Iraq - Progress in Fallujah

Good news from Iraq.

In the past two years, U.S. and Iraqi Forces “have aggressively worked to make Fallujah a model of progress” and cooperation, Nicholson said. And today, he noted, Fallujah is one of the most forward-looking cities in Iraq.

The Iraqi Government has provided $70 million for the rebuilding of Fallujah residences that were damaged or destroyed during the fighting two years ago, Nicholson said. Fallujah has an elected mayor and a functional city council, the colonel noted, that work with U.S. and Coalition Forces. The city has a police force, he noted, and it also hosts a brigade of Iraqi Soldiers.