20.12.2007 - Source: Center for Strategic and International Studies

Report on security situation and stability in Iraq: Iraq's role as a strategic US ally, political situation, situation of Iraqi security forces, economic development ("Progress in Iraq; The December Report on Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq") [ID 22418]

Report covers political progress in Iraq: Key areas of concern, economy, tribal awakening, security environment, budget execution and corruption

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12.2007 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Weakened national unity government due to withdrawal of political groups (" Addendum to UNHCR's Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum-Seekers") [ID 24352]

"The withdrawal of several political groups from the Government has also weakened the “national unity government” of Prime Minister Al-Maliki and has further set back hopes of reconciliation. The ongoing deadlock over the fate of three senior military officials of the former regime of Saddam Hussein found guilty of war crimes, puts further strain on the already weak Government."

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12.2007 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Inefficient fund allocation leads to insecurities in food, shelter, sanitation and health care (" Addendum to UNHCR's Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum-Seekers") [ID 24353]

"An indication of the Government’s poor capacity has been its inability to fully spend available reconstruction funds. According to the GAO, a large portion of Iraq’s USD10 billion budget allocated for capital projects and reconstruction will go unspent by the end of 2007. According to Oxfam, Iraqis are suffering from a growing lack of food, shelter, water and sanitation, health care, education, and employment. Fifteen percent of Iraqis are food-insecure and in dire need of humanitarian assistance; 70% are without adequate water supplies (compared to 50% in 2003); 80% lack effective sanitation; 28% of children are malnourished (compared to 19% before the 2003 invasion); and 92% of Iraqi children suffer learning problems, mostly due to the climate of fear."

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05.09.2007 - Source: US House of Representatives - House Armed Services Committee

Statement of Comptroller General of the United States on meeting of legislative, security and economic benchmarks by Iraqi Government ("Testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives' Armed Services Committee"), Author: David M. Walker [ID 21692]

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22.08.2007 - Source: Center for Strategic and International Studies

Report on current situation in Iraq (failures in conciliation, developments in counterinsurgency campaign, changes in Sunni insurgency, regional developments, role of Iraqi security forces and outside states) ("Iraq’s Insurgency and Civil Violence: Developments through Late August 2007") [ID 21749]

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06.08.2007 - Source: Center for Strategic and International Studies

Report on current strategic realities for the US in Iraq (strategic, political, moral and ethical challenges, practical problems in troop reduction and precipitous withdrawal) ("The Tenuous Case for Strategic Patience in Iraq: A Trip Report") [ID 21748]

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05.01.2007 - Source: ReliefWeb

Comment and analysis: Time for the US government to recognise Iraq's humanitarian crisis ("Time for the United States to recognize Iraq's humanitarian crisis"), Author: The Brookings Institution [ID 19214]

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19.12.2006 - Source: International Crisis Group

Report on the Baker-Hamilton report (new US strategy) (assessment of the Baker-Hamilton report; escalating conflict in a failing state; reconstructing the state; implications for the US; map) ("After Baker-Hamilton: What to Do in Iraq") [ID 18049]

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19.12.2006 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

According to report by the International Crisis Group, country faces "complete disintegration into failed state chaos" ("Think Tank Warns Iraq Faces 'Disintegration'") [ID 18090]

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06.12.2006 - Source: US Institute of Peace

Assessment of current situation in the country ("The Iraq Study Group Report") [ID 18050]

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