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Greetings from the land of sun and sand. A friend of mine sent me the following write-up; I do not know who the author(s) is(are), or if it has been posted before. If it is a repeat, I apologize and request the posting to be removed. Regards

1 posted on 07/07/2006 8:33:43 AM PDT by RexFamilia

2 posted on 07/07/2006 8:38:34 AM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)

To: RhoTheta; quin

4 posted on 07/07/2006 8:43:52 AM PDT by Egon (We are number one! All others are number two... or lower.)

Thanks for posting. It is refreshing to see this good news, especially after reading this in yesterday's paper.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/editorialcommentary/story/F0A0E9A3376964CB862571A30000CDBB?OpenDocument

5 posted on 07/07/2006 8:45:29 AM PDT by rwa265

The only better news would be that all this work was paid for by Iraqi oil revenues and not US tax dollars.

They sell oil, time for them to start to pony up for thier expenses.

IMO

11 posted on 07/07/2006 10:25:41 AM PDT by ASOC (The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)

Hi!

I saw this email a couple weeks ago and double checked all the numbers with the May 2006 DoD Report on Progress in Iraq.

Not all the numbers are currently accurate, in almost all cases they're better than in the email! For example there are over 50 commercial television stations, not just 10. There are 114 commercial radio stations, not just 75, and there are 6.4 million cell phone subscribers, not only 1.3 million!

Lot's of other great news, like the fact that the local people gave the Iraqi military 4785 actionable tips against terrorists, in March, I believe, whereas last year they gave only 480 something, so they are 10 times more likely to cooperate with the government now than a year ago!

You can look over the carefully sourced numbers I mined out of the DoD report at this link.

Anyone who wants to support our troop's efforts, don't be shy about bumping that thread, on average each posted comment snatches about 20-40 views from curious readers! Way to spread the good news of our troop's achievements!

12 posted on 07/08/2006 2:53:27 AM PDT by starbase (Understanding Written Propaganda (click "starbase" to learn 22 manipulating tricks!!))

Greetings from the land of sun and sand.

You too? What part?

There are a few of us FReepers over here.

13 posted on 07/08/2006 3:13:19 AM PDT by Allegra (A Journey of 1,000 Miles Begins with A Bunch of Security Hassles at the Airport)

15 posted on 07/08/2006 3:28:37 AM PDT by IrishRainy

Tiresome rantings about MSM...who cares, and the folks who get/buy into all that any news organization reports is typical of the apolitical american....

16 posted on 07/08/2006 3:33:47 AM PDT by dakine

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