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    Iraqi businessmen attend exposition

    Iraqi businessmen attend exposition

    Courtesy Photo | Iraqi businessmen and civilians crowd the concierge desk at the Al Rasheed Hotel in...... read more read more

    BAGHDAD, IRAQ

    02.21.2008

    Courtesy Story

    4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division

    4th BCT PAO, 1st Inf. Div., MND-B

    BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqi businesses got their chance to impress national and international customers at a business exposition held Feb. 15-18 in the International Zone.

    The Iraqi –American Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted the "Baghdad to Baghdad Business Exposition" for local businesses at the Al-Rasheed Hotel in order to highlight the city's economic growth over the past year.

    "The event was the first of its kind in greater Baghdad," said Maj. Patrick Garrett, a native of Hillsborough, Ore., a governance advisor with Multi-National Division – Baghdad's 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division's Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team, assigned to work with the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment. "More than 300 Iraqi companies participated, drawing in about 1,000 Iraqis."

    Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Teams contain a mixture of military and state department personnel who are tasked with helping rebuild Iraqi infrastructure by teaching businessmen and leaders how to effectively grow their economy from the bottom up.

    The success of the exposition will help generate business opportunities for Iraqi companies nationwide and abroad, said Dave Atteberry, a representative for United States Agency for International Development with the Task Force Dragon ePRT.

    "This citywide trade fair is indeed a hallmark event for Baghdad," said Atteberry, a native of Dallas. "The broad and enthusiastic participation by the Baghdad business community is testimony to the steadily increasing improved security climate, which is central to the return of investor confidence and economic growth in the city."

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    Date Taken: 02.21.2008
    Date Posted: 02.21.2008 12:48
    Story ID: 16542
    Location: BAGHDAD, IQ

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