Clean water to drink, 24-hour electricity to heat, cool, cook with and light their homes; and just as important a sewage system to prevent the stench and health hazards threatening their families.

Today the $2.7 million sewage and wastewater project at Al Ameen stands as a shining example to the rest of Iraq. The new system replaces open slit trenches, malfunctioning lagoons, alleviates general pooling in the neighborhoods and provides an operable sanitary sewage system to transport sanitary wastes from the neighborhood. CNN - get off your fat asses drinking booze in the bars at night and leave the Green Zone and show America the REAL Truth.