By Staff Sgt. Jon Cupp1st BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs
INTASAR — Tribal sheiks, city council members, the Iraqi army, Iraqi police and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers are helping people get their lives back to normal nearly five months after sectarian violence rocked the small community.
One of the signs that stability is returning in the village showed on March 5 as Intasar sheiks, council members and Soldiers from Battery C, 1st “Red Lion” Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment joined together to re-open the Intasar elementary school.
The school, which had been damaged by looters during the sectarian clashes, was closed for several months until crews could be hired to clean away debris.
(PHOTO: Sgt. Derek Smith, a team leader for Battery C, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment and a native of Phoenix, Ariz., hands out back packs, filled with school supplies, to Iraqi children in Intasar, Iraq, March 4, during the re-opening of the Intasar elementary school. The school was shut down nearly five months ago due to sectarian violence; however, Shia and Sunni sheiks, the Intasar city council, Iraqi security forces and U.S. Army Soldiers have joined together to help end the violence in the village. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Cupp.)
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