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Re-establishing the Kurdish community -Quadish
Re-establishing the Kurdish community - Quadish
Responsibility for the town of Quadish was shared by Support and Y Companies. Quadish was not far from Saddam Hussein’s Winter Palace, from where Republican Guards fired upon the Royal Marines Observation Post. This fire was returned and a brief fire-fight ensued.
An American Civil Aid Team took care of food distribution whilst the Royal Marines organized a clean-up to prevent the spread of disease, restored the water and power supplies and set up a surgery.
The two local Peshmerga groups proved useful, encouraging the returning population to help themselves, clean up the town and organize themselves. Y Company carried out similar tasks in Birmini as did Z Company in Sarsink.
The resettlement and rebuilding took almost a month and covering all of this work was X Company, deployed in the hills and mountains to the South, close to the Iraqi Army. 45’s Support Company also helped X Company by lending them their Mortar Troop, Milan Troop.
In addition the Assault Engineers of Support Company provided all manner of support to the troop locations and the local community. They disposed of large quantities of ammunition left behind by the Iraqis and also assisted with the rebuilding of the destroyed villages.
