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It's turning out to be a good year for

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the more than 75 business owners who

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gathered in the Karada district in

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Southern Baghdad for their first annual

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trade show , entrepreneurs and

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shopkeepers , big and small at the

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Babylon hotel to show off their

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products and the other business owners

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and community leaders . Each

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construction team organized the trade

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show . Both the mayor and provincial

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governor of Baghdad province were among

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the dignitaries who attended the two

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day event to show their support .

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Fourth Brigade , 10,000 divisions .

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Provincial Reconstruction Team leader

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Conrad tribble of the Washington Dc

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area says the event was a success

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because it sent a strong message to the

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governmental leaders of Baghdad that

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business owners are an important voice

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of the community and their message is a

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positive one . And what we were trying

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to do with this was stimulate the

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private sector , See what kind of

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businesses would come out for this and

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show what we could and help them see

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what is going on in their district to

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help them formulate their business

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plans in their future planning for

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business economic growth . Several

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focuses on the non lethal side of the

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fight by serving as the political

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specialist . His mission is to bring

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civilian development and diplomacy to

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the 4 10 Area of Operations . One very

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influential person who attended the

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event was Madison Hassan Time magazine

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recently named her in their feature of

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the world's top 100 influential people ,

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Hassan who is on the Karada District

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council works on the frontlines ,

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fighting for women's rights to be equal

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to their male counterparts . That won't

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be long before every district in

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Baghdad had celebrated their first

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annual business expo reporting for

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Fourth Brigade , 10th Mountain Division .

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I'm Sergeant Jeremy Todd .