Just posted a summary of this report on my blog -
http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com
An Iraq Status Update
Iraq Weekly Update from Dept of State:
* Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) is moving ahead with preparations for the January 2005 Iraqi election. Voter registration begins November 1.
* Iraq removed from the state sponsor of terror list.
* One year anniversary of the New Iraqi Dinar. Currency is stable.
* Approximately 40% of Iraqis served with potable water and project underway to increase that. 648,000 cubit feet of water treatment capacity under construction. USAID sewer repair project in Basrah on wastewater treatment completed, using 330 local Iraqis on the project.
* Electricity for most of country is on 9-16 hours per day. Above 16 hours/day for Baghdad. 100,000 MWH production avg in last 7 days.
* $13 BILLION in oil export revenue for Iraq so far this year. This compares with $5 BILLION last year.
* Crude oil production is at the 2.5 MBPD target.
* Iraq Telecom and Postal commission adding phone lines. In Baghdad, reactivated and added switches, adding 213,000 lines.
* Polio vaccination campaign: 70% of the 4.7 million children to be reached had been vaccinated. Part of the global effort to end polio world-wide.
* Project to build 12 primary health care facilities underway.
* 107,000 trained police, army and national guard. (Ed note: So much for Kerry's phony claims last month that there were only 5,000 trained forces. Allawi was accurate, Kerry was inaccurate.)
* Iraqi Relief and Reconstruction Fund Status. The fund is $18 billion apportioned. Committed: $14.8 billion; Obligated: $10 billion; Disbursed: $3.4 billion.
Thank YOU you are awesome! Very much appreciated...