Hey? I found the 'good news' from Iraq that the WH was talking about !

[Breeze54]

http://www.watertechonline.com/news.asp?mode=4&N_ID=61094

Village near Baghdad airport gets clean water

CAMP LIBERTY, IRAQ —

Airport Village, located near Baghdad's International Airport, now has clean drinking
water thanks to the completion of the a water tower and pipeline project, according
to an April 19 article in the US Department of Defense News.

Coalition forces coordinated the project, which was funded by the
Overseas Humanitarian Disaster and Civic Aid program, the article said.

I thought American taxpayers were funding these repairs?? :wtf:
Are those USA or Military groups?

The project replaced the old Airport Village water network with an 8-inch pipeline that
improved the water pressure and water accessibility for the village, the article said.

The new water tower expands the ability of the village to have water during peak periods
of the summer months and has a three to four-day storage capacity, the article said.

To read the full story, click here.
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/apr2006/a041906ms1.html

For related information on this story, click here.
http://www.watertechonline.com/keyword.asp?mode=2&keyword=Iraq

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I mean, I'm really glad one village now has drinking water...that's a good thing.
What about the rest of the country?
:shrug:

[MADem]

1. And our troops are drinking water with SHIT in it!

Former KBR employees and water quality specialists Ben Carter and Ken May told HalliburtonWatch that KBR knowingly exposes troops and civilians to contaminated water from Iraq’s Euphrates River. One internal KBR email provided to HalliburtonWatch says that, for “possibly a year,” the level of contamination at one camp was two times the normal level for untreated water. ...

http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/mm2005/112005/mokhiber.html

Freedom is on the march; and our service personnel are double-timing it to the latrines!!!!

[Breeze54]

4. yeah, I already know aboout that KB&R BS!

They have a lot of bottled water...now, from what I've heard.
and my original post title was meant with "tongue in cheek"...
:)

[Ian David]

2. It'll be blown-up within a month. n/t

[wtmusic]

3. It all comes down to looking for GOOD things about an illegal occupation

that's not SO hard, now is it? :shrug:

[Breeze54]

5. With such bad things happening

there everyday, it's very hard to see any good things happening.
But just thought I'd mention one I ran across.
"If it bleeds, it leads", problem is,
that's what IS happening there everyday!
So sad.....

[wtmusic]

6. Good point -- when was the last time you heard your local news anchor

deliver some good news? Isn't it always stabbings, carjackings, kidnappings, ? Does that mean the situation in Iraq is better than it is here--because a town got some water?? :silly:

[Breeze54]

7. No but did you read my reply to post # 1 with ..

the note about 'tongue-in-cheek'?? The title of this thread was :sarcasm:!!!
My son just got back from Iraq so don't try to lecture me about
how bad it is there...I'm well aware and I read the news! :spank: