By Spc. Cynthia S. Teears
11th Public Affairs Detachment
MOSUL, Iraq — The Soldiers of the Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment placed a cement tower on route Crenshaw for the Iraqi army's Dulaymi Traffic Control Point in Mosul, Iraq, Nov. 8.
Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 7th Brigade, 2nd Division, Iraqi Army, and Company A, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, provided security for the mission.
This tower move was a response to a request from the Iraqi army to help them maintain the security in the area.
"There used to be a cell in this area," said Sgt. 1st Class James Moore, convoy commander and senior food operations sergeant, FSC, 1st Bn., 8th Inf. Regt. "It's been cleaned up in the last three weeks, but they think they might be moving back."
This is a preventative measure that will make the check point stronger. It also provides more safety for the Iraqi soldiers.
"I just came here three days ago from Ramadi," said 1st Lt. Zead, 1st Bn., 7th Bde., 2nd Div., IA. "I hope to make this area like Ramadi. There are no problems there now. No one is afraid. The first day I was here I fixed some vehicles. The last two days we've been concentrating on clearing the neighborhood."
The move to Mosul was his choice, said Zead. He has family here and wanted to help keep them safe.
The shop owners in the neighborhood appreciate the IA security and accept there are some negative results even from good security.
"Some guys are scared to come to the store because of the check point," said Safwan, shop owner of Almecek, a mobile phone and computer shop. "It does prevent people from writing on my shop thou."
The check point improvement included adding cement barriers to create serpentines on all three roads coming into the intersection.
All these improvements give the Iraqi soldiers' added safety and increased ability to perform their job.
"I want to thank the Soldiers for moving the tower," Zead said."It will help my Soldiers working here."
Safwan has lived here for a year and two months now and agrees the check point has helped his store have longer hours.
"Before the check point was here I couldn't keep my shop open at night," Safwan said. "Now I can because the check point is here for me."
| Date Taken: | 12.13.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 12.13.2008 03:26 |
| Story ID: | 27632 |
| Location: | MOSUL, IQ |
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