Iraq is ‘Run by al-Qaeda’: Appalling Carnage Shows Terror Group’s Resurgence -- Time
With authorities unable to take control, monthly death toll climbs to four-year high
A series of bomb blasts in Iraq killed at least 42 people on Sunday, but the story could have been ripped from last week’s papers (12 killed) or those from two weeks ago (51 killed) or repeatedly from the month of September (979 killed). Iraqis have not seen death tolls this high since the 2008 insurgency. “It seems like al-Qaeda is running the country,” one government employee told the Associated Press.
Since American troops withdrew from Iraq in 2011, al-Qaeda has freed hundreds of militants by attacking prisons. These jail breaks, the ability to recruit young Iraqi men and the security vacuum in neighboring Syria are believed to have helped the group’s revival from the handful of small cells it was reduced to in 2009.
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More News On The Rise Of Al Qaeda In Iraq
Al-Qaida surges back in Iraq, reviving old fears -- AP
Deaths reported in serial Iraq bombings -- Al Jazeera
Terrorist Groups Rise in Iraq -- Rabih Barakat, Al Monitor
Is Al Qaeda operating freely in Iraq? -- FOX News
My Comment: When the U.S. left Iraq in 2011 I explored what would be the worst case scenarios for Iraq .... what is happening now was/is my second worst case scenario (number one is outright civil war).
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