Gunmen of an as-yet-unidentified faction have attacked the Iraqi city of Rawah today, burning an army post to the ground and laying siege to a police station, killing at least 10 police. 15 soldiers are also missing, with no clue as to their fate.
It is just the latest in an ever-growing number of violent incidents across Iraq, with the Anbar Province serving as one of the focal points for clashes that many believe could be the prelude to another sectarian civil war.
Violence over the past week has killed nearly 200 people, and as security forces up their presence in the capital city, there is a palpable sense of futility, that the same measures which did no good curbing violence the last time things were this bad, during the US occupation, are still being relied upon.
April saw a death toll that was the highest Iraq had seen since the summer of 2008, when the last civil war was finally starting to burn itself out. That time, the fighting stopped largely because religiously-mixed neighborhoods eventually saw one side force the other out. With the fighting now going from neighborhood to neighborhood, and city to city, where it stops is anyone’s guess.
No Sectarian War. It is Al-Qaida killing Shia and Sunni to create Sectarian War but will Fail like it has failed in this conspiracy since 10 years.
What's going on there is horrible. I don't think the violence will ever stop. It certainly doesn't look like it's going to anytime soon.
The fact that conflicts are still going strong in Syria is absolutely revolting!
people need to realise that violence never solved anything! I know it's clichee and everything, but it really doesn't
I can;t imagine what it means to live in Iraq or another country that's currently under attack. i think it's a life in constant fear and poverty and no human being deserves such a life, especially since it's so short
if you start a war this is what you get. no one is ever safe. I thought we understand that after centuries of fighting
it seems like they're fighting with the windmills. you can imagine how bad things are if even a police station can't defend it's self
I;m still waiting for the moment when people realised war and violence are not a solution!
It's sad that people still don't understand how much peace would help the economy
I sometimes wonder what it would be like to live in constant fear for yourself and your whole family. Must be a terrible feeling.
The things that happen over there are just terrible, and to think that we could simply let it go…
I don't think wars will end too soon over there, because the US are just too stubborn