Iraq benchmark report; Bush surge a failure« Thread Started on Sept 1, 2007, 12:06am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Iraq benchmark report; Bush surge a failureAugust 31, 2007read at source> http://alaskareport.com/news/z46620_ira ... Washington, DC - Iraq has met only 3 out of 18 goals (benchmarks) set by Congress, according to a draft leaked to The Washington Post by the military so the White House couldn't doctor it before its release. The report, which the Post described as "strikingly negative", is due to be delivered to Congress on Tuesday, ahead of a pivotal report on Iraq by the U.S. military commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, and ambassador Ryan Crocker due by September 15.