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Friday, 09 January 2009 |
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BAGHDAD — Iraqi National Police Officers donated more than 400 blankets to an orphanage in the Kamaliyah neighborhood of New Baghdad, Jan. 3. The donation drive was led by the 4th Brigade, 1st Iraqi National Police Division along with neighborhood leaders and the orphanage headmaster. The donation was to help children and widows battle the chilly weather this winter where average temperatures can dip down into the low 40s. Gen. Amer Flayeh Hassoun, the 4th Bde., 1st NP commander, along with his officers, handed out wool blankets to all who attended the drive. Each child and widow thanked Hassoun for his help upon receiving the donation. “NPs are making continuing efforts to improve all of the communities of New Baghdad,” said Hassoun. “This is just one way of giving back to our fellow citizens.” |
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HOR AL BOSH — Iraqi Police and U.S. Soldiers donated school supplies to the al Yasmin School, northwest of Baghdad, Jan. 3. Hundreds of smiling girls and boys gathered outside when the Police and 25th Infantry Division Soldiers showed up at their school bearing gifts. Policemen from the Hammamiat station and the U.S. Soldiers handed out several hundred boxes of crayons, pens, pencils and reams of paper to the anxious children. |
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 CAMP LIBERTY — Iraqi farmers, still struggling from two decades of neglect under the oil-focused regime of Sadaam Hussein, are finding a friend in Army Capt. Suzanne Todd.
Todd, of Jacksonville, Fla., is the agriculture and veterinary advisor for the 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. |
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BAGHDAD — Staff Sgt. James Jenkins was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his heroic actions in saving the life of a fellow combat engineer following an improvised explosive device strike. While conducting a route clearance mission on a particularly dangerous road in central Iraq on Nov. 22, 2008, the lead vehicle was struck by an IED. |
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DoD News Briefing with Col. Butch Kievenaar, commander, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, via teleconference from Iraq to the Pentagon.
•This edition features a story on aggressive response technique training of Iraqi personnel by the U.S. Coast Guard.
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