Iraq insecurity rife two years after invasion

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http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=13553

BAGHDAD: Violence and insecurity hold sway over much of Iraq two years after the U.S.-led invasion, despite burgeoning Iraqi security forces and the continued presence of 150,000 foreign troops, mostly Americans.

The two main roads heading south from the capital are so dangerous that one of them is nicknamed the "highway of death," while the other passes through an area with the dubious moniker of the "triangle of death."

The road north, which passes through the country's Sunni Arab heartland, is the scene of repeated kidnappings and murders.

The cities of Ramadi, west of the capital, and Samarra and Mosul, to the north, see daily clashes between insurgents and government forces while bomb attacks in Shiite districts have cost the lives of at least 700 people.

Widespread looting followed by the disbanding of the army and intelligence services of the former regime as ordered by former U.S. administrator Paul Bremer in May 2003, have contributed to the insecurity.

... much more. Chimpy** you dumbass read this before you say Iraq is better off. :puke: