Iraq Statistics

[bedub1]

*Did you know that in November of 2007, Fallujah is starting to get their first ever sewer system? They used to throw their shit out a window.

*U.S. military engineers have completed nearly 300 major water and sewage projects in Baghdad and across Iraq in the past few years

*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, all currently operating

*Did you know that 25 Iraqi 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 3 operational squadrons,
which includes 9 reconnaissance and 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?

*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 Two candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a televised debate recently?

OF COURSE WE DIDN'T KNOW!

WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW?
BECAUSE...

OUR NEWS 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.[/b]

[ParadiceCity9]

Great.

[duday53]

Cool.

[Chris7He]

Damn! I was hoping the GOP wouldn't notice.

[muy_thaiguy]

I was hoping this would get out.

[comic boy]

You are celebrating the partial restoration of infrastructure that was destroyed by who ?

[Chris7He]

Damn, crafty GOP. I was hoping that would remain top-secret.

[dustn64]

You are celebrating the partial restoration of infrastructure that was destroyed by who ?

Sadam?

[muy_thaiguy]

You are celebrating the partial restoration of infrastructure that was destroyed by who ?

Considering that Saddam had certain policies and rules for these things, then the new ones that are being built, yes, I am celebrating it.

[sangfroid]

You are celebrating the partial restoration of infrastructure that was destroyed by who ?

And largely rebuilt by US companies generating more revenue for who?

[radiojake]

Is spreading democracy by declaring a war on a country and imposing a democratic system on a country that doesn't necessarily want it a form of fascism?

That would be slightly ironic

[comic boy]

You are celebrating the partial restoration of infrastructure that was destroyed by who ?

Sadam?

Oh please, if your happy kidding yourself then fine

[comic boy]

You are celebrating the partial restoration of infrastructure that was destroyed by who ?

And largely rebuilt by US companies generating more revenue for who?

Exactly !

[ritz627]

Don't turn the invasion of this country into a humanitarian effort, because that is clearly not what it was. Don't get me wrong, I am happy that America is doing something right in Iraq, but like it or not, this does not justify the killing of civilians and others on a war based on false pretenses. Not to mention the war has only further ignited the fuel behind terrorists - this is especially startling considering that this was our so-called main objective.

Finally, for the last time, there is no such thing as the liberal media. Even Fox news - the so-called fair and balanced media outlet has not reported on this. Granted, there will be media outlets on either end of the extreme - conservatives: fox news, wall street journal; liberals: NY times, msnbc. But the basic aim of a media outlet is to earn the most money possible. It just does not make sense economically that the majority of media outlets would make news that only appeals to about or less than half of the country (when taken into account that most Americans are considered moderates). The whole idea behind a liberal media is complete crap.

[radiojake]

*Did you know that in November of 2007, Fallujah is starting to get their first ever sewer system? They used to throw their shit out a window.

*U.S. military engineers have completed nearly 300 major water and sewage projects in Baghdad and across Iraq in the past few years

*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, all currently operating

*Did you know that 25 Iraqi 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 3 operational squadrons,
which includes 9 reconnaissance and 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?

*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 Two candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a televised debate recently?

OF COURSE WE DIDN'T KNOW!

WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW?
BECAUSE...

OUR NEWS 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.[/b]

Convenient repercussion. Fact is if American owned companies weren't making billions of dollars from this war, they wouldn't be there. Why not help Zimbabwe? President Mugabe is just as much an asshole as Saddam. Oh wait.. not sure if Zimbabwe has much natural resources to exploit and turn into money... not worth it, yeah?

[Napoleon Ier]

Is spreading democracy by declaring a war on a country and imposing a democratic system on a country that doesn't necessarily want it a form of fascism?

That would be slightly ironic

half the point of democracy is that it is not imposed except on in all cases the minority (theoretically at least).

On another note,

ALL BEHIND THE TROOPS FOR THE FINAL PUSH!

[Baghdad]

*Did you know that if you were to take JUST the quantity of bombs dropped upon Baghdad alone, it would be 3 times greater than that of WWI and WWII combined

*Did you know that during "Operation: Iraqi Freedom", The US and Britain destroyed the Infrastructure of Iraq?

*Did you know that if you wanted to rebuild the infrastructure of Iraq before the 2003 invasion, it would cost 4 times the cash the US owes to other nations (Debt)

*Did you know that I can go on and on about how you destroyed an entire nation in a month and that nation took centuries upon centuries to be where it was at?

*Did you know that I can go on and on about facts during the 2003 invasion?

Listen son, dont feed me this bullshit, alright? You, I, and that man over there- all of us, do know why the 2003 invasion was initiated

And It wasn't initiated for the big dark eyes of the Iraqi children, I'll tell you that much

And if you wanted to liberate a nation, you wouldnt drop 500 ton bombs upon the heads of children and women...

... For the sake of my point, let us just say, Cause America is so 1337 sauce that its okay for the United States to do so; However, its never okay- never will be okay, for any nation to drop Weapons of Mass Destruction onto the city of that nation

Whether it be a city with a population of 5 million or 1,240

And you would like to know what sort of WMDs they dropped? Ill give you a small list and a location as to where they dropped it:

White Phosphorous - Every city in Iraq
Templated Nukes - Fallujah and Baghdad
Depleted Uranium - Every city in Iraq
Cluster Bombs (Used upon civilians... you can call it a WMD) - Every city in Iraq as well

So, god bless Uncle Sams freedom! You guys should go spread that around some more, eh?

I hear the African Nations have requested a dose or two of that Uncle Sam Democracy? Oh crap, they dont have Oil... Damnation...

And throwing shit out of the window? Are you fucking kidding me? Do you know why they throw shit out of the Window now (if that bs is true)? Its thanks to Thy Almighty George W. Bush God grant him paradise amongst the other Skull and Bone members and the Freemasons

getting tired of all this bullshit they feed you guys... Read your news from multiple sources... Read CNN, Al- Jazeera (No matter how fucked up they may seem), Al- Alam, Almanar ect

If you want to know whats going around you and you want to be civilized, get your news from the 1st party, 2nd, and the third

As in, the US, The Mid. East, and a neutral country like Russia, or Switzerland

Makes sense?

[Napoleon Ier]

Yeah some bad mistakes were made, but the kurds could not be ignored, and the threat of Saddam lobbing scuds at Israel again either. Its not the same world after 9/11, and frankly, it's time the West woke up and stopped whining,and support the effort. Granted, Bush is moronic, and the invasion was a fiasco. However, we're in now, and we have got to win.

[Baghdad]

Yeah some bad mistakes were made, but the kurds could not be ignored,

Nor can the fact that Rumsfeld gave Saddam the Nerve Gas and the Chemical Warheads to eliminate the Kurdish rebellion during the Iranian- Iraqi war that was funded and supported by the US, France, Britain, Germany, Italy, and the other puppet governments of the Middle East

and the threat of Saddam lobbing scuds at Israel again either.

Oh teh no!!!11

Israel, supposedly the second strongest nation in the world cannot block a few scuds... And we're speaking in the '91. After the Gulf War, Iraq was annihilated along with her civilians

it's time the West woke up and stopped whining,and support the effort.

Same words of Pope Urban II igniting First Crusade which ended in victory but not the other seven... Which ended in nothing more than lakes and rivers flowing with blood (literally...)

Granted, Bush is moronic, and the invasion was a fiasco. However, we're in now, and we have got to win.

Do good to thy Friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him - Benjamin Franklin

War should always be the last option... Unfortunately, its not when you have a leader with the likes of Bush and his gang

Nor is it when you have a quench for money...

[dustn64]

your sig is too big

[Baghdad]

*sad Black...*

[THORNHEART]

THANK YOU FOR THIS THREAD its about time some one put this out for the public...people need to know we went for a reason and we won and now we r helping out the country.

i will now publish a second unknown fact...the war with iraq if not for the obvious reasons such as our secrurity; sadam was a dictator who had oppressed countries in the past and would doubtless do it again if he got nukes.He was a murderer who used children a civilians as human shields in both gulf wars anyone who does that is worthy of death.

now the feact is the war was justified because of a treaty made during the first gulf war...there were no fire zones established...since the day the treay was signed our jets were shot at every day by surface to air missiles but mr (loser) clinton wouldnt do anything about it...so basically since the end of the gulf war we had been at war with sadams forces just we didnt retaliate though we were totaly justified in doing so...futher more anyone that cant see it is better to have iraq as it is now than as it was is stupid plain and simple

[radiojake]

THANK YOU FOR THIS THREAD its about time some one put this out for the public...people need to know we went for a reason and we won and now we r helping out the country.

i will now publish a second unknown fact...the war with iraq if not for the obvious reasons such as our secrurity; sadam was a dictator who had oppressed countries in the past and would doubtless do it again if he got nukes.He was a murderer who used children a civilians as human shields in both gulf wars anyone who does that is worthy of death.

now the feact is the war was justified because of a treaty made during the first gulf war...there were no fire zones established...since the day the treay was signed our jets were shot at every day by surface to air missiles but mr (loser) clinton wouldnt do anything about it...so basically since the end of the gulf war we had been at war with sadams forces just we didnt retaliate though we were totaly justified in doing so...futher more anyone that cant see it is better to have iraq as it is now than as it was is stupid plain and simple

Wow, you are a moron.

better for who? The US? Well, no shit. I'm pretty sure we are all aware of the monetary rewards a number of CEO's of certain companies are receiving since gaining the contract to rebuild Iraq, and to take the oil.

Better for the Iraqi people? Well there's conjecture there really, isn't it. Pretty sure the thousands who have died because their small towns were hit with depleted uranium missiles or have missing limbs because of daisy cutter bombs would argue against you there.

Also, the whole trying to remove terrorism thing wouldn't have done much good. If anything, this war has done nothing but stirred even more anti-American and anti-western sentiment in the Middle East. How about the US just keeps its nose out of the region for its own greedy purposes (like it has for the past 50 years) and leave the Middle East alone. It's pretty fucking simple, really.

[bedub1]

People claim the US is making money over this war....don't you realize it costs money to do this? And if the US was making money...why would the US Dollar be falling with regards to all other world currencies? The price of premium here on CC is going up cause of it.... Why do we have more outstanding National Debt than ever before? You think the US went to war to make a couple CEO's wealthy? Are you insance? I really don't understand your logic.....

Bombs cost LOST of money....money is being "blow up". If we were there for the oil...why isn't it ours then?

[radiojake]

People claim the US is making money over this war....don't you realize it costs money to do this? And if the US was making money...why would the US Dollar be falling with regards to all other world currencies? The price of premium here on CC is going up cause of it.... Why do we have more outstanding National Debt than ever before? You think the US went to war to make a couple CEO's wealthy? Are you insance? I really don't understand your logic.....

OK the country itself isn't making money, but someone surely is.

You do realise that in many ways massive companies are more powerful than governments. That's why capitalism is fucked.

So you're telling me that you don't think there are quite a number of people who have fatter wallets at the moment as a direct result of this war?