Garbage bag factory in Muthanna in operation

MUTHANNA / IraqiNews.com: A garbage bag factory in Samawa city has started operation following technical maintenance work of nearly $190,000 U.S. dollars, the head of the city’s municipal council said on Thursday. “The factory, set up at the end of last month at a cost of 205 million Iraqi dinars (1 U.S. dollar = 1,118 Iraqi dinars), will operate at a capacity of 1 ton per day,” Engineer Kareem Jali Sultan told IraqiNews.com. Muthanna, 280 km south of Baghdad, is bordering Saudi Arabia. Its capital is Samawa. It was the first Iraqi province where security responsibilities were transferred from the Multi-National Force (MNF) to the Iraqis. On July 13, 2006 British, Australian, and Japanese forces handed over security responsibility for Muthanna province to Iraqi forces. Prior to 1976 it was part of the al-Diwaniya province. It also includes the ancient Sumerian ruin of Uruk, which is possibly the source of the name Iraq. SS (P) 1