Nope , not Gonna end Either . (IMO)
As Upside down as things are these days , would it surprise any of you if Iraq were to be Drowned in Terrorist Attacks by the time all U.S. Troops and Personnel are Pulled out ?
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama's message this weekend that Iraq would "chart its own course" may have been welcome news for war-weary Americans, but it has fueled anxieties about the future among Iraqis.
"The war is not ending. The war against terrorism continues here," Nuri al-Moussawi, a 51-year-old Baghdad resident, said.
Obama said on Saturday the end of U.S. combat operations on Tuesday, and a fall in U.S. troop numbers to 50,000, helped fulfill a promise he made during the 2008 presidential campaign to end the 7-1/2-year war launched by his predecessor, George W. Bush.
But the failure of Iraqi leaders to form a new government almost six months after elections, and persistent attacks by insurgents, have done little to instill confidence among Iraqis.
"The American withdrawal is hasty. The capabilities of our army have not been built yet," Moussawi said.
Overall violence has fallen sharply since the peak of sectarian carnage in 2006/07. Nevertheless, like many Iraqis, Moussawi has little faith in the abilities of Iraq's 660,000-strong police and army to protect the country.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Iraqis say war "not ending" despite U.S. drawdown
Saturday, January 16, 2010
‘Over 12,800 militants caught in 2009’
Operational Attacks ( Attacks against the Taliban ) = 596
Insurgent Attacks ( The Taliban attacking anything and everything ) = 2586
Something tells me that Pakistan is falling behind on counter attacks , the Taliban have launched more attacks on Civilians and Political / Police type persons , by a 5 to 1 average , give or take an attack or so .
If Pakistan was serious about stopping any form of Terrorism , You'd think they would try to even out those numbers !
Dawn.com
ISLAMABAD: Over 12,800 suspected militants, 75 of them belonging to Al Qaeda and 9,739 local Taliban or members of other banned groups, were arrested during operations conducted by law-enforcement agencies and armed forces across the country in 2009, says a report issued here on Sunday.
The report titled “Pakistan Security Report 2009” released by Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS), an independent think-tank, said that compared to 313 operational attacks conducted in 2008, 596 were carried out by security forces in 2009.
“If the casualties in terrorist attacks, operational attacks by the security forces and their clashes with the militants, inter-tribal clashes and the cross-border attacks of the US and Nato forces in Fata are counted, the overall casualties amount to 12,632 people dead and 12,815 injured.”
In 2009, the report says, 2,586 terrorist, insurgent and sectarian-related incidents were reported that killed 3,021 people and injured 7,334.
The highest number of 1,173 attacks was reported from the NWFP, followed by 792 in Balochistan and 559 in Fata; 46 attacks took place in Punjab, 30 in Sindh, 12 in Islamabad and five each in Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir.
