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From: Tuscany (216-164-49-51.c3-0.gth-ubr1.lnh-gth.md.cable.rcn.com)
Subject: Letter home from soldier in Iraq
Date: November 15, 2004 at 5:30 am PST
This is interesting..........different from the
usual news media reports.
News "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
The country had its first 2 billion barrel export
of oil in August.
Over 45 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
fromIraq
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.
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
Tana R. Walker
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