Posted on 07/15/2005 2:40:25 PM PDT by Day Kay
Indicators of Progress in Iraq
· There are more than 997,000 telephone landline subscribers-up 20% from a pre-war level of 833,000. There are more than 2,600,000 cell phone subscribers-none existed prior to Mar 03.
· There are over 168,000 internet subscribers. The estimated pre-war level is 4,500 subscribers.
· More than 149,000 Iraqis are currently being employed by USG projects.
· The Iraqi Stock Exchange opened in June 2004. It currently lists 89 companies (up from 40-50 under Saddam) with a total market capitalization of $1.4 billion. Between $2-6 million in shares are traded daily.
· In Oct 2004, 4.3 million children were enrolled in primary school-up from 3.6 million in 2000.
· Since Mar 2003, over 5 million Iraqi children aged 6-12, over 3 million children under 5, and over 700,000 pregnant women have received vaccinations.
More news the MSM will ignore.
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