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Article: MARINES THWART INSURGENTS' ATTEMPT TO DESTROY NEW IRAQI SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

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July 7, 2006
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The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story:

Thanks to the work of Marines and Iraqi Security Forces, 800 elementary-aged girls will now have a school to attend this fall.

Marines from 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment unveiled a brand-new grade school in this city of about 30,000 on the Iraq-Syria border in western Al Anbar Province July 7.

About one week before its opening, insurgents planted an improvised explosive device inside the school which would have leveled a good portion of the building, destroying nearly three months of work by Marines and locals, said Gunnery Sgt. Joseph S. Mallicoat, team leader for the civil affairs team here.

"The bomb had the potential ...

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