The disaster
that Bush and Blair unleashed when they blundered into Iraq a decade ago shows
no sign of abating. Yesterday at least
a dozen people, mainly Shia pilgrims, were killed in a series of bombings
across the country.
No one has
claimed responsibility, but Sunni militants, some of whom have links to al-Qaeda,
have been blamed for much of the recent violence. On Wednesday, more than 40 people were
killed by bombs.
According to the authoritative independent Iraq Body Count monitoring
group, last year 4,471 civilians were killed, an increase on 2011. Every week on average, there are 18 bombings
in the country.
Relations between Sunnis and Shias appear to get worse by the day. Under Saddam Hussein, the Sunnis ruled the
roost. Since the invasion, they feel
they have been marginalised and they have begun staging strikes and sit-ins.
* http://lagotafria.blogspot.com.es/ 2nd blog on this page discusses my Historia Mundial de los desastres
Sounds more like the disaster that the Umayyad Caliphate unleashed, no?
ReplyDeleteDuring Hussein, the Sunni did rule the roost. That's not a good thing. They did so via genocide.
You don't have to think the Saddam regime was good to recognise the disaster that has been happening in Iraq ever since the invasion of 2003.
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