Did you know

DID YOU KNOW THIS? > > > >Did you know that 47 countries have re-established their embassies in Iraq? > >Did you know that the Iraqi current 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, 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 five > >100-foot patrol crafts, 34 smaller vessels and a navel 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 43 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! > > > >Instead of reflecting 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 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. > > > >---- All of the above facts are verifiable on the Department of Defense website. ---------------------------------------------