How do you feel about the article, “Baghdad bombs underline fragility of Iraq government”?
Today’s devastating explosions in Baghdad have again exposed how vulnerable Iraqi institutions are to targeted bombings and how fragile the elected powerbase is in the face of co-ordinated assaults on its mandate. This, indeed, was the point being made by the terrorists who directed the attacks. As happened during bombings in August and October, in which more than 1,000 people were killed or injured, today’s violence has thrown down a challenge to those who run Iraq. The blasts happened around 36 hours after MPs had finally settled on 27 February as the date for a national election – a notionally democratic milestone that al-Qaida-aligned extremists and ousted former Ba’athists had vowed to disrupt. For the past three years – but especially since the summer – the government and its security forces have been engaged in a struggle with the Sunni insurgency and its powerful backers. The government has been trying to build institutions and stamp its authority, while insurgents have attempt
