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Posc
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 Posted - 04/19/2005 : 17:47:02
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Thought Id enoucrage some dialog about Iraq. Didn't verify anything below FYI
> Did you know that 47 countries have re-established 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 Iraq?s 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 re-established 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 Iraq?s 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 recently?
>
> OF COURSE WE DIDN?T KNOW!
>
> WHY DIDN?T WE KNOW??OUR MEDIA WOULDN?T TELL US!
>
> Because the liberal media would rather see the world
> blow up than lose their power.
>
> Instead of shouting these accomplishments from every rooftop, they
> would rather show photo?s of what a few perverted malcontent soldiers
> have done
in
> prisons in many cases never disclosing the circumstances surrounding
> the
events.
>
> Instead of showing our love for our country, we get photos of flag
> burning incidents at Abu Ghraib and people throwing snowballs at
> presidential
motorcades.
>
>
> The lack of accentuating the positive in Iraq serves only one purpose.
> It undermines the world?s perception of the United States and our
> soldiers.
>
> I AM ASHAMED OF MY FELLOW AMERICANS WHO WOULD RATHER SEE TERRORISM
> SUCCEED THAN PEACE.
>
>
> ---- This is verifiable on the Department of Defense website. Pass it
> on!
Trying to think of a catchy phrase. |
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A different take on Iraq
