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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
 Captain Benjamin Torpy (back), commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery and interpreter Timmy, talk to al-Rasheed Nahia deputy chairman Hussein Obaid Shurada and local farmer Oday Ibrahim Ghathwan al-Ghererri, as Sheikh Qassim Abbas Shereat looks on at the groundbreaking for the Shukrega greenhouse, May 10. U.S. Army photo. CAMP STRIKER — Local government officials gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony for the Shukrega greenhouse in the Mahmudiyah area, about 25 kilometers south of Baghdad, May 10. “The project brings to the area an opportunity to prove how effective the greenhouse can be for farmers,” said Capt. Benjamin Torpy, commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. |