Iraq Had Its Most Violent Year Since 2008 — And The Future Could Be Much Worse
W.G. Dunlop, Agence France Presse
Violence in Iraq surged in 2013 to its worst level in five years, figures released Wednesday showed, fuelled by discontent among the Sunni Arab minority and the civil war in neighbouring Syria. Bombs tore through markets, cafes, football fields and mosques, militants assaulted prisons, police stations and other government facilities, and families were killed in their homes. And while Iraqi security forces carried out widespread operations targeting militants, they have yet to curb the violence, and the mass arrests they sometimes make may ultimately contribute to the problem. "One has to go back to 2008 to find comparable levels of violence," Iraq Body Count, a Britain-based NGO that tracks violence in Iraq, said in a statement. "In 2008, however, that was a declining total from the much higher levels of 2006-2007, with the second half of 2008 less violent than the first," IBC said.
Saudi intelligence is staging a guerilla resurgence from Iran to Lebanon. The normals have Mecca surrounded, the Egyptian military guards the African gateway, Iran the north east, and Lebanon the west. The goal is to contain the violent menace of belt bombers streaming out of the Arabian desert.
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