Measuring Iraq : Progress and Challenges

Coalition forces provide a “hoodtop” briefing to: Mu’een Hameed Abd al-Majed, chairman of the Baghdad Provincial Council; Ambassador Daniel Speckhard, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy; and Brig. Gen. David Halverson, deputy commanding general, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. Photo by Maj. James Lowe.


Multi-National Force – Iraq Press Release

BAGHDAD — Gauging the progress of security, reconstruction and governance efforts in Iraq is a challenge unto itself, U.S. officials said Tuesday. While in Baghdad senior U.S. , Iraqi and Coalition leaders discussed signs of improved security in the capital’s Adhamiyah district, in Washington Pentagon officials stressed the importance of recognizing that security conditions in Iraq vary widely by region.

On Sunday, the Baghdad provincial chairman, accompanied by the deputy chief of mission for the U.S. Embassy and the deputy commanding general for Multi-National Division – Baghdad , visited the recently cleared district of Adhamiyah for the first time since the start of Operation Together Forward to see the progress being made in securing Baghdad .

Mu'een Hameed Abd al-Majed, along with Amb. Daniel Speckhard and Brig. Gen. David Halverson, walked the streets of the district, talking to local residents about the need for essential services and improved security.

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