The BBC's Paul Adams, close to the border, says that at one point a suicide truck bomb driven by a lone jihadi detonated in flames - the Kurds said they managed to blow it up before it reached its target.
It was intercepted before it reached its target.
On 5 August 2012, it reached its target.
Roared on by the usual fervent Limerick crowd, it reached its target in 48 minutes.
Hall said the BBC was still only halfway through the Delivering Quality First package of cost-savings instituted by former director general Mark Thompson, with another "three years of hard work" before it reached its target of £700m of cost savings.
The firm said that it reached its target commitment from investors within just one month of fundraising.
Shipping rules could also be established, so that a car could not be unlocked until it reached its target destination and the identity of the receiver was verified.
It reached its target within three days, boosted by a £5,000 donation from JK Rowling.
It reached its target within three days, boosted by a $6,000 or so donation from J.K. Rowling.
In the last three years where the State Department reached its target, it admitted a bit more than half of the refugees--53 percent--in the latter portion of the year.
Poor bombing accuracy resulted in numerous civilian casualties and less damage to the rail installations than hoped, but the mission was hailed an overall success because it reached its target against heavy and constant fighter attack.
