**I received this via e-mail**
The GOOD News in Iraq that the MSN does not want YOU to know!
Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in January 2005
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 naval infantry regiment.
Did you know that Iraq 's Air Force consists of three operational squadrons,
which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft
(under Iraqi operational control) 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 Iraqthat 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 consists of 75 radio stations,
180 newspapers and 10 television stations?
Did you know that 47 countries have reestablished their embassies in Iraq ?
Did you know that the Iraqi government currently 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 Iraq's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities,
46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers, all currently operating?
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 televised debate recently?
OF COURSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW . .AND I DIDN'T KNOW!
WHY DIDN'T WE ?
OUR MEDIA WOULDN'T TELL US!
Instead of reflecting our love for our country, we get photos of flag burning incidents at Abu Ghraib
and people throwing snowballs at the presidential motorcades.
The lack of accentuating the positive in Iraq serves two purposes.
It is intended to undermine the world's perception of the United States ,
thus minimizing consequential support, and it is intended to discourage American citizens.
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Above facts are verifiable on the Department of Defense web site.
http://www.defenselink.mil/home/features/Iraq_Reports/Index.html
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Your post #420 deserves to be a separate thread, Tonk!!! Let's give it even wider distribution both here and in letters to the editors. Big thanks.
More than that now. The civilian police training program is one of the missions I work in support of. It's moving forward in leaps and bounds.
The media is deeply saddened about all of this.
Hey quit posting that stuff. It shows that Iraq is not a failure. :) You make liberals sad.
BTTT