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Mohammedridha Alaskari

Security Advisor, Nabors Industries

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Why does the security situation in Iraq remain as it is?

We need to focus on the real issues facing the Iraqi Security forces / departments to establish a good security conditions country-wide.

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    Arkady Grudzinsky 50+

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    Mar 22 2013: In your blog, you say "The increase [in violence] is attributed to the resurgence of al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). According to estimates by Iraqi officials, AQI’s membership has increased from 700 in 2011 to 2,500 today."

    This is a correlation, not a causality. Why do people join AQI? That's the question. Apparently, they resort to violence to resolve some issues. You say it yourself, "we need to focus on the real issues". What are the issues in your opinion?

    I have a coworker from Iraq. After talking to him, it seems to me that the religious differences between Sunni and Shia are at the center of the internal conflict as they are in Syria. There are also tensions between Arabs and Kurds. It seems to me that instead of focusing on issues, people focus on religious and ethnic differences and falsely blame each other for the issues. Blaming violence on Al Qaeda is just finding another culprit.

    Focus on similarities, not the differences and attack the problems, not each other.

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