Joe,

Thanks for the pointer. I was actually going to bundle some additional CERP-related stories and send them to Andrew for the next "Iraq Report". CERP remains the primary money source for reconstruction projects up north. I've got the links at work, so I'll include them here in the comments tomorrow.

Todd

To me, it's not really good news that they are still buying body armor with local-commander CERP funds, after 18 months. It means that they still don't have their act together with procurement.

When will the reconstructiom oney start to flow?

I wasn't sure whether you'd picked this up (Hat tip: Zenpundit):

Israeli National Security Adviser Maj.-Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland was quoted Monday by the Maariv daily as saying Iran will reach the "point of no return" in its nuclear weapons program by November, rather than next year as Israeli military officials said earlier.

Concern about Tehran's nuclear development intensified last week when Iran's Vice President Reza Aghazadeh said Iran has started converting raw uranium into the gas needed for enrichment, an important step in making a nuclear bomb.

The declaration came in defiance of a resolution passed three days earlier by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN nuclear watchdog, demanding Iran freeze all uranium enrichment - including conversion. The group's 35-nation board of governors warned that Iran risked being taken before the UN Security Council, which could impose sanctions.

Iran denies it is developing nuclear weapons, saying its nuclear development program is aimed at generating electricity. Israel and other countries, including the United States, doubt that.

However, and contrary to expectations based on Israel's 1981 strike in Iraq, Israel would not be able to destroy Iran's nuclear installations with a single air strike because they are scattered or hidden and intelligence is weak, Israeli and foreign analysts say.