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on this edition of the Marne Ford .

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We'll show you how coalition soldiers

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are making a difference and meet Vice

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Chief of Staff of the Army , General

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Richard Cody all this and more coming

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up .

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Yeah ,

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hello and welcome to this edition of

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the March forward . I'm specialist

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Rebecca raise reporting from Baghdad .

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Here's this week's Smartnews Minute .

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Right now , multinational division

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centre forces are pushing forward to

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disable the decreasing number of Al

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Qaeda in Iraq operatives remaining in

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the region southeast of Baghdad . It's

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called Operation Grand Slam and it

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began with the pursuit of insurgent

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elements near Salman Park , february

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15th . The first phase of Grand Slam

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involves clearing of peninsula that

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stretches into the Tigris River

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directly south of the city of Salman

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Park . In addition to targeting the

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terrorist network , their coalition

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forces are working to rid the area of A .

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Q . I . Statehouses , weapons caches

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and firing points following the

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questioning of an Iraqi al Qaeda member ,

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Iraqi Army and iron rockets on soldiers

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discovered four weapons caches and use

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the fear Iraq february 18th the four

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caches were located within a square

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quarter mile area and yielded more than

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700 mortar rounds . A complete 60

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millimeter mortar system , seven ski

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masks , hundreds of mortar parts and

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£100 of unknown bulk explosives and

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instruction manuals on february 11 .

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General Richard Cody . Vice Chief of

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Staff of the United States Army visited

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Camp victory to present awards to nine

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multinational Division centre soldiers

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and to re enlist 206 soldiers and two

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airmen after the ceremony Cody told the

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press that he appreciates the sacrifice

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soldiers make during a 15 month

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deployments in Iraq , these soldiers

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are performing magnificently uh in a

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combat zone . Uh we know that over time

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we've got to come off of the 15 month

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deployments because it is too long and

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that's your mar news . Minute Army

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staff Sergeant Crystal Cook has this

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story from Mr Maria on the efforts of

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Iraqi police and leading local sheikhs

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to integrate some members of the sons

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of Iraq into the Iraqi police forces

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for the first time in Iskandariya .

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Iraqi security forces and chic , let's

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discuss the future of Sons of Iraq ,

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also known as the S . O . I . Program .

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Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Getchell ,

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Second Battalion five Second Brigade

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Commander . So that today is a crucial

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step in the reconciliation process . So

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today , in cooperation with Major Farid

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al Sayyed from the second Battalion ,

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Fourth Brigade eight Iraqi Division

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of the Iraqi army and Iraqi police will

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provide oversights are the sons of Iraq

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in the East Gonorrhea area and both

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were partners together to secure the

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area in this Gonorrhea . The Iraqi

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police services will provide Overwatch

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for the Sons of Iraq and Manuela in

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Java in and around the city of Hasta ,

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Iskandiriyah . Second Battalion ,

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Fourth Brigade eight Iraqi Army

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Division will provide oversight

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of Sons of Iraq forces

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in the kilometers chocolate , three

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Chaka , four in those areas north of

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the mechanic factory , the old 13

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weapons complex . In order for the

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Iskandiriyah area to prosper . They

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must ensure the area is safe .

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Coalition forces continue to screen

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members of S . O . I . For the Ministry

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of Interior . We did screening here a

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month or so ago where we screened about

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500 so I individuals and about 180 of

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those were actually qualified , met the

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qualifications to go to the Iraqi

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Police Academy down in hill . Uh We've

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given them that information . Now ,

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it's up to the Iraqi government and

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Iraqi police to fully integrate those

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those members and select them to go to

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the police academy reporting from

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bobcat . Iraq . I'm Army Sergeant

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Crystal Cook . The city of SAN

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the Iraq has been out of coalition

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forces sphere of influence for a long

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time now . But that's changing recently .

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Troops from fifth squadron seventh

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calvary regiment established patrol

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base needs close to the city . Sergeant

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J Townsend shows us how coalition

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soldiers are already making a

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difference . There are things that

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every community needs and doctors are

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one of them . It's been a long time

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since many of the 15,000 people who

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live in safe in Iraq has seen a doctor .

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That's just one reason why Lieutenant

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Colonel Clifford wheeler and troops

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from the Fifth Squadron seventh calvary

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Regiment brought doctors to the people

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here . This is a unique opportunity for

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us to be able to reach out and touch a

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lot of people . That one small event .

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That's why I think the success of this

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particular engagement will lead to

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further engagements down the road

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because of safety is rugged terrain and

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distance from any coalition base . The

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people here have had little or no

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interaction with US troops until

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recently . Uh it was important to us to

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be able to do something tangible for

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the people to convince them that

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coalition forces are serious about

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improving their daily lot . And I think

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doing a medical engagement here in a

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place where there is no medical clinic

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available , there is no medical

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services available anywhere close shows

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them that we're willing to go the extra

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mile , put forth a little extra effort

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in order to be able to touch the

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average citizen safety talk about this

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operation is a combined medical

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engagement . Members from the Sons of

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Iraq group of providing security ,

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coalition forces brought the supplies

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and Iraqi doctors are treating patients

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according to first Lieutenant , Jose

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really a big part of today's success is

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having the doctors here . Uh would they

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provide uh that we can't provide is the

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face of the Iraqi medical community to

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the Iraqi people in order to empower

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them to enable them to trust their own

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medical providers , their own medical

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capabilities and their own medical

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abilities according to the doctors .

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The most common ailments here caused by

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poor hygiene and an unclean water

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source for 57 cab . Getting the city's

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water purified is one of the top

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priorities , reporting from safe in

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Iraq . I'm Army Sergeant J Townsend

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this week's task force martin . Service

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members took it to the map specialists .

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Azanian Luton has this story on the

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combative competition , detested the

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skills of the troops , opponents .

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Duked it out at the first ever

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combative tournament and the sergeant ,

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first class paul R smith fitness center

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on camp Victory Iraq . The competition

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split into different weight classes ,

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allowed service members to show their

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skills in hand to hand . Combat

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specialist Marianne Web from Parma Ohio

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says the competition grew , it went

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from just a simple , you know , that's

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just going to be for the STB let them

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have a friendly competition to this is

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an all out tournament . Now , what says

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the outcome was good with 38 people

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participating in the tournament . Light

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heavyweight champion . Corporal Maurice

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Tunstall attributed his success to his

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company being big on physical training .

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Tussle says that with the exercise

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comes a real sense of victory . It was

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a very good today , represent my

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company on thursday flyweight champion .

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First Lieutenant Alicia Beaumont from

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Dallas texas says , although she was

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encouraged to join in the sport , she

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has no regrets when we're down there

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practicing with bonding singing . We

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can we have a great exercise sports .

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He's champion has an automatic slot in

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the All Army combative tournament held

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at Fort Benning Georgia in september

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reporting from camp Victory Iraq . I'm

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specialist to Vanya Luton

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after a break , we'll have more

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about what happened this week here in

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Iraq . Stay with

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welcome back this week . Woman from

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Third Brigade 101st Airborne Division

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met with Iraqi woman to discuss

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important social issues specialists .

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Azania Bhutan has the story . The Iraqi

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woman's engagement program headed by

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the Rock assigns a third Brigade 101st

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Airborne Division . Here's the Iraqi

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Woman of Mahmoudiya . The opportunity

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to bring their issues to the table for

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the woman getting a chance to talk

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about employment , self sufficiency ,

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safety and health care are just some of

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the reasons why this program has proved

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valuable for many of these women whose

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faces are not seen in this report .

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Working together . Woman to woman helps

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find them around the dream of a share

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feature and a peaceful Iraq . Captain

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Martrell Gamble , originally from

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Landover Maryland and team leader for

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this initiative says what happens here

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is important basically the purpose of

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this program is um to facilitate

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education and business opportunities

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for the women here in Iraq . Gamble

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says that there are currently 1 to 2

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million widows in Iraq . And of those

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84,000 receive some type of aid with

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the help of this task force smart

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Initiative and the Rock Hasan's these

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Iraqi women will be able to live a

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better life reporting from Mahmoudiyah

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Iraq . I'm specialist to being in

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Bhutan recently . Colonel thomas

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James Commander of the fourth Brigade

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combat mission . Met with Sheikh Kamal

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to be Al Janabi Army Sergeant Crystal

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Cook has the story more than

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50 shades from the Genovese tribe . Met

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with fourth brigade , 13th centuries

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Top Commander , Colonel thomas James to

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discuss concerns about unemployment in

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security . And I think the primary

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concern that dominate the conversation

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was getting to know at the end of the

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Iraqi security forces and the other one

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is reconciliation and breaking down the

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barriers that are associated with the

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governance and the linkages to allow

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the people really to receive the

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resources and things that they deserve .

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And right now it's kind of it's broken

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or it's not efficient and we're trying

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to help with that . Colonel James

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explains how coalition forces assist in

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the process of building Iraqi security

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forces . What do initially what we are

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doing is a collective organization is

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we've collected all the names , we've

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screened them to see if they meet the

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requirements of Iraqi government age

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literacy and some of those to make sure

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that they can to meet those

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requirements and what they do once they

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do that we take that list and run it

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through the government And they're

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supposed to get approval . That's where

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we can help to try to streamline that

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process . Say these are good people ,

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we've screened them and they need to be

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included into the police academy and

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other places to get the diocese up .

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That's where we can really help . And

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we've been able to do that with some I

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think we have 200 now out of Jaffa

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sucker that are a good chunk of those

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are from genealogy tribe that we were

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able to get through the police academy

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and one of these classes had just

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graduated . The sheikhs also discussed

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the areas farmlands and the possibility

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of building a governance center for the

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most important issue for the tribe is

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reconciliation in the build up of the

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Iraqi security forces , reporting from

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bob Kalsu Iraq , I'm Army Sergeant

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Crystal Cook . Last week , Task force

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morin soldiers attended a prayer

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breakfast on camp victory . I'll take

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you there and show you how chaplains

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used a little bit of gospel and a

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little bit of banjo to raise the morale

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of troops . Troops showed up early

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to enjoy breakfast and fellowship . At

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the recent prayer breakfast after a

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quick prayer chaplains . Lieutenant

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Colonel Harland Triplet and Major eric

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Albertson entertained soldiers with

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music .

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Guest speaker ,

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multinational force . Iraq chaplain .

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Colonel James Griffin talked about

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battle buddies and how everyone needs

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someone they can lean on someone to

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trust . We need encourages around us

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every day helps restore

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our soul , helps support us and help

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strengthen us and it helps to establish

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us in everything that we do . Let me

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ask you this one was the last time you

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said an encouraging word to your battle

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chaplain Griffin also reminded soldiers

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that they are all essential to the

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fight . All of you are uniquely gifted

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and you perform a unique role which

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helps support the mission of this great

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division Without your expertise without

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your efforts , the mission could not be

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done . As Task Force marm prepares to

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redeploy Faith and fellowship will

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continue to be a part of the Third

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Infantry Division . The next and last

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prayer . Breakfast for the rotation is

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scheduled for mid March this week .

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I'm specialist Rebecca raise rock of

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the Mark .

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Yeah . Yeah .

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Yeah . Mhm .

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Mhm . Right .

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Mhm .