GAO Report - Securing, Stabilizing, and Rebuilding Iraq

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Iraqi Government Has Not Met Most Legislative, Security, and Economic Benchmarks - full report (18 pg. PDF).

The benchmarks were derived from commitments first articulated by the Iraqi government in June 2006.

The Iraqi government met 3, partially met 4, and did not meet 11 of its 18 benchmarks. Overall, key legislation has not been passed, violence remains high, and it is unclear whether the Iraqi government will spend
$10 billion in reconstruction funds. These results do not diminish the courageous efforts of coalition forces and progress that has been made in several areas, including Anbar Province ...

The most interesting graph is pg. 11, which shows MNF-Iraq's data for enemy-initiated attacks over time. I wonder if there is a severe undercount going on here of attacks on Iraqi civilians --- according to MNF-Iraq, the vast majority of enemy-initiated attacks are still on coalition forces.