New Iraq report: 15 of 18 benchmarks satisfactory - The Diigo Meta page

• 02 Jul 08
  

  RDRutherford Rutherford
• 01 Jul 08
  

  liveinfreedom .

  New Iraq report: 15 of 18 benchmarks satisfactory after all.

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  • The White House sees the progress in a particularly positive light, declaring in a new assessment to Congress that Iraq's efforts on 15 of 18 benchmarks are "satisfactory"—almost twice of what it determined to be the case a year ago.
  • The Iraqi army has made satisfactory progress on the goal of fairly enforcing the law, while the nation's police force remains plagued by sectarianism, according to the administration assessment.
  • Overall, militia control has declined and Baghdad's security forces have "demonstrated its willingness and effectiveness to use these authorities to pursue extremists in all provinces, regardless of population or extremist demographics," as illustrated by recent operations, the White House concludes

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