A rare piece of postive news from Iraq

[willstrickland]

As you may or may not know, the majority of the Army Corp of Engineers is civilian. Some of my coworkers are in Iraq acting as project managers in reconstruction efforts. This is a clip of news from this week:

 

"Mullah Success Continues. Twenty (20) megawatts of electricity, (17 MW derated) was added to the Iraqi power grid as the rehabilitated Mullah Seven Generator Unit at the Mullah Power Station was brought online June 2, 2004 in Mullah, Iraq, as announced by the Gulf Region Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Additional days testing and verification of the restored turbine have been completed to confirm the operation of the generator. This is the second unit to be brought online in the last three weeks at Mullah."

 

The electricity infrastructure is more stable, and in better shape than before the war, with electricty available around 16-18 hrs a day compared to a typical 8-12 hrs before.

 

Hope we can the f-outta dodge soon.

[Gary_Yngve]

[Gary_Yngve]

I wish they'd mention this sort of stuff on the news too. It would paint a much fuller picture than the deaths, tortures, and kidnappings that we normally see.