Did you know????

Various Sources from GNFI postings ^ | The Coalition Forces!

[Calpernia]

Did you know that 47 countries have reestablished their embassies in Iraq ?

Did you know that the Iraqi government employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?

Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 schools are now under construction!

and 38 new schools have been built in Iraq?

Did you know that Iraqi higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers?

Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in January 2004 for the reestablished Fulbright program?

Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational?

They have 5- 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a navel infantry regiment.

Did you know that Iraqi Air Force consists of three operation squadrons, 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 bell jet rangers?

Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion?

Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers?

Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers each 8 weeks?

Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq ?

They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad ! stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities and 69 electrical facilities.

Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations?

Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October?

Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158%?

Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consist of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers and 10 television stations?

Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004? Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a recent televised debate in their country recently?

OF COURSE WE DIDN'T KNOW! WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW? OUR MEDIA WOULDN'T TELL US!

[pollyannaish]

I am proud of our men and women who are serving...and I am proud of the Iraquis.

I am ashamed of our press and I am ashamed of many of our Democrats.

[onyx]

This is a really GOOD post, Cal. I'll keep bumping it.

Thanks for all your work. It's much appreciated.

[pax_et_bonum]

Thank you for posting this!

[Calpernia]

Thank onyx. I have to shut down now. Tropical storms pounding here now. Nasty lightening.

Ciao!

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[ScreamingFist]

Excellent post, thank you.

[onyx]

Be safe, Cal.

[SICSEMPERTYRANNUS]

Nothing to see here move along......

On a serious note, whats going on in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa would provide the MSM with endless poisitive stories to show people. They just can't bring themselves to do it.

SIC

[The Mayor]

Your the best Cal!

[Gondring]

They have 5- 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a navel infantry regiment.

Well, if all they do is stare at it, that doesn't help... ;-)

[NY Attitude]

Excellent post.

I assume the following is for those dreaded belly-button skirmishes: "and a navel infantry regiment."<humor)

[savedbygrace]

The link at the top goes back to Free Republic.

I know we're doing great things in Iraq, but did you find confirmation of this specific information on any official source?

I realize Snopes in a left-leaning website, but here's a link to what it has to say about this:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/combatend.asp

I'm just urging caution before anyone picks this up and runs with it as is. You might get whupped upside the head if the facts are wrong.

[facedown]

Can't get enough good news bump.

[spetznaz]

Great post. Thanks.

[freekitty]

This is wonderful. Too bad the stupid American press won't tell anyone.

[onyx]

Yeah, this GOOD stuff just doesn't fit their traitorous agenda.

[armymarinemom]

Good post. Thank you!!

[kjo]

How would we know these things? All we ever hear is "quagmire" and "Vietnam".

[PhiKapMom]

Great thread -- where are the doom and gloomers (D&Gs) that keep saying everything is going bad.

Thank you so much for posting the facts not the spin and lies we have been getting by the MSM and the D&Gs on here.

[Calpernia]

The link at the top goes back to Free Republic.

I know we're doing great things in Iraq, but did you find confirmation of this specific information on any official source?

I realize Snopes in a left-leaning website, but here's a link to what it has to say about this:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/combatend.asp

I'm just urging caution before anyone picks this up and runs with it as is. You might get whupped upside the head if the facts are wrong.

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Pardon me! savedbygrace.

Did my email make Snopes? I didn't click your link since Snopes is affiliated with George Soros Open Source Project.

I am the originator of this gathered info. I'm not the CREATOR of the info, that is thank you to our troops. I'm not poetic or creatively written so it is just a bunch of bullets. I put notes together from the GNFI posts here at FR and had forwarded them on to Major General Dan Martin, Ret., at Fort Sill/Lawton. I do some volunteer info/admin work for him and it was for a speach he gave at Legion.

Now, Major General Dan Martin, Ret. DID forward my mail onto his email list which covers Legion, VFW, and Trench Rats. He also used it in his speach.

He nor has anyone else sent an email back correcting my research and notes I've taken.

If there are any errors in my notes taken from our GNFI posts, I take full responsibility and will correct them.

I stand by for any 'whuppings upside my head if the facts are wrong'.