| Status of goals Two months ago, the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq listed hundreds of projects it wanted to accomplish by Oct. 3. When that day passed on Friday, some of the tasks were done and some were not. Here is a sampling: |
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| SECURITY Locate, secure and eliminate WMD. Actual: Not yet. Defeat internal armed threats. Provide basic law and order. Recruit and train Iraqi police. Develop training for police. Begin training new Iraqi army. Prepare and approve fiscal year 2004 budget. Re-establish Iraqi Border Guard. Start Central Criminal Court trials. Open all courthouses. ECONOMY Introduce new bank notes. Permanently reduce tariffs. |
ESSENTIAL SERVICES Create reformed ministries. Actual: 25 ministers have been appointed. Improve generating capacity. Let telecom mobile licenses. Halt sabotage of infrastructure. Restore basic health care services. Rehabilitate schools. Distribute revised textbooks. Reopen airspace and airports. GOVERNANCE Court to prosecute human rights abuses. Strengthen local government. Continued de-Baathification. |
| Sources: CPA and USAID |
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