Following the recent war, Iraq's infrastructure was and remains badly in need of repairs. The effects of a drawn out war with Iran, two Gulf Wars with the United States, and decades of Saddam Hussein's rule has left the country ragged. The largest city in north and the third largest city in Iraq, Mosul, continued throughout the war efforts to be one of the hotbeds of fighting and resistance; consequently, this area has suffered greatly. As you may recall, Mosul is where Saddam's two sons, Uday and Qusay, were discovered and killed when they resisted capture by the 101st Airborne. We often hear of the military operations and strife between our soldiers and the people of Iraq, but we hear little about how the US soldiers and the Iraqi people are working together to develop a better place to live. NDTA has had an opportunity to play a key role in just one of these cultural operations. In June of last year, Major Matthew Redding, Division Transportation Officer for the 101st Airborne of the United States Army, contacted NDTA with a proposition for a project he wanted to undertake. Major Redding, while based in Mosul, personally witnessed the devastation that had resulted from Saddam's regime and one of the casualties was Mosul's central railway station.
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