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After the departure of American troops .. Base weakens the chances for peace in Iraq
Posted 09/03/2012 05:56 PM
BAGHDAD - Babinaoz (Reuters) - Iraqis were hoping that means the withdrawal of U.S. troops last year finally end of the war but al Qaeda and its allies of the Sunni extremists are determined to prove a negative.
are still bombings and gun attacks, chronic feature of life. In the past three months blamed on al Qaeda-linked fighters in attacks that killed at least 250 people.
In a reminder of the ability of militants very moved this week, gunmen dressed in special forces from a checkpoint to another in the town of Haditha in western Iraq before dawn, they killed police officers . The gunmen killed 27 people, including two officers from Okhrjohma Bitema and killed them in the street.
It is unlikely to return to mass sectarian violence that has killed tens of thousands in 2006 and 2007. The al-Qaeda fighters are not threatening again to impose their rule over large areas of the country as they did in the first years after the invasion led by the United States.
but on the contrary, the Shiite militias, which announced most of his willingness to lay down their arms after the departure of U.S. forces did not show al-Qaida and other Sunni groups any index to give up fighting. It also did not show the security forces indication of little to possess the capacity to crush it.
and will continue to rule as a problem to be strengthening the capacity of security forces to gather information and to get the technology more sophisticated and able to gain the confidence of the public in areas that are still hard-liners have supported it.
In the absence of U.S. forces turned al-Qaeda and its allies in Iraq to a sectarian discourse explicitly advocate the year to join in the fight against the Shiite-led government.
group said Islamic State of Iraq linked to al Qaeda after its declaration of responsibility for attacks on Iraqi security forces have killed 60 people on 23 February that the next phase phase of confrontation and war against the Shiites.
said Ibrahim Shammari, spokesman for the Islamic Army in Iraq, another militant group that he would continue fighting as long as what he described as the effects of the former U.S. occupation list.
authorities insist that they are controlling the situation. Adnan al-Asadi, the deputy interior minister said the attacks have fallen by more than 80 percent compared with previous years and that the remainder of the violence, evidence of the attempt by terrorist groups to prove they are still present on the scene.
He told Reuters that after the crackdown on al Qaeda and other groups and smacks against it and the arrest of Many of its leaders and its members became resources funding and safe havens are more limited.
He added that this made these groups are launched from time to time an attack to prove itself.
In the early years after the fall of Saddam Hussein seized control of the rule to cities and towns in western and central Iraq, which dominates the population of the year and resisted the U.S. presence and imposed strict interpretation of Islamic law.
and ultimately alienated the Sunni tribes of al-Qaeda Over-violence and the rigidity of the tribes allied with U.S. forces and repel them at the beginning of its stronghold in Anbar province and from other regions. And since 2008 no longer al Qaeda militants are in control of the important regions.
and Asadi said that al-Qaeda will not return to control any of the provinces, including Anbar because the people have tasted the bitter.
However, there are still cells launch suicide attacks and other shooting day, attacking mostly targets are not immune to security forces such as checkpoints.
said Brian Fishman, a researcher at the Combating Terrorism Center of the Academy of the U.S. Army in West Point, "will be punished for security forces to support the government and use violence as a way to highlight that."
and got the rule this year also some support from the anger on the conflict in Syria, where he rose up the population and most of them of the year against President Bashar al-Assad, who belongs to the Alawite minority Shiite.
said Fishman, "It's a real opportunity for a base in Iraq, because the engines of sectarianism in Syria working in their favor."
and called Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of al Qaeda year to support the rebels in Syria.
, says Iraqi forces in conversations especially if the lack of capability to collect information is the main obstacle in the fight against al Qaeda. In the absence of the ability to analyze information in depth can not find the Forces option but to launch raids as soon as the receipt of information to it.
said Adnan, a soldier joined the Army in 2003 after the fall of Saddam Hussein, "We have no technology or expertise."
and refused to give his full name because of not being allowed to speak of the means of the media.
"It is when we receive any information that we move on them. Ndahm and erect ambushes. not delayed .. not verify the validity of information."
With the weakness of pay in this job strenuous, the security forces vulnerable to penetration by the militants.
Adnan said "the main point of twice the soldier is cooperating with them. using him and asking him to secrecy order the attacks. "
and security forces, large and decentralized as that their training is consistent. Every unit has its own operating procedures and wearing uniforms are not subject to uniform standards and can be purchased from any market which makes it easier for militants to shun in the uniform of members of the security forces.
and some checkpoints stopped cars and inspect. And at other points can be seen the police resorting to lampposts and smoke cigarettes and point for cars to pass as soon as the blink of an eye.
said John Drake, senior adviser's risk insurer AIG. K. any Group security that the reputation of the security forces as corrupt and brutal Avqdtha public confidence which is vital for the preparation process good to gather information.
"The community at large in many of the most dangerous areas in Iraq does not trust in the police force. participated officers in the past in kidnapping and extortion, and will need to restore this confidence and a long time."
He added: "Until that happens this will not provide them with people with information on suspicious activity . Ihdhirohm operations will not penetrate the potential of the militants. "
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