to date.
A unit of the 101st Airborne Division continues the major endeavor of fighting the massive fire at the sulfur plant utilizing 21 bulldozers, eight dump trucks and one loader.
Task Force Pothole laid three tons of asphalt, repairing 14 potholes in Mosul.
For additional information contact:
CJTF-7 COALITION PRESS INFORMATION CENTER
914 360 5082/5089
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