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El Salvadoran Forces' humanitarian projects in the province of Babil

Since the arrival of the El Salvadoran Battalion to Camp Charlie, located in the city of Al-Hillah, they visited a lot of communities in their area of responsibility to assess problems and coordinate assistance with the local authorities regarding infrastructure problems. El Salvadoran Battalion, as a member of the Multi-National Division Central-South, focused on projects to be executed in the scope of reconstruction of infrastructure and humanitarian assistance in different communities of the Babil province. These include the cities and villages of Al-Ibrahimiya, Al-Madhathiya, Al-Hashimiyah, Ashimiya, Al-Qasim, At-Taliyah, Al- Kilf and Ash-Shumali.

With the development of these projects, 128,000 Iraqis in these areas will obtain some benefits. The selected priorities are oriented to furnishing of schools and health centers, improvement of roads, installation of water pumps, water treatment, repairing old water systems, construction of a steel girder bridge and improvement of the living conditions of Iraqi forces in the province of Babil to successfully continue in their performance of conducting stability and security operations there. These projects are being developed with Commander Emergency Response Program funds amounting to a total of $ 1,175,078.50. El Salvadoran Battalion started these projects in Oct. 2004 and plan to complete them by Dec. 2004.

El Salvadoran Forces accomplished their third rotation in Iraq on Aug. 20, 2004, where Salvadoran strength totalled 380 personnel. The fourth rotation is planned for early in 2005. The commander of the third rotation of El Salvadoran Battalion is Col. Roberto Artiga. El Salvadoran Battalion is located in Camp Charlie, situated in the city of Al-Hilla, and has been there since Sep. 10, 2004.

El Salvadoran Battalion has become a very important part of the MND-CS in Iraq and the El Salvadoran contingent is performing an excellent duty to help Iraqis and Iraqi forces as well. The battalion is part of the overall Multi-National Force contribution to the continuous re-building and stability of the infrastructure of Iraq.

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