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Article: MARINES HELP BUILD, SAVE SCHOOL
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 17, 2006
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U.S. Third Army Central issued the following news release:
By Cpl. Antonio Rosas1st Marine Division 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 on July 7.
About one week before its ribbon cutting, insurgents planted an improvised explosive device inside the school that 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 ...