Good news from Iraq and Dudley Council ban pigs!

Task Force Liberty Soldiers complete water project for Klaw Qut village

TIKRIT, Iraq— The people of Klaw Qut, in Kirkuk Province, celebrated the completion of a new well and water storage system August 16, a project made possible through the cooperation of the local government and Task Force Liberty's 116 th Brigade Combat Team.

Klaw Qut is an interior village of 60 families that relied entirely on a dirty, slow moving stream for water. The Qarah Anjir local government worked with coalition leaders to provide a well, pump house, storage tank, generator and rudimentary network using the Commander's Emergency Relief Program (CERP).

“Clean drinking water is a concern for all Iraqi's as the government works towards upgrading existing facilities and building new ones,” said Capt. Lane Packwood, a company commander with the 116 th Brigade Combat Team's Task Force 1-148 Field Artillery. “This project provides an immense improvement in the village's quality of life.”

Working with Iraqi leaders to complete critical infrastructure projects is part of the 116 th BCT's mission while deployed in north central Iraq . The unit's mission also includes assisting Iraq 's new government, supporting economic development, facilitating communications and improving security and stability in the region.

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8th Brigade veterinarians reach out to local farmers Sgt David Bill 48th Brigade Combat Team PAO BAGHDAD — Cows and sheep are being used to help develop trust and friendship between local Iraqi farmers and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers. The Soldiers from C Company, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, 48th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division conducted a Veterinarian Community Health Outreach Programs mission Aug. 22 southwest of Baghdad . Under this program, Army veterinarians go into local communities and provide a quick health check on the livestock in the area. If required, they also provide medication to help keep them healthy.

“We try to go out to various areas a couple times per week to check on which animals have been treated recently and which have not,” said Maj. Daniel Cardosa, a veterinarian from C Co. More than 60 sheep and two dozen cows were medicated during the day's mission. “We were de-worming the sheep with an oral medication. Cows were being treated with a topical medication. Both medications are used to kill most internal parasites and a good number of external parasites as well,” added Cardosa.

The process of medicating the animals is a team effort as the farmer or his children assist in getting the sheep, one by one, in a steady position so the veterinarian can insert a medical injector. “I think it allows us to put a friendly face on the United States and get a foot in the door to show that we're here to help them not hurt them,” explained Cardosa, a West Greenwich , R.I. resident. “Then at another time we can come back and do assessments for electrical and water problems we may be able to solve for them.”

Getting Iraqi veterinarians out to work with the farmers has also been a focus of the CA team, so more can be done for the animals. When asked about what Coalition Forces were doing on a larger scale, Cardosa replied, “In the bigger scheme of things we are working with the Ministry of Agriculture to develop animal health and agricultural programs, so they are not solely dependent on oil for their income. We're trying to develop other economic sectors for the country.” C Co.'s overall mission is to provide more than just the basic services for Iraqis. The unit conducts a wide range of operations to include humanitarian support, coordination with government entities, and community outreach. Services such as sewage, water, electricity, and trash are important to the local population and are some of the main priorities of the CA Team.

BAN ON PIGS!

Saw this in yesterdays newspapers and have found an article that details what the looneys at Dudley Council are doing.

Things get dafter by the day.Today is the first of October, but news from the West Midlands suggests it could be the first of April, but the only fools are the chumps who have completely lost the plot at Dudley Council.

In a bid to avoid offending Muslims who work in or deal with the council benefit department, the Conservative controlled Council has ordered a ban on novelty items featuring pigs! Yes indeed, products including toys, porcelain, calendars and even a tissue box featuring Winnie the Pooh and his cute and harmless friend Piglet must be removed or covered up, staff have been instructed.

The banning orders were issued after a Muslim worker complained. He said they were offended by some items at Dudley Council in the West Midlands. The partner of one worker in the department said, "It's caused a bit of atmosphere in the office. The staff did comply but it's just crazy. Ornaments that have been for years have been removed."

Holy festival

The council's head of finance said ONE member of staff had been offended by the products in the run-up to the holy festival of Ramadan, which starts on Tuesday 4th October. He said the decision whether the items should be allowed after Ramadan will be taken after the festival is over.

It's a tolerance of people's beliefs," said Mahbubur Rahman, a Labour Muslim Councillor who has backed the ban. ** What about freedom of expression, oh hang on this is New Britain and our government is not impressed with people saying what they think. Only a few days ago New Labour had to backtrack over its hired goons kicking out 82 year old Walter Wolfgang from its conference hall for expression of a view against the partys line.

What must be going on in the minds of those charged with looking after our councils? If ONE Muslim is offended by cartoon characters and parts of our popular culture, then instead of kneeling before the Will of Allah, our public officials should just have a good laugh and suggest the gentlemen looks for the cheapest flight to a country where the display of such items is not a part of that country’s culture. ** Here here, and all I can say is that I feel sorry for the poor citizens of Dudley having such a bunch of spineless arseholes governing them.

Here we see the thing that Dudley Council want to ban, say hello to Aisha the pig. (that was the name of Mohammeds wife by the way)

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Iraqi, U.S. Forces seize terrorist weapons, bombs

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi Army and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers found five weapons caches hidden in north Baghdad Sept. 30.

The largest discovery was made by combat engineers from the 70th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division at a house in north Baghdad.

The unit captured two suspected terrorists at the house around 8 a.m. and began a search of the area. In just over two hours, the Soldiers discovered three weapons caches containing nine missiles, seven rocket launchers, 20 rockets, 69 mortar rounds, more than 300 rocket-propelled grenades, and 119 hand grenades.

They also found a wide assortment of artillery rounds and bomb-making materials, including 53 detonators, 42 time fuses, three machine guns, several types of rifles, scopes, pistols and ammunition.

At 6 p.m., Iraqi Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division (Mechanized) found a fourth weapons cache while patrolling in north Baghdad. The cache consisted of 20 mortar rounds and bomb-making materials, including five pounds of plastic explosives, one box of rocket fuses, cut lengths of wire, two remote-controlled detonation devices and an instruction book on how to build bombs.

Minutes later in a different area of north Baghdad, a Task Force Baghdad patrol found the fifth cache. The cache contained five bombs consisting of mortar rounds already wired with detonation cord, three RPG launchers with 12 RPGs, plastic explosives, three AK-47 assault rifles, a pistol and ammunition.

Coalition Forces also found two improvised explosive devices. One of the bombs was an anti-tank mine connected to a radio, and the other bomb was two artillery rounds attached to a telephone. In both cases, the Soldiers cordoned off the area to keep people away from the bomb site, and called in explosives teams to safely dispose of the bombs.

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