A friend passes on this list of things we probably didn't know about Iraq gleaned, it says here, from the Department of Defense website:
Forty seven countries have re-established their embassies in Iraq.
The Iraqi government employs 1.2 million Iraqi people.
Thirty one hundred schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 schools are now under construction and 38 new schools have been built in Iraq.
Iraq's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers.
Twenty five Iraq students departed for the United States in January 2004 for the re-established Fulbright program.
The Iraqi Navy is operational. They have five 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment.
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.
Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion.
The Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers.
There are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers each 8 weeks.
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.
Ninety six percent of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations.
Over 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October.
There are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158%.
Iraq has an independent media that consist of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers and 10 television stations.
The Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004.
Two candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a recent televised debate recently.
If this is the first you've heard about these achievements you might ask your local MSM news outlet why they so assiduously publicize every car bombing in Iraq but never seem to get around to letting us know this sort of information.
