Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Mortar attack on PUK office in Mosul
Security, Politics
(VOI) Unidentified gunmen on Monday killed the director of the state-owned water supply company in Badoush, northwest Ninawa province, while a guard for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Mosul, 402km north of Baghdad, was severely wounded during a mortar attack, a police source in Ninawa province said. "Unidentified gunmen, driving a modern car, opened fire against the director of the water supply company, Abdullah Mohammad Ahmed, while he was leaving his office in Badoush, killing him on the spot," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI)."The attackers fled the scene to an unidentified place," he added."
The headquarters of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Mosul was hit by two mortar shells on Monday, leaving a guard severely wounded," an official source from the PUK in Mosul also said. PUK, one of two main Kurdish parties in Iraq, is led by the Iraqi President Jalal al-Talabani. The wounded man was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. Mosul is the main city of the Sunni predominantly Ninawa province.
Labels: Badoush, Mosul, Ninewa Province, PUK
Friday, March 02, 2007
$3 million worth of new roads for Ninewa
Reconstruction
(Business Intelligence Middle East) As the decision making for construction projects falls more to the local and regional governments throughout Iraq, Provincial Reconstruction Development Committees seem to be stepping up to the challenge. Eleven concrete road paving projects - at a cost of US$3 million -were recently awarded in the Ninewa Province to ten municipalities. These 11 projects were recommended by the local PRDC in the areas to the North, South and West of Mosul, toward the Syrian border.
Created through the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), the PRDC was designed to teach, coach and mentor Iraqi engineers in all aspects of project and reconstruction and development. Committee membership is composed of elected Provincial Council members and Iraqi government engineers, while the PRT representatives serve as advisors to this committee. The US Army Corps of Engineers plays an important role in the overall PRDC process.
Created through the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), the PRDC was designed to teach, coach and mentor Iraqi engineers in all aspects of project and reconstruction and development. Committee membership is composed of elected Provincial Council members and Iraqi government engineers, while the PRT representatives serve as advisors to this committee. The US Army Corps of Engineers plays an important role in the overall PRDC process.
These 11 road projects are funded through the Commander's Emergency Relief Response Programe, one of many funding programmes available to the Multi-National Force in Iraq. CERP was developed to provide commanders with means to respond to urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction assistance that can be implemented quickly and have an immediate impact on the economy and the Iraqi people.
Scheduled for completion in April 2007, the impact of these roads to the local communities will contribute to the economic activity, emergency response, law enforcement and safer pedestrian travel within Ninewa.
Labels: CERP, Ninewa Province, roads
