Iraq News You Didn't Hear About

• 47 Countries have re-established their embassies en Iraq.
• The current Iraqi government employs 1 2 million Iraqi people.
• 3100 schools have beer renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, and 263 schools are now under construction and 38 new schools have been built in Iraq,
• Iraqi higher educational Structures consists of 20 Universities, 46 institutes or colleges and four research centers, all currently operating
• 25 Iraq; students departed for the United States in January 2005 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 operational squadrons, which include: nine reconnaissance and three US C-130 transport aircraft under Iraqi operational control which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH- I helicopters and four 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 five Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers each eight 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
• 96% of Iraqi children under the age of five have receiver their two series of polio vaccinations
• There are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone us has gone up 158%
• Iraq has an independent media that consists 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 recently televised debate

This information is verifiable on the Department of Defense website