Good news from Iraq - fundie edition

[thereismore]

pasted from a fundie email:



> Did you know that 47 countries have reestablished
> their embassies in Iraq?
>
> Did you know that the Iraqi 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?
>
> Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for
> the United States in January 2004 for the
> reestablished 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, 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?
>
> 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 September?
>
> 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!
>
>

Iraq is happenin, man! :crazy: :wow: :banghead:

[meegbear]

1. snopes has a writeup ...

http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/combatend.asp

[Jacobin]

2. Give'em a link to a travel agent and tell them to go over there

for their vacation.

Its obviously become a wonderful place to visit and they should show their support for Iraqis by spending their vacation there.

Simply fly to Jordan and see if you can get a cab driver to take you across the desert to Baghdad, where you can stay at one of the lovely hotels there, which are probably used by some reporters. Then, take one of the reporters you meet there out and around in Baghdad and MAKE them report all the 'good news'

I wonder if any of these fundies would take us up on it. I'll chip in to help buy a ticket..

[kiki]

3. Found through Snopes:

http://vitw.org/archives/174

[Norquist Nemesis]

4. Can we get a little music with this dog and pony show? n/t

[jobycom]

5. I hear tombstone makers are thriving, too, as well as small casket makers.

[elehhhhna]

6. WOW it's paradise! Let's move there!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. Of course, walking around the neighborhood is a bit dicey.

But, that's a mere trifle in view of the Bahdad Stock exchange opening and a couple of politicians screaming at each other on telivision.

[Not Me]

8. Yeah, that's why the Prez has to fly in under cover of night

in an unannounced trip that even the local leaders don't know about in advance.

[tenshi816]

9. Hit "reply all" and

ask, if all these wonderful things are happening in Iraq, why hasn't FOX News sent a team over to cover it all. FOX is part of the media, so if all this fantastic shit is happening over there, why aren't they reporting it back to their viewers?