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Monday, 24 March 2008 |
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SA’AD MUHAMMED — Influential leaders from throughout Diyala province gathered at a home in Sa’ad Muhammed, Iraq, March 20 to establish tribal support councils throughout the province. More than 1,000 people attended the gathering at the home of Sheik Dura Fayyahd Al-Amiri, arguably the most influential sheik in Diyala, including representatives of the central government, the governor, members of the provincial council, the Iraqi army and police commanders for the province, and sheiks from throughout Diyala. Last month the central government approved the creation of tribal support councils throughout Iraq. The purpose of these councils is for the various tribes throughout the nation to have a voice in government to help with reconciliation and stability. Dr. Fa-Al Niamah Alayawi from the central government’s Implementation and Follow-on Committee for National Reconciliation outlined the role of tribal support councils at the meeting. |
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 FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU — With paper stacked to the ceilings and low-tech record-keeping methods, Iraqi courts stood to gain tremendously from modern technology.
More than 35 judges and court administrators from Babil, Karbala, Najaf, and Qadisiyah Provinces and Mahmudiyah Qada received new laptops and a software program March 18-19 from Soldiers in the Judge Advocate Section, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division. |
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WASHINGTON — Al Qaeda terrorists and other Iraqi insurgents are “off balance” in Iraq, an Army counterinsurgency expert said Friday. In a teleconference with online journalists and “bloggers,” Army Col. Daniel S. Roper, director of the U.S. Army and Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., said he welcomed the opportunity to explain that counterinsurgency isn’t just a military strategy. |
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 FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER — U.S. and Georgian Soldiers helped get food and toys to a small village in need near al Lej, March 18.
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In August, electrical production of megawatts exceeded 5,000 for 25 days – producing enough power for approximately 450,000 homes. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region Division is helping the Government of Iraq jumpstart its electrical infrastructure by infusing more than $4 billion dollars into the nation’s system. More than 500 electrical projects have been completed thus far in areas of generation, transmission and distribution. |
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