Facts from Iraq

Tony Snow filled in for Fred Barnes on Fox News “Beltway Boys” and mentioned “Iraq Index” by the liberal Brookings Institution at
http://www.brookings.edu/dybdocroot/fp/saban/iraq/index20050714.pdf

Is it correct?

Telephone subscribers (landlines only, no cellular network)
Estimated prewar level: 833,000
June 2005: 3,801,822

Internet subscribers (does not include unregulated users of Internet cafes)
Estimated prewar level: 4,500
March 2005: 147,076

Media
Prewar: zero commercial media outlets
May 2005:
Commercial TV Stations: 23
Commercial radio stations: 80
Independent newspapers and magazines: 170

Relative amount of car traffic (Prewar level 1.0)
July 2003: 1.0
January 2004: 2.0
July 2004: 3.0
January 2005: 5.0

Question To Iraqis: Is Iraq Moving in the Right or Wrong Direction? April 11-20, 2005
Right Direction: 67%
Wrong Direction: 20%

Question To Iraqis: How Do You Think Your Life Will Be a Year From Now?
Better: 82%
Worse: 3%

Iraqi Transitional Government Representative of Iraqi People
Do you feel that the new Iraqi Transitional Government is representative of the Iraqi people as a whole?
Very or generally representative: 72.8%
Not all or Not at all are represented: 18.7%

Do you prefer an Islamic government or a political system where citizens are allowed to practice their own religion?
Own religion: 59%
Islamic government: 34%