<![CDATA[The Benchmarks Iraq *Is* Meeting -- and One it Thankfully is Not]]>

1.0 link 62600 <![CDATA[The Benchmarks Iraq *Is* Meeting -- and One it Thankfully is Not]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-weissman/the-benchmarks-iraq-is-me_b_62600.html The Government Accountability Office has confirmed the obvious: the "benchmarks" the U.S. Congress set out to assess progress in the Iraq war will not be met by a September deadline.

Unfortunately, it turns out that Iraq is making major strides in meeting another set of benchmarks: those imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

At the end of 2005, the IMF entered into a stand-by agreement with Iraq. The deal makes IMF funding available to Iraq in exchange...

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