Some good news from Iraq

A few highlights from Bill Crawford in National Review Online

Colonel William Grimsley commanded the brigade that first took control of Baghdad Airport. Three years on he remains optimistic … Iraqi soldiers remain well motivated … The Iraqi army continues to take over more battle space … 39 of 45 planned border forts along the Iran-Iraq border are complete. The border posts are manned by Iraqis … Iraq’s economy as nearly doubled in the last three years. GDP rose by 2.6% last year, and is expected to rise by more than ten percent in 2006. … Three new power substations are now online in Najaf. At a cost of $4.8 million per substation, each should provide 25,000 households with electricity. …

The latest weekly reconstruction update is available here. Highlights include:

* A water system is under construction in Fallujah. When completed it will provide 200,000 residents with clean water.
* A firing range is under construction at the police academy in Hillah.
* Renovations are complete on the police station in Kadhimiya.
* The rehabilitation of a sewer pump station is complete in Mansour.
* In Baghdad, construction is complete on three solid waste transfer stations.

There is a lengthy list. Check it out.

Comments

  1. Chief RZ wrote:

    We won’t read any of this on the associated press newspapers. MichaelYon and IraqTheModel provide more truth than these AP types.

    Posted 17 Apr 2006 at 10:44 am

  2. drlloyd11 wrote:

    Odd with all the good news we still seem to not have won.

    Posted 17 Apr 2006 at 12:54 pm

  3. commissar wrote:

    drlloyd,

    Good quote from al-Zarqawi on his reading of the NYTimes.

    Posted 17 Apr 2006 at 2:43 pm

  4. John the Marine wrote:

    I’m sure drlloyd11 would have said the same in the spring of 1944 or 1864. Appeasers and defeatist never change their tune.

    “Odd with all the good news we still seem to not have won.”

    Posted 18 Apr 2006 at 10:22 am

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