Stuff is Getting Better Everyday
Iraq nowdays January 7th, 2008It seems like the sectarian violence is not enough. So, a new war need to be started. During the last 48 hours, six explosive attacks targeted churches in Baghdad and Mosul. These attacks happened in the same time and in different shapes; bombed cars, road side bombs, and mortars.
Things just seem to be getting worse no matter how much the media brags about the "improvements" in the security situation. Al-Qaeda maniacs just can't let go. These attacks are aimed to drag Iraqis into the rock bottom of a civil war. With Al-Qaeda on one side, and the Shiite militias on the other, no way violence will come to a closure in Iraq.
Thank God no one died in the churches attacks,although few guards were wounded and parts of the churches were destroyed. Non-official reports say that the number of christians in Iraq degraded from 1.5 Million before 2003 to 750,000 in 2007. This is cause by all the "imrpovement" in the security. They just can not live in a calm country as Iraq, they had to go to more wild countries in Europe and all over the globe.
On another "improvement", the leader of Adhamiya Awakening Force was killed today. For a few days now, the situation in Adhamiya has been so edgy. Some clashes to place between the Awakening forces and the American and Iraqi Army a couple of days ago. Although Al-Qaeda is the number one suspect in this assassination, something smells fishy.
Some guys I know in Adhamiya said that there have been some inside disturbance in the Adhamiya awakening force. These disturbances were caused by some misuse of power done by some low level soldiers in the force. And this cause the discrepancies between the leaders of the force on who should be the big guy there. Of course all of this remains unclear. And I'd still point the accusation finger on Al-Qaeda, because the said they will kill the leaders of the awakening forces, maybe they have started.
Its kind of a funny fact that Al-Qaeda propaganda seem to be more accurate than the American and the Iraqi ones. Time after time we have heard Gen. Petraius, Jawad Al-Bolani, Abdul-Qader Al-Ubaidy, and the butt head talking about how Al-Qaeda is becoming weaker. Well guys, at least they did what they said they would do.

January 8th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the - Web Reconnaissance for 01/08/2008 A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention, updated throughout the day…so check back often.
January 13th, 2008 at 6:49 am
Don’t give up on Iraqis and their ISF. The ISF can defeat the forces of darkness.
January 13th, 2008 at 10:57 am
I like the “forces of darkness” phrase although it was used earlier by Saddam to describe the Americans.
I am not giving up on the security forces. Its just that there is a lot to be done to get to the safe Iraq. And one of the most important things is the purification of the security forces themselves. Its not gonna work with the same people in power now.