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Security Commission Member: We Might As Well Give Up
Baghdad, May 23 (AKnews) – There is no point in talking about how to improve security in Iraq, we might as well give up. This was the rather blunt message from a member of the Security Commission today.
Shwan Mohammed Taha said provisions had reached a futile stage with security officials totally failing to do their jobs.
Referring to the failure of the government to appoint new security ministers he said: "The deterioration of security in Iraq is down to the politicization of security."
However he warned that even with the allocation of the positions "these people will not create security miracles in Iraq."
He went on to say that, due to the level that the security services have been infiltrated by people loyal to militant groups rather than the state, the security system should be pulled down to start from scratch.
Recent months have seen an escalation in the targeted killing of security officers and government officials, often with silenced weapons or improvised explosive devises. Suicide bombs, once common place at the height of the troubles in 2006-2007, are rarer now.
By Bashar al-Manalawi
SA/PS AKnews
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Baghdad, May 23 (AKnews) – There is no point in talking about how to improve security in Iraq, we might as well give up. This was the rather blunt message from a member of the Security Commission today.
Shwan Mohammed Taha said provisions had reached a futile stage with security officials totally failing to do their jobs.
Referring to the failure of the government to appoint new security ministers he said: "The deterioration of security in Iraq is down to the politicization of security."
However he warned that even with the allocation of the positions "these people will not create security miracles in Iraq."
He went on to say that, due to the level that the security services have been infiltrated by people loyal to militant groups rather than the state, the security system should be pulled down to start from scratch.
Recent months have seen an escalation in the targeted killing of security officers and government officials, often with silenced weapons or improvised explosive devises. Suicide bombs, once common place at the height of the troubles in 2006-2007, are rarer now.
By Bashar al-Manalawi
SA/PS AKnews
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