The Other Iraq - the Untold Story

Here is exactly why the MSM do not want to cover this "other Iraq" known as Kurdistan which is located in the northern territory of Iraq. Why the purpose ignoring of the exempt media (for those who do not know what that means, it means the mainstream media (ABC, cBS, NBC, PBS, NPR, BBC, NYTimes, Boston Globe, SF Times, Le Monde....). Any media who think they are above anyone else by not retracting, apologizing or acknowledging their errors in the stories they write or make up stories along the way and practice shoddy journalism. This is what it means to call them the "exempt media" aka MSM.

Now, on to Kurdistan, the "Other Iraq."

The Kurdistan Region in Iraq is a good news story that seldom gets told. With a population of 5 million in an area larger than Switzerland or twice the size of New Jersey, it is surprising that this region remains largely undiscovered and commercially untapped.

Scroll down in the link and you'll see the government of Kurdistan set up a video called "Thank You" where Kurdistanis thank America and Britain for helping Iraq obtain her freedom and work toward a better democracy for their people.

Voice Over NARRATOR:
Saddam’s goal was to bury every living Kurd…
He failed.

KURD CITIZENS:
“Thank you.”
“Thank you, Great Britain.”
“Thank you.”

Voice Over NARRATOR:
The Kurds of Iraqi Kurdistan just want to say ‘thank you’…
for helping us win our freedom.

KURD CITIZENS:
“Thank you, Great Britain.”
“Thank you for democracy.”
“Thank you.”
ENDS

Freedom could only be made possible with America helping out. We take for granted our freedom but there are people here in America who refuse to help other country obtain their freedom by constantly casting a negative light on Iraq and by constantly smearing U.S. troops with false stories and negative ads. You know who those people are. In fact, you may be one of them reading this. You don't want to share your freedom? Well, most of us do anyway.

Here's another video on "Share the Dream," Choose either "small" or "medium" video length unless you have a high speed connection and a large enough memory cache for the biggest streaming video "T1" connection.

Voice Over NARRATOR:
Have you seen the other Iraq?
It’s spectacular…
It’s joyful…
With a security force so experienced less than two hundred coalition troops are stationed
there.
It’s where Arabs, Kurds and westerners all vacation together in peace.
Welcome to Iraqi Kurdistan!
It’s been practicing democracy for over a decade.
It’s not a dream.
It’s the ‘other’ Iraq.
ENDS

A good example in this next video shows what a true Democracy in action is like and how a country can achieve peaceful and successful results benefiting everyone. And how business opportunities and the future of Kurdistan remain largely untapped.

Voice Over NARRATOR:
In the Kurdistan region of Iraq investors aren’t just building an airport…
AIRPORT MANAGER:
“We are building a democracy.”

Voice Over NARRATOR:
They’re not just installing hospital labs…

LAB TECHNICIAN:
“We are building hope.”

Voice Over NARRATOR:
They’re not just planting a forest…
REFORESTATION WORKER:
We are planting a future.”

Voice Over NARRATOR:
Come see what’s happening in the ‘other’ Iraq…Iraqi Kurdistan.
See the promise.
KURDISH HERO GIRL:
Share the dream.

Share the dream. With the rest of Iraq starting to catch up will they have amodel they can look up to, Kurdistan. It's not a dream, it's a working reality. Some of you reading this are probably discovering Kurdistan for the first time and don't realize how peaceful that area of the country is compared to the rest of Iraq. Here's a link to the same website that gives you a video of who these people of Kurdistan are like up close and how Saddam tried to wipe them out. Kurdistan is certainly not a place where they have shroud covered women walking the streets or stores nowadays. These are very modern people by todays standards. And Kurdistan people are very tolerant people where Christianity, Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim religion share the same region for many generations. If you want a truly tolerant Iraq, visit Kurdistan.

How come MSM do not cover this "other Iraq"? The MSM focus mostly on death and destruction and never about the constant construction, the rebuilding of infrastructure, improving hospital conditions, more medicine, more food, constant improvements, a contantly growing and better Iraqi army and police force, better informed Iraqis to make an informed decision, greater freedom, and a democracy they never had where their one voice, one vote actually does count.

Now, go watch the videos! And let people know about the "Other Iraq."


Hat tip: Jason Smith.