On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:02:21 -0500, "L. Michael Roberts" How would you like to here the truth, moose? I know it's a rare commodity in kanada but you can trust your daddy Sam to the south to keep you straight: From Mbuttachusetts! 2108On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:28:58 GMT, Natalie Clifford Barney I was staying at the Hilton Island Village Hotel on Islamorada Key several... Did you know that 47 countries have reestablished their embbutties 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 Insbreastutes 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 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-person 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 68 plus 1 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? Did you know it was all done with US dollars? OF COURSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW! WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW?-OUR MEDIA WOULDN'T TELL US! 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. ---- This is verifiable on the Department of Defense website. Pbutt it on! I posted the URL above that leads you to many items in the same category where the news media does not report on.
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