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belgareth
06-30-2008, 08:38 AM
I certainly

didn't.

Senior Advisor for External

Affairs
Under Secretary of Defense

(Comptroller)
Room 3D646, The

Pentagon
Washington, D.C. 20301-1400
Office: 703-571-9229
Cell:

703-731-4957
terri.lukach@osd.mil


Did you

know that 47 countries' have re-established 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

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, and

that 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 every 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 (a first in the

country's history)?




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?




BECAUSE OUR MEDIA

WON'T TELL US!





Tragically, the lack of

accentuating the positive in Iraq yields two
results:
1. It undermines the world's perception of the United

States, thus hindering
consequent support;

and
2. It discourages American citizens from supporting the

war.





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Above facts are verifiable on the Department of Defense web

site.

http://www.defenselink.mil/


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know now.....




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