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WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2007 – Local, provincial and central government leaders converged in western Nineveh province, Iraq, as 3rd Iraqi Army Division soldiers and emergency workers in the villages of Khahtaniya and Jazeera continued their rescue efforts in the wake of five car-bomb attacks that killed an estimated 275 people and wounded 400 others Aug. 14. National, provincial and local leaders were greeted with cheers by citizens and relief workers. The group walked the streets assessing damages in both villages and interacting with citizens. “So far the accounting of casualties has been very speculative,” said Army Col. Stephen Twitty, commander...

NEW ORLEANS (AFPN) -- Plowing through 5 feet of water and providing fuels assistance to those who request it is not the typical job for an Air Force fuels team, but here they did what needed to be done. A fuels team with the 2nd Logistics Readiness Squadron left Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Sept. 1 to assist with helicopter refueling in response to Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts. With them, the team brought two R-11 jet fuel trucks and a C-300 1,200 gallon ground product truck. While en route, the team was told their mission was relocated to Joint...