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Kurdistan: Kurdish complex open for business
8.4.2008
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April
8, 2008
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region 'Iraq, -- With
aid from the Kurdistan government, the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers helped open a government complex
less than a year after an explosion ripped it apart.
A truck bomb exploded in front of the Interior
Ministry of the Kurdistan Regional Government
complex, killing 19 people and wounded 70 others, on
May 9, 2007.
The corps worked on construction management at a
facility on the complex that consolidates policing,
security and intelligence activities in one
location, a statement read.
A $5.8 million relief grant was provided through an
emergency relief fund known as the Commander's
Emergency Response Program, and an additional $1.5
million came from Kurdish officials.
CERP is a U.S. Defense Department program that
allows local U.S. leaders in Iraq to provide urgent
relief for programs such as water,www.ekurd.net
sanitation and food
production and rule of law initiatives.
The corps statement said the ministerial complex is
slated to open for business.
Copyright, respective author or news agency, UPI
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