I didn't know!
How could we?
Did you know that 47 countries' have reestablished
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 new schools are now under construction
and 38 new schools have been completed 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 25 Iraq students departed for the
United States in January 2005
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 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
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 consists 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 televised debate
recently?
OF COURSE WE DIDN'T KNOW!
WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW?
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.
Tragically, 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 consequent support,
and it is intended to discourage American citizens.
---- Above facts are verifiable on the Department
of Defense web site.
......Pass it on! Give it a Wide Dissemination
Clarence White