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76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Deputy Commander Col. Kenneth Newlin greets local leader Sheikh Saad Hasan Altememy during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for an Iraqi-run recycling center Thursday, July 11, 2008, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. The 76th IBCT, along with many other sheikhs from the surrounding Balad area, are currently working together through the Iraqi-Based Industrial Zone program. The initiative compliments the Multi-National Forces-Iraq's mission by providing safe, secure jobs for local Iraqis and by giving them additional contracting opportunities normally reserved for larger, foreign corporations.
150708-A-YG824-042.JPG Photo By: Sgt. Robert G. Cooper III, U.S. Army

Joint Base Balad, Balad, Iraq - 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Deputy Commander Col. Kenneth Newlin greets local leader Sheikh Saad Hasan Altememy during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for an Iraqi-run recycling center Thursday, July 11, 2008, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. The 76th IBCT, along with many other sheikhs from the surrounding Balad area, are currently working together through the Iraqi-Based Industrial Zone program. The initiative compliments the Multi-National Forces-Iraq's mission by providing safe, secure jobs for local Iraqis and by giving them additional contracting opportunities normally reserved for larger, foreign corporations.


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