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?

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?

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Above facts are verifiable on the Department of Defense web site.

http://www.defenselink.mil/