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Marines turn command outpost into youth center
Tuesday, 09 September 2008ANAH, Iraq — Coalition forces have refurbished a former command outpost back into a building that could be used by the community.
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Coalition forces help Rawah focus
RAWAH, Iraq - Coalition forces recently delivered hundreds of prescription glasses to local residents in need of vision care.
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Marines deal blow to drug traffickers
AL ANBAR PROVINCE, Iraq (Aug. 11, 2008) – The flow of drugs in southwest Al Anbar province was diminished, July 8, 2008, after a bust of more than 500 pounds of narcotics.
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Troops lend helping hand to Iraqi medical professionals
FOB LOYALTY, Iraq (Aug3, 2008) — Coalition troops from MND-Baghdad are helping concentrate on medical care in the wake of an improved security situation.
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Soldier gains affection for Iraqi people
CAMP VICTORY, Iraq (July 30, 2008) – Army Staff Sgt. Frank Pflieger, the non-commissioned officer-in-charge of force protection, stood amidst a crew of smiling Iraqi faces huddled around a large worktable covered with polka-dotted gift bags and boxes full of toys.
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Sunni, Shia celebrate unity through soccer
YETHRIB, Iraq (July 7, 2008) – For more than half a decade, the Balad and Yethrib areas have been plagued with sectarian violence that has pitted rival Shiite Muslims and Sunni Arabs against one another. The bloodshed between tribes, at times, had turned into all out warfare that was waged in palm groves and fields near the Tigris River.
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Coalition group removes mines from Afghan battlefields
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (June 30, 2008) — Afghanistan was heavily mined by Soviet forces during their 10-year occupation, ending in February 1989. Then, as the Taliban and Northern Alliance fought, they continued to lay out mines to protect their supply routes, airfields, military posts and front lines.
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Life returning to Ramadi
RAMADI, Iraq (June 17, 2008) – U.S. Marines and Iraqi police patrol as a team, to the widespread approval of local citizens.
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Iraqi flight teams protect date palm crop
WASHINGTON, DC (June 10, 2008) – Iraq’s Agriculture Ministry protects commercial date palm crop from deadly beetles.
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Coalition troops care for Obeidi tribe
FOB KALSU (May 26, 2008) — Members of the Obeidi tribe south of Baghdad have learned to trust Coalition troops for medical care.
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PRTs strive to improve Afghan lives
FOB SALERNO, Afghanistan (May 21, 2008) – Provincial Reconstruction Teams are responsible for working with the Afghan government to improve life for the country's citizens.
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