School Opening Brings New Hope in Iraq

By • on October 27, 2009

School Opening Brings New Hope in Iraq

By Army Pfc. Bethany L. Little
Special to American Forces Press Service
HAIDARI, Iraq, Oct. 27, 2009 – A project that began last year came to fruition here Oct. 12, when this small Iraqi village celebrated the official opening of a newly renovated school.

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Dammadi Radi, education director in Iraq’s Babil province, and Army 1st Lt. Joseph W. McCarthy cut the ribbon for the official opening of the newly renovated Al Medina-Al Munawera School in Haidari, Iraq, Oct. 12, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Bethany L. Little