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An Army Air Corps Sergeant-Major
in one of fifteen schools, the reconstruction and
refurbishment of
which he has supervised over a
three month period under the
Quick Impact Project
programme to deliver rapid help
to key areas of Iraqi life
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A Royal Engineer officer and
a TA Warrant Officer, who works
for Scottish Water in civilian life,
help Iraqi workmen assess a
damaged water mains. The soldiers
serve with the Pipeline Repair
Coordination Cell that is working
to restore the elderly, and often
vandalised water, infrastructure
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Iraqi firemen work with a Royal
Engineer NCO to prepare
cutting gear provided by the
British Army to free three people
trapped beneath the ruins of
a derelict building which suddenly
collapsed on 6 July in Basrah.
All three were rescued safely
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An Interim Provincial Council
of twenty-two men and women,
representing a broad range of
religious, tribal and political
interests was convened in Basrah
on 2 July and met again on
5 July to hold a secret ballot
to elect an Interim Governor
and Deputy Governor
for Basrah Province
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Judge Wail Abdulateif
was elected by the Provincial
Council to be the Interim
Governor of Basrah
Province,
with a police officer, Colonel
Ameed Meyhour Kherala
chosen as his deputy
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A Royal Navy Sea King patrols
the area as the Abqaiq, the first
supertanker to load Iraqi fuel since
the end of the conflict, arrives at an
off-shore facility on 28 June. The oil revenue will
play an important part
in helping the Iraqi people rebuild
their country after Saddam's
abuses and sqaunder
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An officer makes a liaison visit to the Al Maqal Health
Centre in Basrah. The clinic was adopted by Y Company
of the
1st Bn, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, who
staged a major effort to refurbish it
after the conflict
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One of the babies enjoys a
little fussing from a Fusilier. Families
of the Regiment at home in the UK
and Germany donated toys for
the clinic's waiting areas. The health
centre cares for a district of 30,000
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A merchantman seen alongside
at Umm Qasr, once more open
to civilian shipping, operated under
Iraqi administration since
22 May 2003. This vessel
brought in a large cargo of rice
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In Basrah, a Regimental Sergeant
Major of the Royal Engineers briefs
fifty headteachers on the threat posed to
children by mines, planted by Saddam
Hussein's regime, and other ordnance
abandoned by the regime
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