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| Currently, 19 of the 31 (or 61 percent) of the police facility projects planned for the Thi Qar governorate are complete. |
| By Suzanne M. Fournier Gulf Region South U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| BASE CAMP ADDER (ALI BASE), Iraq, Nov. 2, 2005 — Completed reconstruction of a police station project in Suq Ash Skukh, Iraq, will serve to support and provide increased protection for both the police assigned to it and the town's residents. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provided oversight for the project that includes increasing the height of the perimeter security wall and adding concertina wire; vehicle and personnel gates; guard towers; lighting, plastering and painting; new roof tiles; potable water tanks; septic tank; electrical wiring and a 30kV generator. An average of 35 Iraqis worked daily on this renovation project and constructed an additional 25 x 15m building to
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provide much-needed office space for more than 100 police personnel. Currently, 19 of the 31 (or 61 percent) of the police facility projects planned for the Thi Qar governorate are complete. Iraq Reconstruction Funds financed the project. Editor's note: Suzanne Fournier is the Public Affairs Officer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region South. |
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