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  • Fighting insurgency, brick by brick

    05/05/2008 3:19:24 PM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 3 replies · 35+ views
    Stars and Stripes ^ | Monday, May 5, 2008 | John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes
    Unit revives factory in Shiite town to lure Iraqis away from criminal behavior with work NARHWAN, Iraq — Before Lt. Col. Mark Sullivan arrived in this city of 120,000, he had his eye on the map.On the outskirts of Narhwan a big smoke-belching brick factory, once the economic engine of the region, was sitting idle. Before the start of the war, it employed more than 10,000. In the years that followed, though, it degenerated into a den of extortion. The extremists were shaking down the business owners. “It was a sanctuary. Weapons and ammunition were stored out there,” Sullivan said....