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By 1st Lt. Lawrence Rubal
1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment
BAGHDAD—Humanitarian assistance packages were delivered to displaced families at the Al Salaam Neighborhood Advisory Council by Multi-National Division—Baghdad Soldiers, March 29.
Through coordination with the Neighborhood Advisory Council, Capt. Benjamin Morales, commander of Company B, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, and his paratroopers delivered boxes including foods, oils and sanitation supplies. The NAC senior leadership insisted that the exchange be made after the meeting so residents of Al Salaam could see the progress made through cooperation with the Iraqi and coalition security forces.
"It will be good for the community to see how much we trust each other," said Abu Hussein, the Al Salaam NAC leader. "They will realize that working with Iraqi and American forces can bring peace and happiness."
At noon on a sunny, warm March day, Morales' company arrived with a cargo truck full of humanitarian aid boxes and backed up to the gates of the council building.
At first, hesitant bystanders looked puzzled as the council members and MND-B Soldiers gathered near the rear of the truck. The more people realized what was happening, the more they gathered and gave a helping hand.
The MND-B troops who were offloading the boxes were soon pushed aside by smiling, giddy children. The children ran as fast as they could, with as many boxes as they could hold and carried them into the NAC building.
Children, council members and Soldiers alike, found it hard not to smile.
| Date Taken: | 04.04.2007 |
| Date Posted: | 04.04.2007 13:25 |
| Story ID: | 9773 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
| Web Views: | 431 |
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