Saturday, July 30, 2011
Irag has become more dangerous than last year
What with an increase in the number of bombing, assassinations and general all around mayhem, the country is starting to crank up its civil war in anticipation of the departure of the US.
"Iraq remains an extraordinarily dangerous place to work," Bowen concluded in his 172-page quarterly report to Congress and the Obama administration on progress – and setbacks – in Iraq. "It is less safe, in my judgment, than 12 months ago."Despite this, there are some who still want to keep an imperial outpost with about 10,000 US targets in Iraq after year end. While the Pentagon has long been known for some of the finest bureaucratic infighters in the world, their strategic vision is sorely lacking. Anything less than all out by December is a defeat for the US.
The report cited the deaths of 15 U.S. soldiers in June, the bloodiest month for the U.S. military in Iraq in two years. Nearly all of them were killed in attacks by Shiite militias bent on forcing out American troops on schedule.
It also noted an increase in rockets launched against the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, where government offices and foreign embassies are located, as well as constant assassination attempts against Iraqi political leaders, security forces and judges.
Additionally, the report called the northeastern province of Diyala, which borders Iran and has an often volatile mix of Sunni and Shiite Muslims and Kurds among its residents, "very unstable" with frequent bombings that bring double-digit death tolls.
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