Click on the left for an analysis of each benchmark from the report.
Below is a complete breakdown of progress described in the Bush administration’s report.
Unsatisfactory:
— Enacting and implementing legislation on de-Baathification.
— Enacting and implementing legislation to ensure the equitable distribution of hydrocarbon resources of the people of Iraq without regard to the sect or ethnicity of recipients, and enacting and implementing legislation to ensure that the energy resources of Iraq benefit Sunni Arabs, Shia Arabs, Kurds, and other Iraqi citizens in an equitable manner.
— Providing Iraqi commanders with all authorities to execute this plan and to make tactical and operational decisions, in consultation with U.S commanders, without political intervention, to include the authority to pursue all extremists, including Sunni insurgents and Shiite militias.
— Eliminating militia control of local security.
— Ensuring that the Iraqi Security Forces are providing evenhanded enforcement of the law.
— Increasing the number of Iraqi security forces units capable of operating independently.
— Ensuring that Iraq’s political authorities are not undermining or making false accusations against members of the Iraqi Security Forces.
Unsatisfactory, but with some components of progress.
— Enacting and implementing legislation establishing an Independent High Electoral Commission, provincial elections law, provincial council authorities, and a date for provincial elections.
Satisfactory
— Forming a Constitutional Review Committee and then completing the constitutional review.
— Enacting and implementing legislation on procedures to form semiautonomous regions.
— Establishing supporting political, media, economic, and services committees in support of the Baghdad Security Plan.
—Reducing the level of sectarian violence in Iraq.
— Providing three trained and ready Iraqi brigades to support Baghdad operations.
— Ensuring that the Baghdad security plan will not provide a safe haven for outlaws, regardless of sectarian or political affiliation, as Bush says Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has pledged to do.
— Establishing all of the planned joint security stations in neighborhoods across Baghdad.
— Ensuring that the rights of minority political parties in the Iraqi legislature are protected.
— Allocating and spending $10 billion in Iraqi revenues for reconstruction projects, including delivery of essential services, on an equitable basis.
Too early to assess
— Enacting and implementing legislation addressing amnesty.
— Enacting and implementing legislation establishing a strong militia disarmament program to ensure that such security forces are accountable only to the central government and loyal to the constitution of Iraq.";
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Requirement: Form a \"Constitutional Review Committee and then complete the constitutional review.\" Political blocks need to reach agreement on Presidential powers, the powers of the regions vs. the central government, and the status of Kirkuk.
Completion: Satisfactory
A Constitutional Review Committee has been formed. \"Significant progress has been made on many substantive issues and technical details involved in the constitutional review process,\" the report states. ";
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Requirement: Create a sweeping, government-led, legislated, and institutionalized reform program for former Ba'athists, or those in leadership positions during Saddam Hussein's rule, that would over time send a positive signal in favor of reconciliation.
Completion: Unsatisfactory
The report found that little progress has been made in implementing legislation on de-Ba'athification reform. The desired reconciliation effect that a reform program may bring about has not been achieved. \"This does not, however, necessitate a revision to the current plan and strategy,\" the report said. ";
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Requirement: Enact and implement laws ensuring the fair distribution of hydrocarbon resources regardless of sect or ethnicity of recipients. Implement laws ensuring Iraqi energy resources are dispersed in an equitable manner.
Completion: Unsatisfactory
The report found that “the Government of Iraq has not met its self-imposed goal of May 31 for submitting the framework hydrocarbon and revenue-sharing laws to the” Council of Representatives. “The effect of limited progress toward this benchmark has been to reduce the perceived confidence in, and effectiveness of, the Iraqi Government.”";
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Requirement: Enact and implement “legislation on procedures to form semi-autonomous regions.”
Completion: Satisfactory
The report found that “the regions law has been passed. Implementation of this legislation should take place after provincial elections are held and after the passage of an updated elections law.”
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Requirement: Enact and implement “legislation establishing an Independent High Electoral Commission, provincial elections law, provincial council authorities, and a date for provincial elections.”
Completion: Unsatisfactory, with positive results
The report rates each of the components of this benchmark. Each bullet is quoted from the report.
- Establishing the Independent High Electoral Commission: The Government of Iraq has made satisfactory progress toward establishing an IHEC Commission. The Commission has been established.
- Elections Law: The Government of Iraq has not made satisfactory progress toward establishing a provincial elections law. Drafting of the law has just begun.
- Provincial Council Authorities: The Government of Iraq has not made satisfactory progress toward establishing provincial council authorities. The COR is working on legislation.
- Provincial Elections Date: The Government of Iraq has not made satisfactory progress toward establishing a date for provincial elections. Legislation required for setting the date has not been enacted.";
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Requirement: Enact and implement “legislation addressing amnesty... Iraq’s process of reconciliation would benefit from an amnesty that recognizes the need to avoid criminal prosecution of certain acts of a military nature committed since 2003.\"
Completion: Not Applicable
The report states that \"the prerequisites for a successful general amnesty are not present; however, in the current security environment, it is not clear that such action should be a near-term Iraqi goal.”";
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Requirement: Enact and implement “legislation establishing a strong militia disarmament program to ensure that such security forces are accountable only to the central government and loyal to the constitution of Iraq.”
Completion: Not Applicable
Even though legislation has not been passed, the report stated that “international experts, including the U.N., have expressed reservations to advancing this proposal at the present time. Given the absence of the necessary conditions for DDR, the absence of legislation on militia disarmament has had no effect.”";
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Requirement: Establish “supporting political, media, economic, and services committees in support of the Baghdad Security Plan.”
Completion: Satisfactory
Although committees have been created, which fulfills the requirement of the benchmark, the report states that “the purpose for which they were created as their contribution to date has not been adequate.\" ";
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Requirement: Provide “three trained and ready Iraqi brigades to support Baghdad operations.”
Completion: Satisfactory
The report finds that “while manning levels for the deployed Iraqi units continue to be of concern, the Iraqi Government has provided the equivalent of three additional brigades to Baghdad and has made provisions to sustain this level of effort and to address manning issues.”";
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Requirement: Provide “Iraqi commanders with all authorities to execute [the security] plan and to make tactical and operational decisions in consultation with U.S. Commanders without political intervention to include the authority to pursue all extremists including Sunni insurgents and Shiite militias.”
Completion: Unsatisfactory
The report finds that “Iraqi and coalition forces have been given authorities to go after insurgents and militias, but there remains a negative political influence at a variety of levels with evidence of sectarian behavior.”";
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Requirement: Ensure “that Iraqi Security Forces are providing even-handed enforcement of the law.”
Completion: Unsatisfactory
The report finds that “there has been significant progress in achieving increased even-handedness through the use of coalition partnering and embedded-transition teams with Iraqi Security Force units... Because we are holding the ISF to a high standard, however, the overall judgment at this time remains unsatisfactory.”
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Requirement: Ensure that “the Baghdad Security Plan will not provide a safe haven for any outlaws, regardless of [their] sectarian or political affiliation.”
Completion: Satisfactory
The report finds that “United States commanders report overall satisfaction with their ability to target any and all extremist groups.";
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Requirement: Reduce the level of sectarian violence in Iraq.
Completion: Satisfactory
The report notes “the Government of Iraq -- with substantial Coalition assistance -- has made satisfactory progress toward reducing sectarian violence... Furthermore, though sectarian violence has been reduced, it is not yet reduced to a level the Coalition judges acceptable.\"";
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Requirement: Eliminate militia control of local security.
Completion: Unsatisfactory
The effect of unsatisfactory progress toward eliminating militia control of local security has been negative in terms of perceptions of the authority and fairness of the Government of Iraq.";
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Requirement: Establish “planned joint security stations in neighborhoods across Baghdad.”
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Completion: Satisfactory
The report finds that “the Government of Iraq -- with substantial Coalition assistance -- has made satisfactory progress toward establishing the planned joint security stations in Baghdad.” ";
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Requirement: Increase “the number of Iraqi security forces units capable of operating independently.”
Completion: Unsatisfactory
The report finds that “readiness assessments for the National Police continue to show slow but steady improvement, but we continue to have concerns about the sectarian leaning of some national police units.” It continues by noting the effect is that the presence of Coalition partners and support remains necessary for operations. ";
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Requirement: Ensure “the rights of minority political parties in the Iraqi legislature are protected.”
Completion: Satisfactory
The report finds that “minority political parties in the Council of Representatives participate in Council of Representatives activities in a manner consistent with minority parties in other parliamentary democracies. Women Council of Representatives members work closely with each other, often across party lines.” ";
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Requirement: Allocate and spend “$10 billion in Iraqi revenues for reconstruction projects\"
Completion: Satisfactory
The report finds that “the Iraqi Government is making satisfactory progress in allocating funds to ministries and provinces, but even if the full $10 billion capital budget is allocated, spending units will not be able to spend all these funds by the end of 2007.”
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Requirement: Ensure “that Iraq’s political authorities are not undermining or making false accusations against members of the [Iraqi Security Forces].”
Completion: Unsatisfactory
The report found that “accusations that undermine the independence and non-sectarianism of the ISF occur and are not adequately addressed by the Government of Iraq. The effect is at times to deny the ISF the services of qualified officers or to discourage them from operating in a professional non-sectarian manner.”";
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