Oops! I did it Again!

Found more good news [See preceeding posts here and here]. Jeebus, this has got to stop! Why soon the Iraqi's will not be in need of plundering rescuing by the UN.

Seabees Quietly Get Results In Iraq’s Al Anbar Province

While reconstruction efforts being run from Baghdad’s Green Zone are moving too slowly for critics in the U.S. and in Iraq, a Marine-Seabee contingent working in nearby Al Anbar province is quietly expanding infrastructure repair efforts with help from the local population. The 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Engineer Group (MEG) is helping rebuild schools, water and wastewater treatment plants, roads and security facilities in one of the toughest of Iraq’s governates.

"By mid-July, we will have over $100 million in contracts under way in Al Anbar, on 188 projects," says Rear Adm. Charles R. Kubic, commander of the MEG and the 1st Naval Construction Division. The group’s responsibilities cover a small portion of the $18.4 billion in U.S. funding now allocated for some 2,300 reconstruction task orders identified across all of Iraq, but far more than Kubic expected when the war began. "At most, I thought we’d have $10 million to $20 million under contract," he says.

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The Seabees have been working with the mayor and local clerics to hire young Iraqis to rebuild mosques damaged during the fighting. In nearby Ramadi, Al Anbar University engineers are providing design, construction and inspection services. At present, Seabee projects in Al Anbar are employing 3,600 Iraqis, although some vanish when violence escalates. The key to success, Kubic says, "is not being wed to your plan. You have to be willing to make adjustments when the situation changes, and do it quickly."

For those of you who are geographically challenged, Fulljah is a mere 6 clicks away from the MEG headquarters.