U.S., Iraqis work to reopen factories

Multi-National Corps - Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory

AR RAMADI — U. S. officials are working with the Iraqi Government to reopen various production factories to stimulate the local economy here.

Mohammed Abdullah, the deputy minister of industry, met with Bob Love, the director of Iraqi operations for the Defense Business Transformation Agency, during a Jan. 31 visit to ceramics and glass factories to discuss the future of the businesses.

“The factories in Ramadi are important to the government of Iraq and the United States,” Love said. “We have to move quickly.”

Love said that meetings like this would speed up the process of opening the ceramic factory’s doors to its more than 700 employees.
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