US fears on Iraq exposed
Monday 31 January 2011
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EmailUS fears that a popular uprising will overwhelm Iraq's shaky security forces were exposed today in a report by the occupation's special inspector general for reconstruction.
It warned that legal systems were still unstable and access to basic services such as water, sewage disposal and electricity could be flashpoints for mass unrest among ordinary people - "more so than political or sectarian disagreements."
Iraq's infrastructure was smashed in the 1990 and 2003 invasions and has yet to recover.
US forces are set to withdraw on December 31, although the Obama administration has said that it will keep troops there if the Iraqi government "requests" it.
An Electricity Ministry employee was killed and seven people were wounded in bomb and gun attacks in Baghdad today.
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