Three Electrical Substations Completed in Najaf

Defend America News ^ | Suzanne M. Fournier

[SandRat]

Three Electrical Substations Completed in Najaf
The three substations represent the first of many improvements to electrical service for the city of Najaf.
By Suzanne M. Fournier Gulf Region Southern District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers BASE CAMP ADDER (ALI BASE), Iraq, April 10, 2006 — Three new substations were completed recently in Najaf. The Jamiaa, Aden and Shorta substations took approximately one year to build at a cost of $4.8 million each. Final inspections for each substation occurred last week. The intended outcome of each substation is to deliver electrical power to as many as 25,000 homes, depending on the actual amount each household uses. The national grid works by transmitting power at very high voltage levels in order to be efficient over long distances. In order for that power to be useable by the consumer, homeowner or business, power voltage needs to be reduced to a much lower level. These three new substations form part of the system by which the high voltage power coming from the national grid is reduced to a lower level in steps as the distance to the consumer gets shorter. These new substations allow more power to be delivered safely to the consumer without interruption due to equipment failures or overloads. They serve to strengthen and expand the local power grid within the city of Najaf. The three substations represent the first of many improvements to electrical service for the city of Najaf. In the next few months, Najaf will get other electrical projects such as underground power feeder lines, neighborhood transformers, pole mounted power lines and one additional substation. As all of these upgrades to the network come together, the city will see a significant improvement in the	Final inspection for the Najaf electrical substations took place in April 2006. The Jamiaa, Aden and Shorta substations took approximately one year to build at a cost of $4.8 million each. Gulf Region Division photo quality of the local electrical network. The total cost of these new electric improvements totals $44 million. The three substations and other electric projects are under management of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers using Iraq Relief and Reconstruction money.

[SandRat]

DemonRats are DEEPLY disappointed.

[AHerald]

Thanks. Love reading this sort of post. Sad that so many, even here on FR, seem to ignore these sorts of stories.

[Fresh Wind]

Let's hope the terrorists don't blow them up. Now THAT would make the rats happy.

[Laverne]

Iraq good news bump

[Cruising Speed]

I am so proud to be American these days

Glad to hear it.

[SandRat]

Come on you're a TROLL? With a reply like that you must be a TROLL; you just signed up today and replied like that.

[mylife]

didnt take jclefty long to go "poof"

[P.O.E.]

Quagmire!

(Haven't heard that one in a while, I was just feeling nostalgic)

[SandRat]

LOL!! Do you think the Admin Mods are interested in my threads just a little or the Admin Mods got flooded with abuse complaints or both????

[BunnySlippers]

Wow, nice.

[mylife]

prolly both :)

[nw_arizona_granny]

Not fair at all, you pinged me to a troll, who from the looks of it has no idea of the "good things that happen in Iraq".

I am sitting here, attempting to think of the name of the newsman, from 850koa.com, who returned from Iraq some 2 or 3 weeks ago.

I draw a total blank on his name, he is on the early morning news program on the radio and said that he had a blog there, with reports he sent back from Iraq, as they happened.

The KOA website is too big for my computer, but I was able to catch several of his late night phone calls, while he was in Iraq.

And his first show when he returned......someone, said something a bit to the left and he corrected them, then he said " I was rather lukewarm, middle of the road, before I went to Iraq, I have been there and I know the truth and I am 100% for what we are doing there, it is good and it is right".

His name might be Justin.

One of his calls was while he was under fire, he was with the Iraq Police and had the highest praise for them and the effort they put out to do the job.

He said the Marines had their back, but that it was an Iraq Police patrol, when they came under attack, he told of the gunner on the machine gun, on the back, who protected their backs and gave the group a chance to escape and even (Thank you God), managed to duck down in time to not get hit.

One fine brave machine gunner, among many.

He told of being in a village, when they got their first running water......the first ever in history, never before.

He told of electric to villages, that had been without, since Saddam took over, true it is often for only a few hours a day, but even that long, is longer than they had had in 25 years.

He told of going on a boring village to village tour, all was quiet in the country side.

But on the return trip, somehow, they got alerted that the bridge over the river was set to explode. I did not hear what he said was how they found out, a tip? a dog? tracks?

The American team came and took care of the explosives, before there was damage.

He said that Saddam had all of Iraq's bridges mined, also the roads, in the months leading to the war, he was ready to blow them all.

The explosives are buried deep and they are large, all they need are the timers, this is what had been done to the bridge, after they crossed it in the morning.

He talked of the children and how they do not have books and needed supplies for school.....he is joining the American Service people to raise money for school supplies.

This is not a Government supply effort, but the effort is to be by those who are there and know and want the Iraq people to grow and be free and happy......

My vote is for all trolls to serve 3 months, walking the roads of Iraq, if they choose to come back to America, I will welcome them, as at that time I will know they will speak from what they know and not from the brainwashing that is going on today.

Sandrat, why are your threads, getting my thoughts today, thanks for pinging me, I do read them when I can........

[E.G.C.]

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