NASIRIYA, Iraq -- Children from a local school select their backpacks donated
by 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen. More than 200 backpacks filled with
school supplies and hygiene products were donated.
''How dare they subject us to such dishonor and disgrace!
How dare they drag the good name of the United States of America
through the mud of Saddam Hussein's torture prison!'' --- Al Gore
A pupil in the Al-Thabat School, located in the Abu-Gharib neighborhood is
ready to begin a day’s studies in the recently renovated facility. Soldiers from
Task Force 1st Armored Division’s 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment and the
490th Civil Affairs Battalion, worked to repair the building and clear munitions.
''How dare they subject us to such dishonor and disgrace!
How dare they drag the good name of the United States of America
through the mud of Saddam Hussein's torture prison!'' --- Al Gore