The reports are coming in regularly now from Paul McKellips, Global Outreach Officer, US Embassy Baghdad, The Green Room – Public Affairs GO Team. In fact I’m a little behind getting them posted. This one is about sheep dip tanks and from the looks of this picture they dip goats too.

The U.S. military is having an enormous impact on Iraq’s sheep population. A massive effort has been underway to build permanent and portable sheep dip tanks so that the country’s 12 to 16 million sheep can be cleaned of parasites such as ticks and lice. The impact in remote villages has resulted in a powerful economic boost to farmers. Dipping has increased wool production by 30% or more.

Full Report (Word doc)

Listen to his report: