BAGHDAD -- More than a year after the U.S. military left
Iraq, the country is reeling from its most sustained violence since
2008. Over the last two months more than 1,700 people have been killed,
raising fears the country is sliding back into chaos.
The
current mayhem began with a wave of protests by Sunnis alleging neglect
and mistreatment at the hands of the Shiite-led government of Nouri
al-Maliki. Violence has risen steadily since an April 23 crackdown by
security forces on a Sunni protest in the northern city of Hawija.
Conflict
between Iraq's two main religious communities sounds ominously like the
explosion of sectarian hatred unleashed by the U.S.-led invasion of
2003 that toppled Saddam Hussein's Sunni-led regime and propelled the
Shiites to power.
Adding to the tension is the
civil war in neighboring Syria, where Sunni rebels are seeking to
topple Bashar Assad's government, dominated by a spinout of the Shiite
faith and backed by Shiite powerhouse Iran.
But
the Iraq of 2013 is different from the country seven years ago. The
Shiite government is more firmly entrenched in Baghdad. The Sunnis are
divided and weakened from setbacks they suffered in the last sectarian
war.
Violence is on the rise but far short of the levels when death squads roamed the streets.
Clearly, many Iraqis are still worried.
"I
see no solution on the horizon in a country that is full of political
and sectarian disputes," said Ali Abdullah, who has blocked parking in
front of his mobile phone store in Baghdad's sprawling Shiite district
of Sadr City to protect against car bombs.
Mohammad Majeed, a Baghdad businessman in the mixed Sunni-Shiite neighborhood of Jihad, is considering fleeing the country.
"Terror is returning to us," Majeed told us at the BBC. "I survived the first round. I don't want to take my chances with a second one."
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