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Sue

Subject: from Iraq

This is a letter from Ray Reynolds, a medic in the Iowa Army National Guard,
serving in Iraq:

As I head off to Baghdad for the final weeks of my stay in Iraq, I wanted
to say thanks to all of you who did not believe the media. They have done a very
poor job of covering everything that has happened. I am sorry that I have not
been able to visit all of you during my two week leave back home. And just so
you can rest at night knowing something is happening in Iraq that is noteworthy,
I thought I would pass this on to you. This is the list of things that has
happened in Iraq recently: (Please share it with your friends and compare it to
the version that your paper is producing.)

* Over 400,000 kids have up-to-date immunizations.
* School attendance is up 80% from levels before the war.
* Over 1,500 schools have been renovated and rid of the weapons stored there so
education can occur.
* The port of Uhm Qasar was renovated so grain can be off-loaded from ships
faster.
* The country had its first 2 billion barrel export of oil in August.
* Over 4.5 million people have clean drinking water for the first time ever in
Iraq.
* The country now receives 2 times the electrical power it did before the war.
* 100% of the hospitals are open and fully staffed, compared to 35% before the
war.
* Elections are taking place in every major city, and city councils are in
place.
* Sewer and water lines are installed in every major city.
* Over 60,000 police are patrolling the streets.
* Over 100,000 Iraqi civil defense police are securing the country.
* Over 80,000 Iraqi soldiers are patrolling the streets side by side with US
soldiers.
* Over 400,000 people have telephones for the first time ever.
* Students are taught field sanitation and hand washing techniques to prevent
the spread of germs.
* An interim constitution has been signed.
* Girls are allowed to attend school.
* Textbooks that don't mention Saddam are in the schools for the first time in
30 years.

Don't believe for one second that these people do not want us there. I
have met many, many people from Iraq that want us there, and in a bad way. They
say they will never see the freedoms we talk about but they hope their children
will. We are doing a good job in Iraq and I challenge anyone, anywhere to
dispute me on these facts. So If you happen to run into John Kerry, be sure to
give him my email address and send him to Denison, Iowa. This soldier will set
him straight. If you are like me and very disgusted with how this period of
rebuilding has been portrayed, email this to a friend and let them know there
are good things happening.

Ray Reynolds, SFC
Iowa Army National Guard
234th Signal Battalion

That's What it's all about.....God Bless America!!! Let's Roll!!




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