Just a few of the things the mainstream media refuses to report on – from American Family Association Online.

SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS OUR SOLDIERS ARE DOING THAT THE MEDIA REFUSES TO TELL YOU ABOUT
 
The mainstream media seems intent on keeping the good that our soldiers in Iraq are doing out of the news. Despite nightly accounts of the violence, our soldiers are accomplishing much good. The media seemed taken aback when the people in Iraq turned out by the millions to vote despite facing possible death or physical harm.

According to a declassified report obtained by Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, significant progress is being made across the board in Iraq – with utilities, in health care, in schools, in the economy and in national security.

Here is a list of some of the good our soldiers are helping accomplish which the mainstream media have intentionally ignored and refused to report.

• Estimated crude oil export revenue had reached $9.2 billion for 2004. While the unemployment rate in the country is high by U.S. standards at 28 percent, far more people are working than just six months ago.
• According to a recent survey, average household income had risen from $124 a month to $214. Nearly 3,000 loans totaling more than $6 million have been disbursed to micro-enterprises and small businesses throughout the country. And the New Iraq Dinar has been relatively stable to the U.S. dollar.
• The report says there have been major breakthroughs in water supply and sanitation. Some 12 million people are being served by new projects across Iraq. A poor area of Baghdad with nearly 1 million people is now getting water from a rehabilitated water treatment plant. Some 30-40 percent of the marshlands deliberately drained by Saddam Hussein in his genocidal campaign against the marsh Arabs have been reflooded. More than 17,000 kilometers of Iraqi waterways have been cleared to improve water flow and irrigation. Another program is set to clear some 20,000 kilometers and employ around 100,000 Iraqis.
• Health care for Iraqis has been greatly improved. It is estimated that 85 percent of children have been immunized and rates are increasing with ongoing programs. More than 240 hospitals are operating along with 1,200 preventive health clinics.
• There are now nearly 2,500 schools in operation across the country with 4,500 new ones planned. Another 1,200 will be rehabilitated. Some 32,000 secondary school teachers and administrators have been trained. More than 8.7 million textbooks have been printed and distributed, along with large amounts of equipment including student desks, chairs, cabinets, chalkboards and teacher kits.
• Power supplies to civilians at 120,000 megawatt hours are now higher than pre-war levels of 95,600 MHP.
• The security front is also greatly improved, according to the declassified report. There are now 88,500 police on the job with a goal of 94,400. There are 18,200 border enforcement officers with a goal of 20,400. The Iraqi national guard is up to 37,400 strong reaching toward a goal of 41,100 and there are some 11,200 Iraqi army regulars with a goal of 35,200.

WHY ISN'T THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TELLING YOU ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS OUR SOLDIERS ARE HELPING ACCOMPLISH?

Original source:
http://www.afa.net/petitions/soldiers.asp