By Spc. Amanda Morrissey
5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
AL ZAHRAH — It is a small neighborhood about 12 blocks long and five blocks wide, just a few miles away from Balad. The main street is roughly paved; the rest are just dirt tracks filled with trash and mud, teeming with kids. All in all, there is nothing remarkable about Al Zahrah.
It has, however, managed to capture the attention of the U.S. forces at Forward Operating Base Paliwoda.
“The people in this neighborhood have been good to us here. We’d like to do something in return for them,” said 1st Lt. Anthony Fazio, projects purchasing officer for Headquarters/Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment.
The unit is proposing a $4 million renovation project that includes installing an underground sewage system with connections to each house in the area, drain culverts, sidewalks and paved roads.
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(Photo: 1st Lt. Anthony Fazio (third from left), the projects purchasing officer for Headquarters/Headquarters Company,3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment speaks with Ahmed Omran (left), a local civil engineer, and Amir ab Dalhide Morhon (second left), the mayor of Balad, through an interpreter (far right), while on a patrol through the Al Zahrah neighborhood on January 4, 2007. Fazio was assessing the area for a proposed $4 million renovation projects that would include a new sewage system, drain culverts, sidewalks and paved roads.)
5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
AL ZAHRAH — It is a small neighborhood about 12 blocks long and five blocks wide, just a few miles away from Balad. The main street is roughly paved; the rest are just dirt tracks filled with trash and mud, teeming with kids. All in all, there is nothing remarkable about Al Zahrah.
It has, however, managed to capture the attention of the U.S. forces at Forward Operating Base Paliwoda.
“The people in this neighborhood have been good to us here. We’d like to do something in return for them,” said 1st Lt. Anthony Fazio, projects purchasing officer for Headquarters/Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment.
The unit is proposing a $4 million renovation project that includes installing an underground sewage system with connections to each house in the area, drain culverts, sidewalks and paved roads.
Read the Rest...
(Photo: 1st Lt. Anthony Fazio (third from left), the projects purchasing officer for Headquarters/Headquarters Company,3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment speaks with Ahmed Omran (left), a local civil engineer, and Amir ab Dalhide Morhon (second left), the mayor of Balad, through an interpreter (far right), while on a patrol through the Al Zahrah neighborhood on January 4, 2007. Fazio was assessing the area for a proposed $4 million renovation projects that would include a new sewage system, drain culverts, sidewalks and paved roads.)
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